It is of course impossible to gauge what proportion of the BBC’s diversity quota is allocated for returning jihadis, but what is clear from Begum’s series is that the current thinking at Broadcasting House is that it’s “best to be ahead of the game.”
The Turkish-born leader of Sweden’s new pro-Islamic party has expressed support for radical Muslims who, after making the pilgrimage to Syria to live under the Islamic State caliphate, have now returned to Sweden.
A closer look at the ‘number three’ of the Islamic State—a man who grew up in Brussels and became the mastermind of the 2015-2016 terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels.
