11 June 2010

Columnist Peter Oborne slams media’s Muslim slurs as ‘un-British’

COLUMNIST Peter Oborne warned that Muslims were being unfairly represented in the media at a conference on Islamophobia on Saturday. The Highbury-based journalist said his anger at Islamophobia stemmed from patriotism.

He said: “We should stand up for British values and that means examining how society treats Muslims.” The journalist, who writes for the right-leaning Spectator and Daily Mail, spoke alongside left-wingers including Tony Benn and Islington North Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn at the conference in the Camden Centre, off Euston Road. [Islington Tribune] Read more [via ENGAGE]