BBC Boss says islam should be treated more sensitively than Christianity

The BBC boss admitted that that the government funded tv broadcaster does treat islam in a different light relative to other religions like Christianity. He feels that because islam is practised by a minority of people in England it should be treated more sensitively than Christianity.

Simple BS. The BBC is afraid of the muslim population, plain and simple. They don't want to receive death threats for insulting islam or muhammad. By islam's standards thats pretty easy to do, even without realising it. Telegraph

Mark Thompson claimed that because Muslims are a religious minority in Britain and also often from ethnic minorities, their faith should be given different coverage to that of more established groups.

His comments come after the comedian Ben Elton accused the BBC of being scared of making jokes about Islam, while Hindus have claimed it favours Muslims over other religions.

But Mr Thompson, speaking at the annual public theology lecture of the religion think-tank Theos, insisted the state broadcaster would show programmes that criticised Islam if they were of sufficient quality.

YAAAA OK, the BBC is scared of the muslim population in England, just like the British government. That's why there are no shows that critize islam on the BBC....

But asked whether it was correct that the BBC "let vicar gags pass but not imam gags", as Elton claimed, he admitted it did take a different approach to Islam, which has 1.6million followers in Britain, compared to its approach to the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church.

Mr Thompson said: "My view is that there is a difference between the position of Christianity, which I believe should be central to the BBC's religion coverage and widely respected and followed.

"What Christian identity feels like it is about to the broad population is a little bit different to people for whom their religion is also associated with an ethnic identity which has not been fully integrated.

"There's no reason why any religion should be immune from discussion, but I don't want to say that all religions are the same. To be a minority I think puts a slightly different outlook on it."