Via Asian News:
A campaign group is urging members of the Muslim community to lobby the BBC over a comment made on the channel.
The remark was made on the 'Have I got News For You' show last Friday when host Sharon Horgan said: ‘The Independent described the Dostoevsky metro station… as the Mecca for suicides. Not to be confused with the Mecca of suicide bombers – which is Mecca.’ Campaign group The Muslim Public Affairs Committee said: “This offhand comment does nothing except reinforce the message that Islam has something within its fundamental beliefs that makes it a threat to civil society Allowing this comment to go unchecked justifies the statement and condones such demonisation, as the comment implicitly implies that all Muslims are terrorists and all terrorists are Muslims.’ The group is urging readers of it’s website to complain to the BBC over the remark.
However, Sharon Horgan has apologised for any offence caused and said she was not prejudice in any way.
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