BBC have admitted to their mistake of claiming that Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel. MPACUK would like to thank everybody who helped with this campaign by complaining to the BBC of their very offensive error. May Allah SWT reward you for your efforts in the (media) Jihad.

The false claim, which we know by international law not to be true, was made on a program called ‘Feature: Israel in Focus’ which was broadcasted on the 24th of March. See here for our past alert here.

However, this campaign can only be regarded as a part SUCCESS - as the BBC have apologised (albeit after numerous calls and emails from the public demanding the production team respond) but they have only done so by privately emailing complaints. Although this is no doubt good news as the BBC have now admitted their grave error, we here at MPACUK are not totally satisfied with solely just this. Think about it readers, they made their factual, offensive error publicly on a program which was probably viewed by thousands of people. Those thousands of people have been ill informed by the BBC about the status of Jerusalem – a very politically and religiously sensitive area. Thus it is only logical, courteous and acceptable for the BBC to apologise PUBLICLY.

As our campaign grew, more and more organisations joined our call to demand the BBC rectify the matter appropriately. This can be found in our open letter whereby the likes of Azam Tammimi, Arab Media Watch, Dr Naseem and Friends of Al Aqsa be found here and the alert previous to this can be found here.

We urge all readers to take five minutes from your day again and complain to the BBC. A private apology is unacceptable and we must not take this lying down, Jerusalem is a holy sacred land within Islam and we must take action to defend its existence and the rights of the Palestinian people. To read more on the importance of Jerusalem, please see here. Do not sit idle whilst our homeland is need of defence!

Points to consider when complaining:

• Demand the BBC issue a public apology on their website and not just leave the matter with a private apology – the offensive erroneous mistake was made publicly and hence an apology must be issued publicly.

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