Despite implying that he wasn't a fan of the 'gotcha!' style of interviewing last week, here was one of Andrew's 'Islamophobia' questions today:
Let me talk about prejudice of all kinds. There was a prominent Conservative who said, "To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia, fear of Islam, seems a natural reaction and it is exactly what that text is intended to provoke. Judged purely on its scripture, to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques, it is the most viciously sectarian of all religions in its heartlessness to unbelievers." That was Boris Johnson. Do you stand by that?
That quote, if you're wondering, was from the Spectator in 2005, a week after Islam-inspired terrorists killed 52 people and injured 784 people in London on 7/7.
Visited? Viscerally? Visibly?
ReplyDeleteYou might have thought Andrew Marr was reading from Jeffrey Epstein's diary rather than from a thoughtful piece by a thoughtful journalist, given the manner in which he delivered the quote.
Perhaps Marr could tell us what it is he finds so offensive.
Viciously! (whoops)
DeleteThe BBC... implying that they don't imply then implying?
ReplyDeleteShocked I tell you...shocked!