the backlash of a recent Woman’s Hour interview with leading female Muslim Zara Mohammed, endorsing a statement from the Radio 4 programme which says it will ‘reflect’ on concerns raised by an interview with a prominent female Muslim, but he insisted the number of Muslims within the broadcaster’s staff ‘wasn’t as low’ as suggested.This week an open letter, organised by the writers Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Mariam Khan and signed by more than 100 figures including politicians, journalists and celebrities, branded the interview with Mohammed ‘strikingly hostile’ and called for greater representation of Muslims within the BBC.Mohammed, the first female leader of the Muslim Council of Britain, appeared on the programme on February 4 and was.
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