If you missed it, you can catch the programme again tonight or rather in the early. The production company behind the programme used the tactic of secret recordings in order to portray otherwise normal behaviour, as something sinister. Muslims are once again in the tv limelight with channel 4s dispatches programme this evening entitled women only jihad. Undercover mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches that was first broadcast on 15 january 2007 in the uk.
Nov 23, 2011 a teacher secretly filmed by channel 4 s dispatches hitting and kicking children during quran lessons at a mosque in keighley was today 23rd november 2012 sentenced to ten weeks in prison for. This week we bring you a powerful film made for uks channel 4 dispatches programme. The return is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches which aired in the uk on 1 september 2008 at 8pm this program is a sequel to the undercover mosque programme broadcast on 15 january 2007 in the uk. Saudi female preachers of hate secretly filmed in mosque. Undercover mosque channel 4 are the real racists sacc. Aug 08, 2007 the controversial channel four dispatches programme featured footage of speakers allegedly delivering hatefilled lectures at green lane mosque, in small heath. Inside the mosque at ground zero, on channel 4 geller. A yearandahalf after the critically acclaimed film undercover mosque was first screened, dispatches goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key. The documentary presents film footage gathered from 12 months of secret investigation into mosques throughout britain. Aug 08, 2007 london reuters a second channel 4 dispatches documentary about british muslims is under investigation, police said on wednesday. Channel 4 film aimed to expose extremism american renaissance. Row brews at starbucks over child workers on farms. The film caused a furore in britain and the world press due to the content of the released footage.
Dispatches sparked controversy back in 2008 with its undercover mosque investigation into birminghams green lane masjid, where preachers were secretly filmed allegedly preaching hate against. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation. Two undercover reporters obtained jobs as cabin crew, based at ryanairs operations at london stansted airport and spent 5 months secretly recording the training programme and cabin crew procedures. The case is separate to an investigation into another dispatches programme, undercover mosque, which investigated islamist extremism at british mosques in january. The channel 4 dispatches programme undercover mosque, broadcast in january, purported to show extremist speeches being delivered at mosques in london and birmingham. Dave, i agree 100% regarding your comments, the people of england are now even more enlightened to the muslim cancer which spreads through our cities and towns after watching channel 4 s programme dispatches regarding u.
Channel 4 dispatches undercover mosque 2 the return 2008. Undercover mosque was first aired on 15 january 2007. The aim of the show was to show mpac challenging the conservative mosques around the uk to open up to women currently over half of the 1600 mosques in britain do not allow women access to worship. Channel 4 vindicated over undercover mosque telegraph. Channel 4s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme. His film explores how this proposed mosque and islamic community centre at the site of the 911 attacks in.
Channel 4 defends dispatches mosque probe media the. His ground zero mosque documentary goes out on monday at 8 on channel 4 in uk the ground zero mosque and on sept th on pbs frontline. Investigative journalist, bobby pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. Mosques which showed muslim clerics teaching muslims to start jihad against. Police go to tv watchdog over channel 4 mosque documentary. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, usually featuring a mole in an organisation. Grenfell residents stand in solidarity with firefighters. Aug 22, 2008 now hardcash has made a followup programme for channel 4 s dispatches, to be broadcast next month, in which a female reporter attends prayer meetings at an important british mosque which claims. Steve quinn filming for channel 4s dispatches programme. Channel 4 has defended its dispatches programme undercover mosque and hit back at west midlands police, who today accused the documentary of distortion. Journalist kenan malik, known for his controversial views on islamophobia and multiculturalism, interprets the results of. Channel 4 has uploaded a taster of monday evenings documentary on extremism in luton see video at the foot of this article, in which dispatches spent a year investigating and filming the activities, personalities and views of the towns militant islamists, such as sayful islam, and their opponents in the edl led by stephen lennon tommy robinson. Undercover reporters from channel 4s dispatches recorded the lectures in the womens section of regents park mosque in london. Channel 4 dispatches undercover mosque 2 the return.
