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BBC: above all avoid offending believers! May 16th 2012, 13:13 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...religions.html Quote: Sikh leaders accused the corporation's Asian Network of displaying "irresponsible and misleading" attitude and suggesting that their religion was simply a "hotchpotch" of other faiths. It followed a phone-in broadcast in March in which the presenter DJ Nihal Arthanayake – best known as a Radio 1 DJ – touched on the relationship between Sikhism, which was founded in Punjab in the 15th Century, and the other two predominant religions in India at the time. A text message from a listener was read out complaining about the "incredibly offensive" way the presenters had suggested that Sikhism was "made up from other religions ie Islam and Hinduism". The DJ, known simply as Nihal on air, replied: "I'm sorry with all due respect, it is, absolutely it is."... ...But the Network of Sikh Organisations, headed by Lord Singh – who is himself a regular on the BBC, as a contributor to Radio 4's Thought For the Day – complained, accusing the programme of a "skewed" approach. They asked: "Is the BBC similarly willing to take the view that Islam is a religion made up of Christianity and Judaism?"

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