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Ok, I think a little bit of background info is in order. From Wikipedia then:
Investigations by the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, and Ofcom
West Midlands Police launched an investigation, immediately after the programme was transmitted, into whether criminal offences had been committed by those teaching or preaching at the Mosques and other establishments. They presented their evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service who advised that “a realistic prospect of a conviction was unlikely”.
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The West Midlands Police then complained to Ofcom that the programme had been subject to such an intensity of editing that those who had been featured in the programme had been misrepresented (creating an unfair, unjust and inaccurate perception of both some speakers and sections of the Muslim community within the West Midlands); the footage had been edited in a way that resulted in material being broadcast in a form so altered from the form originally delivered that it was “sufficient to undermine community cohesion”; and the programme was “likely to undermine feelings of public reassurance and safety of those communities in the West Midlands for which the Chief Constable has a responsibility”.
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The resulting complaints to Ofcom were rejected on 19th November 2007. "Undercover Mosque was a legitimate investigation, uncovering matters of important public interest... On the evidence (including untransmitted footage and scripts), Ofcom found that the broadcaster had accurately represented the material it had gathered and dealt with the subject matter responsibly and in context."[16] Ofcom also did not uphold complaints from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, from the Islamic Cultural Centre, and from the London Central Mosque.[16]
I think this is unfair because the evidence against C4 was undeniably clear.
If you want to read the full thing, read the pdf document in my post above from page 9 onwards.
There were some other threads about the programme if you remember:
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...er-mosque.html
http://www.islamicboard.com/world-af...istortion.html
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...y-shocked.html
Other links:
C4 'distorted' mosque programme
Undercover Mosques: The Transcripts
Yasir Qadhi talks about 'Dispatches - Undercover Mosques'
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