.... Channel 4’s program was met with a furious response from the IFE and its supporters. Over thirty politicians and activists wrote an open letter to the Guardian condemning the "inflammatory documentary" and blaming it for increased racial tensions in the area. Earlier, the IFE had also organized a "timely seminar" on "confronting anti-Muslim hatred in contemporary Britain."
They claim, incorrectly, that Channel 4 and those who supported its investigation, do not want to see Muslims active in public life. This is a crass charge. Consider, for example, that the majority of interviewees in the Channel 4 program were Muslims complaining about the IFE’s hardline approach.
Their problem is with the IFE’s reactionary and sectarian message, and its lack of openness about what it stands for when taking its message to the public. [Hudson New York] Read more
