Who speaks for british muslims channel 4 dispatches. It all sounds perfectly innocent, a group of muslim women enjoying, as we all do, quality. Bbc attacked for biased mosque documentary the christian. Last week, dispatches and the sunday telegraph claimed east london mosque was the headquarters of a secretive, fundamentalist political network. The revd angus ritchie, director of the contextual theology centre blogs on local christians experience of the mosque. What is it about the decision by channel 4 news to censor a jesus and mo cartoon that makes it wrong. Its team found the mosques official bookshop sells dvds containing the speeches of two radical preachers, sheikh feiz and sheikh khalid yasin. Lords communications committees inquiry into the future of investigative.
West midlands police investigated whether criminal offences. Economist joseph stiglitz thinks coronavirus will lead to fundamental changes in society. We obtained undisputed evidence that the mosque is controlled by a muslim supremacist group called the islamic forum of europe which seeks, in the words of one. Britains rubbish dispatches waste in the uk channel 4. Channel 4s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme. Whilst the teachings of hatred in these schools are not surprising, it is nothing short of scandalous that vulnerable children are left to the mercy of islamists. Channel 4s dispatches on the use of fake likes in social media advertising attracted just 864,600 viewers last night and was trumped by all the other public service broadcast channels programmes at 8pm. But an undercover reporter joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and. Channel 4 announces return of undercover mosque media the. Six months ago i, too, made a tv programme for channel 4s dispatches about the east london mosque. Pages businesses medianews company channel 4 news videos mosque bombed by terrorists in 2006 restored to its splendour.
The comparisons with the nazi youth to the palestinianhizbollah youth is uncanny, and when explo terrorist and now critic of islam walid shoebat says on obsession that islamofascism is more dangerous than nazi germany we know we have to confront this cancer. I will certainly be watching dispatches on monday channel 4 at 8. The documentary caused a furore in britain and the world press due to the extremist content of the released footage. Whether you read the papers, surf the net, or watch the tv, the media seems full of allegations against east london mosque. The crown prosecution service said the show completely distorted what the trio said, a claim channel 4 rejects. Channel 4 has defended its dispatches programme undercover mosque and hit back at west midlands police, who today accused the documentary of distortion. I have received a number of requests for a full transcript of my channel 4 dispatches film, broadcast in march, about the fundamentalist islamic forum of europe and their ally lutfur rahman, just chosen as the new directly elected mayor of tower hamlets. As britains growing muslim population rises to 3 million, a new channel 4 series has gone behind the scenes on life in the birmingham central mosque. Channel 4 holds 33% of the share capital of protagonist pictures ltd. Police were reportedly alerted after he was filmed praying behind a jihadist black standard and attempting to recruit children at a local park. Tonights powerful episode of dispatches channel 4, 10pm reports on the experiences of children and young people with complex needs in mental health hospitals, in the context of the governments and nhs aim to move people out of inappropriate inpatient units and into specialist care in the community.
The documentary presents video footage gathered from 12 months of secret investigation into mosques throughout britain. Undercover mosque witnessed the rise of extremist wahhabism within uk mosques, undercover mosque. Police had claimed that the dispatches programme undercover mosque misrepresented the views of muslim preachers and clerics through. A forthcoming channel 4 dispatches programme paints an alarming picture of how preachers in some of britains most moderate mosques are urging followers to reject british laws in favour of those. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The conservatives will face an independent inquiry into islamophobia, party chairman james cleverly has confirmed. This guy has a very fast and loose definition of antisemitism antisemitism and the reported world apparently, according to channel 4s dispatches programme on monday night, there are some wealthy jews out there bent on influencing british government policy on israel.
Channel 4s extremely british muslims lifts lid on life as. Investigative journalist, bobby pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. Hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches which aired in the. Vertigo films ltd and ingenious media plc also each hold 33%.
Khuram shazad butt, one the london bridge attackers recently identified by police, appeared in a channel 4 documentary called the jihadist next door last year. Dispatches is a british current affairs documentary programme on channel 4, first broadcast on 30 october 1987. Transcript it shows hatred, religious bigotry, jihad, and a coming violent revolution against britain, being preached at some mainstream british mosques. Chairman brandon lewis says poll of 890 members for channel 4 show is unrepresentative of the party. The investigation comes after a yougov survey for channel 4s dispatches programme found that 56 per cent of the tory membership thought islam was generally a threat to the british way of life and just 22 per cent thought it. What time is extremely british muslims on channel 4. Undercover mosque won a police apology and libel damages, channel 4 has announced it is returning to the subject in undercover mosque. And the dispatches reporter discovers that british muslims can ask for fatwas, religious. The return explores further the terrifying beliefs of a rising. Abu usama responds to dispatches undercover mosques. A video response from abu usamah to the allegations made by channel 4 dispatches program on the 15th january. West midlands police carried out its own inquiry into three speakers in the undercover mosque broadcast, and then into the programmemakers themselves.
The return real stories islam, sharia, jihad published on wed, 4th oct 2017 sat, 1st jul 2017 by macblue after the first dispatches. A yearandahalf after the critically acclaimed film undercover mosque was first screened, dispatches goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key. Police are reporting channel 4 to the media regulator ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited. This is the real racism on channel 4 daily mail online. Not for one second have the print and broadcast media relented in their barrage of racism against muslims. The return is a documentary programme produced by the. Lutfur was council leader at the time of the programme, a position from.
