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It went on: "If extreme views are expressed on the BBC, we would always seek to challenge them."

It went on: "If extreme views are expressed on the BBC, we would always seek to challenge them."

Clearly the BBC considers describing Sir Salman Rushdie as a "very very dangerous" blasphemer is not extreme, since Bari Atwan was not challenged.</blockquote></ref>

Clearly the BBC considers describing Sir Salman Rushdie as a "very very dangerous" blasphemer is not extreme, since Bari Atwan was not challenged.</blockquote></ref> At first, BBC has refused to back down, even after a former Governor of the corporation said<ref name=deech-letter-to-bbc-sep2022>Ruth Deech, [https://www.thejc.com/news/news/in-full-baroness-deechs-letter-to-the-bbc-6j1zBcuOEXaHxwbVDThCWj In full: Baroness Deech's letter to the BBC], Sep 2, 2022.</ref> its coverage of the Salman Rushdie attack "could amount to glorifying terrorism", the JC can reveal.<ref>Jonathan Sacerdoti, [https://www.thejc.com/news/news/peer-attacks-bbc-for-glorifying-terrorism Peer attacks BBC for 'glorifying terrorism'], ''The JC'', Sep 1, 2022.

At first, BBC has refused to back down after a former Governor of the corporation said<ref name=deech-letter-to-bbc-sep2022>Ruth Deech, [https://www.thejc.com/news/news/in-full-baroness-deechs-letter-to-the-bbc-6j1zBcuOEXaHxwbVDThCWj In full: Baroness Deech's letter to the BBC], Sep 2, 2022.</ref> its coverage of the Salman Rushdie attack "could amount to glorifying terrorism", the JC can reveal.<ref>Jonathan Sacerdoti, [https://www.thejc.com/news/news/peer-attacks-bbc-for-glorifying-terrorism Peer attacks BBC for 'glorifying terrorism'], ''The JC'', Sep 1, 2022.

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Abdel Bari Atwan appeared to express sympathy for the Rushdie assailant’s extremism on the BBC News Channel.</i></ref>

Abdel Bari Atwan appeared to express sympathy for the Rushdie assailant’s extremism on the BBC News Channel.</i></ref>