Adil Ray. Image via BBC.
When the flags go down at the flagship, you know something is wrong.
Well, that’s apparently what’s going down at the primer [South] Asian radio station in the UK.
BBC Asian Network’s morning host, Adil Ray, is apparently receiving death threats from Sikhs who believe that he insulted their culture on air. The actual show has since been pulled from the “listen back†feature on the website.
According to the Telegraph in the UK, it went down like this:-
The BBC were forced to remove a show from their website after Adil Ray, a popular Muslim presenter, received threats from Sikh listeners who accused him of denigrating one of their religious symbols.
The row centres around a show broadcast earlier this month in which Ray discussed a Punjabi music concert in Canada where police had banned a number of Sikhs who refused to remove their “kirpan” dagger.
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