It& #39;s interesting to see how pieces from people attacking the @MuslimCouncil, are full of vacuous statements or outright misleading nonsense.

The latest attack is from the Henry Jackson Society in Spiked - let& #39;s break this piece down. https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/13/who-does-the-muslim-council-of-britain-speak-for/">https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/1...

The headline is related to misrepresentation of a 14 year old poll cited in the piece.

Whilst MCB only claims to represent our affiliates, here are 2 recent polls, where the MCB& #39;s approval rating exceeds all political parties.

Sources: https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1003204646473781248">https://twitter.com/miqdaad/s...

The beginning of the article tries to attack the MCB for its critique of Phillips.

What& #39;s so interesting is there is literally nothing substantive & no evidence laid out against our critique. For those interested, see my thread outlining concerns here.

https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1236935771015327744">https://twitter.com/miqdaad/s...

Stott then focusses on some of my work - and that of our new project @cfmmuk, which is aimed at promoting fair and responsible reporting of Islam and Muslims in today& #39;s media.

He cites this as a complimentary puff piece on me - please do read :) https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/18/miqdaad-versi-very-polite-fight-against-british-media-islamophobia">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018...

He then devotes close to 3 paragraphs to the only real evidence he brings to the table to critique the MCB

This is a c. 2 page intervention by an academic within a 74 page report by @cfmmuk, which puts forward a subtle view on linguistics (his area of expertise).

The report covers major issues and more subtle issues - you may not agree with it all, but the broader theme (Islamophobia in the media) an issue of real importance.

This thread explains why. https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1107559963910643712">https://twitter.com/miqdaad/s...