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10 December 2019

General Election 2019: Muslim Council of Britain accuses BBC of “failing to sufficiently report” on Conservative Islamophobia

Today the Muslim Council of Britain, the country’s leading British Muslim representative body has written ([link removed]) to BBC Director General Tony Hall to raise its concerns about the lack of proportionate coverage of the Conservative Party’s “institutional Islamophobia”.

Reminding Mr Hall of the BBC’s responsibility as a public broadcaster to be impartial and consistent, the MCB has requested that “racism against Muslims be given equal importance to racism against others.”

The MCB’s Centre for Media Monitoring has been keeping a watch of the number, tone and prominence of BBC stories on the issue, which has received precious little attention by the broadcaster, despite statements by both the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly acknowledging and apologising for the issue.

MCB Secretary General, Harun Khan, said:

“The Conservative Party has an institutional, widespread problem with Islamophobia, which has been clearly documented both by the Muslim Council of Britain and other individuals, organisations and media outlets.

“Not only has the BBC not covered the full extent of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party that many in society feel should be being discussed this election, it has given platform to individuals who have used far-right Islamophobic hate. Melanie Phillips made an accusation that deception is a mainstream Muslim belief in The Times on 2^nd December and was then a guest on Politics Live on 5^th December.

“License payers, who include millions of British Muslims, are essentially paying to facilitate the incitement of hatred against themselves.”

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Notes to editors:


1. The Muslim Council of Britain is the UK's largest Muslim umbrella body with over 500 affiliated national, regional and local organisations, including mosques, charities and schools.

2. The MCB's letter to Mr Hall, along with an appendix evidencing the claims, is published ** here ([link removed])
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3. For further information please contact:
Zainab Gulamali
** [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
0845 2626786

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