As Ranasinha puts it, Kureishi's work " does not present an undiscriminating picture of the dominant majority. However, he uncritically reflects and embodies rather than questions its predominant fears, prejudices and perceptions of devout British Muslims as 'fundamentalists,' constructed as particularly threatening to the West"

QUESTION: This critique of Kureishi's work — that he reflects rather than interrogates Islamophobic stereotypes — challenges common perceptions of him as a progressive multicultural writer.

Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, loc. 677