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Anger at HIGNFY's Mecca joke
Chortle (UK)
June 7, 2011
https://www.legal-project.org/1449/anger-at-hignfy-mecca-joke
Excerpt:
Muslim groups are urging a widespread protest at the BBC over a Have I Got News For You joke they say was Islamophobic.
On Friday's edition, host Sharon Horgan said: 'The Independent described the Dostoevsky metro station… as the Mecca for suicides. Not to be confused with the Mecca of suicide bombers – which is Mecca.'
The joke received a slightly uncomfortable reaction from the studio audience, and is now set to lead to a torrent of complaints to the BBC.
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