Comments on: Me on BBC London: transcript

By: snips

snips — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:15:16 +0000

which came first the muslim or the conspiracy theory… i think its a shame about the few bad apples spoiling islams otherwise spottless reputation,ive just watched kingdom of heaven apparently saladin invented the fridge freezer,why because hes great

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:09:53 +0000

Perhaps you will not find any Irish channel asking some Orange Order ideologues to go undercover looking in to the credentials of a Catholic church.

But things are different for viewers in England, where Hardcash Productions engages some disgruntled elements to settle scores with their ideological opponents and competitors on primetime over Channel 4.

Undercove Mosque: The Return refers several times to Colin Cook, a teacher only after being sacked for misconduct from the King Fahd school in Acton claimed that the books the children are taught from are racist, and that the school itself is promoting Wahhabism. This was claimed in the papers filed with an employment tribunal by Mr. Cook who earned £35,000 a year at the Academy.

It is of course worth wondering why Mr Cook didn’t feel the need to raise this issue before he was sacked. Mr. Cook, 57, who taught English at the school for 19 years until he was dismissed in December 2006, claimed £100,000 compensation for unfair dismissal.

Similarly, viewers would have been better served if they were told which political spectrum Mr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqi and Mr. Musa Admani come from to make clear if these two have reasons to tread on Salafis’ corns. This would have proved helpful to establish why these two have cultivated long-term difference with other ‘brands’ competing for support and following within the contested constituency of Muslims in Britain.

By: Yunus Yakoub Islam

Yunus Yakoub Islam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:23:19 +0000

I think that a Council memorandum such as this was bound to find its way into the right-wing media, but that’s no reason for not issuing it. I agree with the courtesy thing, but this was a request to employees, not an instruction, right? So what is the big deal? A stout defence, bro, alhamdulillah, and I’m glad to see someone challenging the ludicrous notion that Britain is a “Christian country” - it’s as daft as pointing at Snowdon and saying Britain is mountainous!

By: Old Pickler

Old Pickler — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:43:59 +0000

I’m afraid it’s your religious obligation, not theirs. You can ask people not to do it, but you have no right to insist.

Quite. Stop whingeing, and we should stop pandering.

By: George Carty

George Carty — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:09:49 +0000

Islamophobia in the Daily Express? Well, what else do you expect from a newspaper with a Crusader in its masthead?

By: Deobandi Chishti

Deobandi Chishti — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:34:23 +0000

It’s difficult answering the spew of the right -wing press. I used to do it. But then you get fed up after a bit. Perhaps, I became thick-skinned. Allah knows best. I think many others have also. I admire your concern to do what you did.

By: Counter

Counter — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:12:32 +0000

I agree with you about the gutter press stoking up tension. It turns out to have been a badly worded memo, where the intention was to prevent council members taking food reserved for those about to break their fast.

However, I completely disagree with you that you should expect some consideration from non-Muslims by not eating in front of you while you’re fasting. I’m afraid it’s your religious obligation, not theirs. You can ask people not to do it, but you have no right to insist.

By: Indigo Jo

Indigo Jo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:33:11 +0000

As-Salaamu ‘alaikum,

I spoke to the researcher when I actually called the station, and told her I was a Muslim; it was she who told me that they’d call me back, i.e. I was going to be on air.

By: Ali Abdullah

Ali Abdullah — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:39:17 +0000

Seems she didn’t know you were a Muslim. If she had - do you think you would have got on air?