Police have arrested a man for alleged assaults on children at a mosque, following behaviour seen in a channel 4 documentary shown on monday. This is the real racism on channel 4 daily mail online. This program is a sequel to the undercover mosque programme broadcast on 15 january 2007 in the uk. The documentary caused a furore in britain and the world press due to. Aug 08, 2007 police and prosecutors have made a formal complaint to the broadcasting watchdog, ofcom, over a channel 4 programme about extremism in mosques which allegedly completely distorted the views of. Hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches which aired in the. Dispatches traces the links between the teachings and materials at the mosque and the saudi arabian religious establishment, and examines the extent to which saudi arabia exports such teachings around the world through the funding of literature, schools, mosques and other organisations. The makers of channel 4s dispatches investigation undercover mosque have won a public apology and six figure libel settlement. Church group backs extremist mosque wikinews, the free. Channel 4 defends dispatches mosque probe media the guardian. But charges will not be brought against preachers featured in dispatches, which tackled. How a woman forced into sex slavery escaped her captor 60 minutes australia duration. Undercover mosque charles johnson has convenietly posted three video clips from the first part of the uk channel 4 documentary dispatches. Police act after alleged assault on child as second mosque featured in film is forced to close amid farright attack fears.
In a robust statement, channel 4 said the current affairs documentary, broadcast in january, had allowed islamist extremists to speak for themselves and had sought to put all the footage used. Channel 4 has been reported to broadcasting watchdog ofcom for heavily editing the words of islamic imams to give them more sinister meaning in dispatches. But a police investigation into the muslims speeches found that the footage was manipulated. The excellent channel 4 s dispatches last night infiltrated the sisters circle at regents park mosque. Aug 08, 2007 in a piece about the programme, the channel 4 dispatches website said a reporter had attended talks at mosques and found preachers condemning the idea of integration into british society, condemning british democracy as unislamic and praising the taliban for killing british soldiers. Channel 4 announces return of undercover mosque media the. Dispatches is a british current affairs documentary programme on channel 4, first broadcast on 30 october 1987. A yearandahalf after the critically acclaimed film undercover mosque was first screened, dispatches goes undercover again to see whether. Dispatches is the british tv current affairs documentary series on channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. Undercover mosque won a police apology and libel damages, channel 4 has announced it is returning to the subject in undercover mosque. The programme uses footage filmed by undercover reporters in uk.
Moderate muslim preachers really not so moderate, channel. Teacher at mosque arrested following channel 4 documentary. Awardwinning director dan reed premieres his film mosque at ground zero on channel 4 in the uk. In january, channel 4 dispatches program undercover mosque featured footage shot in a number of british mosques where imams criticized democracy as unislamic and praised taliban for killing british soldiers. Undercover mosque also features interviews with moderate british muslim figures who are speaking out against the influence of saudi arabias extreme brand of islam, which they claim is seeking to overturn islamic traditions of diversity and peaceful coexistence. Aug 08, 2007 channel 4 has defended its dispatches programme undercover mosque and hit back at west midlands police, who today accused the documentary of distortion in a robust statement, channel 4 said the. The barclays interest rate scandal, unimaginable bonuses and insurance misselling put the banking sector in the spotlight. The claims were investigated by west midlands police officers who found there was no evidence to bring charges against three speakers featured in the documentary.
Channel 4 has defended its dispatches programme undercover mosque and hit back at west midlands police, who today accused the documentary of distortion in a robust statement, channel 4 said the. Dispatches editor kevin sutcliffe leaves channel 4 press. Channel 4 cleared over mosque investigation mon 19 nov 2007 14. Channel 4 to hand over controversial dispatches bizasia. The tip of a mosque is shown against a skyline in britain in a. See dispatches image collectionfrom 2020 you might also be interested in dispatches channel 4 and dispatches meaning. Um, ive never been to a mosque where that kind of hate had been promoted, i would have found out who to report it to and done so. Police accuse channel 4 of distorting film on radical. Abu usama responds to dispatches undercover mosques new. Top stories, videos, photos, analysis accused for expats. Channel 4 accused of creating mischief over portrayal of black muslim in dispatches black britain, january 15, 2007 birmingham mosque leader critical of hate speech birmingham post. Dispatches vindicated over undercover mosque film channel 4. Channel 4 s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme.
