A BBC show dubbed by the media as “the Muslim Big Brother” is already under fire ahead of its airing on Monday night.
Muslims Like Us will feature ten Muslims with contrasting world views living in a house together as they endeavour to determine what it means to be a Muslim in modern Britain. But the inclusion of Anthony Small, a former associate of jailed hate preacher Anjem Choudary who has expressed support for Islamic State (IS) beheadings, has seen the broadcaster come under fire.
The ex-boxer, who now calls himself Abdul Haq, was cleared at the Old Bailey last year of plotting to travel to Syria to fight with IS. Haq, who won both the British and Commonwealth light middleweight championships in 2009, told the filmmakers that if his passport, which has been confiscated by the British authorities, were returned to him, he would want to go to Syria.
