WHO TOLD THE BBC TO PROTECT US FROM ISLAMOPHOBIA?
NEVER can I recall the BBC doing a TV series on the History of Islamist Extremism, much as it is clearly researchable all over the internet and in numerous publications; perhaps I missed it. NEITHER do I recall electing the BBC to ensure that Britain was “saved” from “Islamophobia”, a task it seems to have taken upon itself. Its stance is actually having the opposite effect. I DO recall that the democratically elected government is expected to understand these issues and provide balanced and comprehensive information and guidance to ALL of us. In this failing, the present government too, is culpable. Holding hands with much of the press in the UK the BBC is snuggly in bed with the government on this, particularly since Blair left the scene. Many of us could not believe it when the government dropped the use of words such as “Islamist/Muslim terrorist activities”, in January this year, and instead used such convoluted semantics as “anti-Islamic activity.” But this was just one of the go
