Muslim Preachers Being Vindicated: Channel 4′s Fakomentary Conspiracy

Alhamdulilah, it seems that the UK police have declared that Channel 4 distorted the speeches of Muslim preachers in UK. This really makes me so much more respectful of UK law enforcement versus American law enforcement, who would not even raise a finger against the media here (consider Fox Noise and the lack of any “controls” on it for propagating lies and Islamophobia). I ranted angrily about the documentary on my old blog here and here. This was my message to Channel 4, pre-release of fakomentary:

“Channel 4, here's my message for you: The anti-Muslim sentiments are already resounding in the West, a large chunk of people already think Muslims are inherently violent or evil, Islamophobia is already rampant; so let me tell you straight-up that you have succeeded, that the media has ALREADY succeeded in destroying our image. Your “icing on the cake” with this documentary will now only serve to enrage those who already hate… What you should have done INSTEAD, was to spend 12 months locating positive stories in the mosques. So, that you could help heal the wounds, not add insult to injury…”

Sh. Chao mentions this in his post here. More info on the Independent, on Times Online, and Channel 4′s lame defense on Guardian. Of course, all these are UK newspapers… not a whisper from the major US newspapers (or one that I could easily find). Where is Fox Noise now, which was constantly showing clips of the fakementary?

Some quotable quotes:

• The Crown Prosecution Service said the show “completely distorted” what the trio said, a claim Channel 4 rejects. Kevin Sutcliffe, commissioning editor for Dispatches, said West Midlands police had produced no evidence to support their claims. “We find it extraordinary that they have gone public on these concerns without discussing them with us first,” he said.
• After viewing 56 hours of material, only a fraction of which made the final cut, a lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) claimed the editing process had “completely distorted” what speakers were saying and advised police to drop their criminal investigation.
• “The CPS has demonstrated it will not hesitate to prosecute those responsible for criminal incitement but, in this case, we have been dealing with a heavily edited programme, apparently taking out of context aspects of speeches which in their totality could never provide a realistic prospect of any convictions.”

SUE THESE DECEIVERS! That's my message to the Muslim organizations in UK. They need to face the same music that they caused these preachers to face. May Allah protect the Muslims from the tricks of the Satan and his allies.