Aug 08, 2007 police are reporting channel 4 to the media regulator ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited. Undercover mosque won a police apology and libel damages, channel 4 has announced it is returning to the. Channel 4 dispatches transmitted 06 july 2015 news release. A teacher secretly filmed by channel 4 s dispatches hitting and kicking children during quran lessons at a mosque in keighley was today 23rd november 2012 sentenced to ten weeks in prison for. Ryanair statement for channel 4 dispatches programme pdf. Broadcasting regulator ofcom has today dismissed all complaints against channel 4 dispatches programme undercover mosque, including a claim by west midlands police that the programme had misrepresented the views of muslim preachers and clerics through misleading editing. Ofcom rejects police claims of distortion in dispatches mosque programme. The return is a documentary programme produced by the. Channel 4 said today it was confident of defending itself against complaints to ofcom that its dispatches programme undercover mosque distorted interviews kevin sutcliffe, commissioning editor. An anonymous woman, covered from head to toe in a blue burka, is dragged across a football pitch and shot in front of 30,000 spectators. Undercover mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions 1 for the channel 4 series dispatches which first aired on 15 january 2007 in the uk. This socalled undercover investigation merely panders to ageold antimuslim prejudices by employing the timehonored tradition of cherry picking statements and presenting them in the most inflammatory manner.
Dec 07, 2014 how a woman forced into sex slavery escaped her captor 60 minutes australia duration. Aug 08, 2007 channel 4 said today it was confident of defending itself against complaints to ofcom that its dispatches programme undercover mosque distorted interviews kevin sutcliffe, commissioning editor. Call for probe into police after apology to channel 4. In 2001, dispatches reporter saira shah risked her life as she went undercover in afghanistan to film the medieval barbarity the.
Channel 4 cleared over mosque investigation christian. The return is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the channel 4 series dispatches which aired in the uk on 1 september 2008 at 8pm. Police had claimed that the dispatches programme undercover mosque misrepresented the views of muslim preachers and clerics through. Aug 23, 2008 channel 4 announces return of undercover mosque. An unnamed saudi woman is seen mocking other religions labelling christianity vile and an abomination. A video response from abu usamah to the allegations made by channel 4 dispatches program on the 15th january.
This haunting image of taliban justice was filmed secretly in channel 4s awardwinning documentary beneath the veil broadcast in june 2001. Another, known as angelique, claims britain is a land of evil. Dispatches tv programme wikimili, the best wikipedia. Regents park mosque found still preaching hate against britain.
An upcoming channel 4 documentary entitled who speaks for british muslims will seek to smear a number of muslim organisations and personalities. Did dispatches contact the police and ask whether anyone reported her. Sabir hussain jailed for child assaults at keighley mosque. A dispatches reporter attends mosques run by organizations whose public faces are presented as moderate and finds preachers condemning integration into british society, condemning democracy and praising the taliban for killing british soldiers. Aug 08, 2007 channel 4 film aimed to expose extremism leigh holmwood, manchester guardian, august 8, 2007 channel 4s dispatches programme undercover mosque was always going to be controversial, with its investigation being billed as revealing disturbing evidence of islamist extremism at a number of britains leading muslim institutions. The documentary presents video footage gathered from 12 months of secret investigation into mosques throughout britain. Mosque teacher jailed for child assault and islamic school headmaster replaced as dfe crack down on intolerance resulting from channel 4. Dispatches tv programme wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Channel 4 defends dispatches undercover mosque digital spy. Dispatches, lessons on hate and violence showed footage of a man who appeared to be kicking and hitting children during lessons at a school in the markazi jamia mosque in keighley, west yorkshire. Police are reporting channel 4 to the media regulator ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited. On february 2006, channel 4 broadcast a documentary as part of its dispatches series, ryanair caught napping. Channel 4 defends israel lobby probe the jewish chronicle.
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