Thank you for your wonderful support and overwhelmingly positive response in relation to my coverage of the Islamification of Britain debate. It was a fascinating debate and I was delighted to be able to share my views with friends and colleagues about various issues raised. For those of you that read my extensive review, I'm sure you will agree that fairness and impartiality are central to my style of journalism because this is a forum for independent journalism. However, I was pretty upset with some of the allegations coming from certain far-right individuals who believed that my coverage carried a hint of bias towards the organisers, Muslim Debate Initiative. As a result, I would like clarify the situation by making the following points:
- I am in no way part of Muslim Debate Initiative - and whilst I applaud them for their willingness to invite other community groups to the table for a discussion, I do not necessarily agree with the views of any individual(s) from the group.
- The videos of the debate uploaded onto my YouTube channel, UmarOnlineTV, were independently filmed by myself, exclusively for umaronline.com and have nothing to do with MDI or their official film of the debate. I did not edit any of the videos and uploaded the introduction (in full), the debate (in full), Q&A (in part) and the conclusions (in part). Most crucially, after the introduction, 10-minute speeches were made by each speaker which were not recorded and have not been uploaded.
I hope this clarifies my position and any accusations of bias or lack of fair coverage have been dispelled. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on info@umaronline.com. For more independent journalism and commentary on news, sports and entertainment, keep reading umaronline.com.
Thank you.
Umar Farooq
www.umaronline.com
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