Sacranie defends his homophobic statements
Stung by accusations of homophobia which followed his Radio 4 PM interview (full transcript here), Iqbal Sacranie has tried, with characteristic ineptitude, to backpedal.
From the MCB site:
On the question of whether my comments were homophobic, it is utterly nonsensical to suggest that. We reject any form of discrimination, whether on the basis of race, religion, gender or age.
Race, religion, gender or age. Notice anything missing from this list? That’s like saying “it is utterly nonsensical to suggest we are Islamophobic. We have the greatest respect for Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.”
But people cannot be bullied to remain silent on views which they believe are important for society to understand
concludes the man who said death was “too good” for Salman Rushdie.
He’s an asshole. No question. They should strip him of his knighthood and stop him appearing on telly/radio now. They won’t of course, but it’s a nice thought.
Time for another Google bomb for the MCB?
What’s a Google bomb? Sounds interesting.
Google bomb is basically when lots of sites link to a particualr link with a particular phrase to attempt to make it the top result in a google search.
eg: a google search for “ignorant bigots” leads to the website for Christian Voice, and a google search for “liar” leads to the official biography page of Tony Blair.
Actually “bigots” on its own is enough to lead you to “Christian voice” via Google.
Tee hee!
GALHA have a little more on this at http://galha.blogspot.com/2006/01/muslim-council-head-says-gays-are-sick.html
Includes some welcome comments from MPs from all 3 main parties.
Also they provide a link to a rather dsiturbing release where the MCB claim that homosexuality causes AIDS.
Sacranie is being investigated by the police.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4603474.stm