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Watchdog orders the Sun to apologise over ‘misleading’ UK Muslim claims

on Mar 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

The Sun has been told to print an apology for a controversial front page story alleging that one in five British Muslims held sympathetic views toward jihadis, a statement which was held to be ‘significantly misleading’ by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.

Published on 23 November last year the article stoked complaints from readers that the shocking headline was not supported by the relevant question of the poll as it did not differentiate between Islamic State fighters and those fighting on behalf of other rebel groups.

Instead the question simply asked British Muslims if they held sympathies with: “young Muslims who leave Read full story ›

Source: The Drum