Well, about bloody time-

faiz0

Wasn’t he James Whale’s go to man whenever he needed a ‘Muslim viewpoint’ for his radio show?

Sonic67

There was a time when every Sunday morning debate programme hosted by Nicky Campbell or similar used to feature him.

krish

then they switched to that fake Islamic scholar Mo Ansar, until he was rumbled (eventually ending up regularly on the least discerning RT doing manufactured face-offs with Katie Hopkins)

Sonic67

Another one of the joys of terrestrial TV I now miss out on. I spent Sunday morning in bed with the missus watching The Haunting of Hill House.

Sonic67

No different to Anjem.

Is Choudary an Islamic scholar whose views merit attention or consideration? No. Has he studied under leading Islamic scholars? Nope. Does he have any Islamic qualifications or credentials? None whatsoever. So what gives him the right to pontificate on Islam, British Muslims or "the hellfire"? Or proclaim himself a "sharia judge"?

He's a decent rabble rouser like Tommy Robinson but that's it. He seemed to have become some kind of go to rent-a-quote to get people shouting at the TV.

krish

I really wished TV and radio dispensed with all these rent-a-gobsh*tes/'scholars'/'social commentators' ... the Hopkins, the Smurthewaites, the Epsteins, the Ansars, the Dewberrys et al.

Bl4ckGryph0n

I disagree, I’m glad we have freedom of speech. I have faith in humanity.

krish

And I never said anything to oppose that.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Technically no you didn’t, you just wished TV would dispense with them. In practise it’s not that different.

krish

Not at all. The clue is in the name ... rent-a-gob. They're financially incentivised to be adversarial, controversial, contrarian etc.