The woman’s clothing had the word “love” emblazoned on it, but on closer inspection, the letters are made up of a machine gun and a hand grenade.
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Asked if she thought there would be a backlash against Muslims, the woman responded that the backlash had “already started” and that “Islamophobia will probably rise now”.
Guru-Murthy then quizzed the woman on whether such “Islamophobia” will cause young Muslim men to feel more “isolated”.
“What do you think? I mean, obviously hate with hate, people will retaliate obviously,” she responded.
Other Muslims interviewed for the segment denied that they needed to do any more to rout out radicalization within their community, with one man claiming Muslims, “are the ones who are collateral damage of this kind of attack.”
Channel 4 removed the entire segment from their website without explanation, prompting accusations that the broadcaster was attempting to cover-up the true attitudes of Muslims towards the Manchester attack.
“Channel 4 (UK) broadcast this interview with local area Muslims and subsequently took it down because it didn’t fit their narrative,” commented the individual who re-uploaded the video to YouTube.
“The killers community laugh in our face,” commented British journalist Katie Hopkins, accusing Channel 4 of providing a platform to Islamists.