Channel 4 cleared over mosque investigation christian. Find out when who speaks for british muslims channel 4 dispatches is on tv. Lessons in hate and violence on islamic schools in britain confirms the urgency of addressing the question of faith schools. An upcoming channel 4 documentary entitled who speaks for british muslims will seek to smear a number of muslim organisations and personalities. Undercover mosque the return last year, hidden cameras proved that violence, intolerance, and bigotry are being preached in uk mosqueseven in mosques that claim to be moderate and peaceful click here to watch the original program. Yougov was commissioned by channel 4s dispatches programme to carry.
Mosque school arrest following channel 4 documentary. Channel 4 dispatches undercover mosque 2 the return 2008 rosetta beltran. Dispatches has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. The latest example is channel 4s dispatches documentary undercover mosque, broadcast on january 15. Undercover mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches that was first broadcast on 15 january 2007 in the uk. Channel 4 believes that it is critically important that plurality of news and current. Dispatches, unreported world and cutting edge strands.
The only monotheistic religion on this planet earth is islam which means. Undercover mosque, were rejected by the regulator, and both. Channel 4s undercover mosque returns the undercover mosque programme is to return to tv following its libel victory over west midlands police by. What is wrong with channel 4s censorship of jesus and mo. As for your reply to my comments, you have failed to respond to the fact that channel 4 the british channel which actually broadcast this documentary over a year ago on their dispatches series have actually been subject to an investigation case of slander which remains largely unresolved. The documentary is a textbook example of islamophobic reporting. The documentary undercover mosque, dispatches, channel 4, jan 2007, secretly films islamist extremists in british mosques. Dispatches, lessons in hate and violence, secretly filmed a man apparently hitting and. A yearandahalf after the critically acclaimed film undercover mosque was first screened, dispatches goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key british muslim institutions. A yearandahalf after the critically acclaimed film undercover mosque was first screened, dispatches goes undercover again to see whether. Dispatches undercover mosque channel 4 uk 89pm gmt 15.
Channel four television corporation report and financial. Beatings, humiliation and lessons in hating britain. The allegations against london central mosque in regents park follow a 12month investigation by the channel 4 dispatches programme. Channel 4 vindicated over undercover mosque telegraph. Birmingham mosque channel 4 documentary distorted cps criticises editing in dispatches programme on green lane mosque, in small heath. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation. Mobs immediately began looting and destroying the neighborhoods mosque, shops, and homes, perpetuating a now. But, no, im not talking about big brother, im referring to dispatches. The production company behind the programme used the tactic of secret recordings in order to portray otherwise normal behaviour, as something sinister. Channel 4 s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme.
In a robust statement, channel 4 said the current affairs documentary, broadcast in january, had allowed islamist extremists to speak for themselves and had sought to put all the footage used. The return explores further the terrifying beliefs of a. This socalled undercover investigation merely panders to ageold antimuslim prejudices by employing the timehonored tradition of cherry picking statements and presenting them in the most inflammatory manner. Police apologise for mosque documentary slur the independent. A religious teacher secreted filmed by channel 4 s dispatches repeatedly hitting and kicking children during koran lessons at a mosque in keighley was sentenced to ten weeks in prison for assault.
A new documentary tv series starting tonight lifts the lid on life as a muslim in britain, after film makers had unprecedented access to birmingham central mosque. Dirty kuffar kuffar is arabic for nonbelievers is a controversial 2004 jihad style islamist extremist rap video produced by muslim british rappers sheikh terra and the soul salah crew, or, as the video says. Channel 4 defends dispatches undercover mosque digital spy. Britains rubbish dispatches lifts the lid on britains bins and asks what the plan is to tackle the countrys growing rubbish problem. Police in west midlands had originally investigated comments made by preachers on channel 4s dispatches programme undercover mosque but later turned the focus on the documentary makers themselves. Undercover mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches.
West midlands police lodged a formal complaint with the regulator and asked the cps to consider a prosecution against channel 4 which was denied due to lack of sufficient evidence. Undercover mosque won a police apology and libel damages, channel 4 has announced it is returning to the subject. Mosque school arrest following channel 4 documentary uk news. Undercover mosque channel 4 are the real racists sacc. Watch dispatches undercover mosque real stories 1 gypsyfreak on dailymotion. Furthermore, the crown prosecution service criticised channel 4 for totally distorting what abu usamah and others had said.
Uk conservative party to face inquiry into islamophobia. London bridge attacker appeared in channel 4 doc on. Last nights channel 4 dispatches documentary was a classic example of a multipurpose psychological operation, designed to minimise any urges we may have towards activism, while at the same time softening us up to yet more social profiling and the idea of energy austerity. Channel 4 announces return of undercover mosque media. At the nearby green lane mosque, channel 4 s undercover reporter. In essence the decision is wrong because it implies that the request that no depiction of mohammad be shown is a reasonable one, whereas by all normal standards of the secular west the request is totally unreasonable. Britains channel 4 exposes power of proisrael lobby. Channel 4 news mosque bombed by terrorists in 2006. Dispatches follows three families to show what life is like if theres not enough money for lifes essentials. The latest example is channel 4 s dispatches documentary undercover mosque, broadcast on january 15.
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