Can the BBC shirk its responsibility if anti-Muslim attacks increase?
Kawsar Zaman, Vice-Chair of the Youth Committee wrote a comment piece, published on the Muslim News, in response to the BBC’s decision to allow the BNP Leader a platform on its flagship politcal programme Question Time and its possible consequence of increased Anti-Muslim attacks. Can the BBC shirk its responsibility if anti-Muslim attacks increase? By Kawsar Zaman I was glad to see the panellists and members of the audience confront British National Party (BNP) Leader, Nick Griffin, head on during the BBC Question Time, with regards to his despicable views of the Nazi Holocaust and ethnic minorities earlier this month. However, I was equally raged when asked about his views on Islam, he was left to openly preach hate and ignorance without any challenge whatsoever from neither the panellists nor members of the audience. A sad sight indeed. While most commentators are consumed with how he came across long after the programme, with his unchallenged remarks on Islam, it will inevitably le
