Using Them What They Were Intended For

BNP to use Prophet cartoon in campaign The British National Party is seeking to exploit controversies involving Muslims in its campaign for local authority elections in May. The extreme right-wing party, which hopes to field 1,000 candidates in England, will include in its campaign material one of the cartoons which sparked outrage among Muslims across the world, showing the Prophet Mohamed with a bomb in his turban. One leaflet asks voters: "Are you concerned about the growth of Islam in Britain? Make Thursday 4 May Referendum Day." It adds: "We owe it to our children to defend our Christian culture." [snip] A BNP spokesman said it would campaign mainly on local issues and denied it was "exploiting" recent events. "We are saying that there are worries in society about these issues," he added. UK INdependent Published: 22 February 2006 Resources: Wikipedia Entry on BNP: BNP Wikipedia Guardian Special report: Europe's far right Summary Europe's far right Archive: Europe's Far Right Guardian Special Report: The British National Party