“Ahmed urged television producers to embrace diversity and have more Muslim representation, or young people will feel alienated and will be more vulnerable to joining extremist groups. ‘If we fail to represent, we are in danger of losing people to extremism.'”

Ahmed’s victimhood narrative is self-contradictory. He was born in Wembley; he grew up in England. So presumably while he was growing up, young Muslims didn’t have any significant presence on British television — yet he himself wasn’t lost to “extremism.” If he wasn’t, why does he think any other Muslim will be? Clearly representation on television is not what determines whether or not a Muslim will join the jihad. Ahmed is simply engaging in more of the familiar victimhood posturing to which Muslim spokesmen so frequently resort. It must be extremely effective in obtaining for them special favors and accommodation.

“Star Wars Actor: Put Muslims On TV Or They Will Join ISIS,” by Andrew Kugle, Washington Free Beacon, March 3, 2017: