BNP to use Prophet cartoon in campaign
The British National Party is seeking to exploit controversies involving Muslims in its campaign for local authority elections in May.
The extreme right-wing party, which hopes to field 1,000 candidates in England, will include in its campaign material one of the cartoons which sparked outrage among Muslims across the world, showing the Prophet Mohamed with a bomb in his turban.
One leaflet asks voters: “Are you concerned about the growth of Islam in Britain? Make Thursday 4 May Referendum Day.” It adds: “We owe it to our children to defend our Christian culture.”
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A BNP spokesman said it would campaign mainly on local issues and denied it was “exploiting” recent events. “We are saying that there are worries in society about these issues,” he added.
UK INdependent Published: 22 February 2006
Resources:
Wikipedia Entry on BNP: BNP Wikipedia
Guardian Special report: Europe’s far right Summary
Europe’s far right Archive: Europe’s Far Right
Guardian Special Report: The British National Party
Well, they too are entitled to say what they think.
That kind of campaigning isn’t so different from how mainstream parties present their views.
Griffin’s race hate trial here in the UK was an unmitigated disaster, culminating in the worst possible of outcomes: a retrial. More publicity.
Let them vent their own opinions, no matter how repugnant, then we can counter them.
We can all only hope that the British electorate see the BNP for what they really are - hate mongoring nutcases!
It is a point of view Gert :-)
Grania:
The majority see it that way. There will, however, always be a small minority who are inclined to these views. Apart from voicing our own opposition there is little that can be done about it… We are lucky to have freedom of political union and that cuts both ways, as with most things in life.
Gert - Whenever I read about the BNP I always think of the film ‘Liam’ - I know the BNP will get some support - but not anything to be too concerned about!