Miqdaad Versi Profile picture
Management Consultant, Media Spokesperson for @MuslimCouncil, Board member of @rightssecurity, Grassroots activist. Views my own. RTs not endorsements

Sep 26, 2020, 8 tweets

Charles Moore as chair of the BBC is scary for many reasons, one of which is his awful views on Muslims

See thread here:

It is shocking someone like this is even in the running & it is indicative of how entrenched Islamophobia is in our public space

Just imagine, this is a man who is frightened by Islam at times

spectator.co.uk/article/we-mig…

Only a few years ago, he published this, showing his concerns ostensibly about Islam - albeit actually about Muslims

telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/…

And he totally misrepresents the definition of Islamophobia, attacking its proponents.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/1…

How awful is this...it would be shocking if it was not just part of his collection of such pieces...

spectator.co.uk/article/is-it-…

His history of being extremely offensive, is long

theguardian.com/media/2004/dec…

In the upcoming articles on Moore being discussed as the new BBC chair, I wonder how many will mention this history of his views on Muslims and Islam.

Let's see...

And how many just don't know or care...

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