Right-wing US news channel Fox News has found itself the butt of British jokes after a “terrorism expert” claimed on air that Birmingham had become a “Muslim-only city” where non-Muslims feared to enter.
Host Jeanine Pirro talks of “no-go zones” that “sound like a Caliphate within a particular country” in Europe, while “expert” Steven Emerson rambles on to say:
“In Britain, it’s not just no-go zones, there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims simply don’t go in. And parts of London there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound, seriously, anyone who doesn’t dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim, attire.”
Birmingham is Britain’s second biggest city with just over a million inhabitants, and has a multicultural population to match. According to the 2011 census, 494,358 residents described themselves as Christian, with 234,411 Muslims, and 206,821 described themselves as having no religion.
Emerson apologised for his factually incorrect comments, but that didn’t stop the Twitter jibes as the #FoxNewsFacts trended on the social network for hours.
Terrifying photo of how a typical Muslim from Birmingham guards the city gates against infidels. #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/w1TJt93VEi
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) January 11, 2015
The original name of the show was MiddleEastEnders. The BBC dropped the "Middle" to conceal its creeping sharia agenda. #foxnewsfacts
— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) January 11, 2015
Even buildings wear burkas in Birmingham #FoxNewsFacts pic.twitter.com/LpqzvxxL2q
— Paul Connolly (@PaulConnolly10) January 11, 2015
I was supposed to go to Birmingham last week but I forgot my passport #foxnewsfacts
— Joe Cohen (@Cohen_Goes_HAM) January 11, 2015
For heaven's sake nobody tell #foxnewsfacts about the Black Country
— Guy Herbert (@guy_herbert) January 12, 2015
Jam jars across Britain have to wear the hijab in order to be halal. #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/UiT1IWOrnO
— Amar (@m1_ama) January 12, 2015
A church in Brighton was demolished by the caliphate to build this mosque #FoxNewsFacts pic.twitter.com/y4ckm1msKp
— Jules Mattsson (@julesmattsson) January 11, 2015
In Birmingham, the local death squads go by the name of Quran Quran. #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/xHXFtPUHxZ
— David Jack (@DamJef) January 11, 2015
Well-known Birmingham band UB40 take their name from a local 40-strong jihadi group known as the Underwear Bombers #foxnewsfacts
— Robert Rea (@robertrea) January 11, 2015
Birmingham's top jihadist glam rock band are called Slayed #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/toLkhlbhZx
— The Poke (@ThePoke) January 11, 2015
One of the leading radical clerics in Birmingham #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/R1S21qeoCd
— Pete Cashmore (@TweetCashmore) January 11, 2015
A British man named "Lawrence", seen in Arabia is suspected to be the latest homegrown, ISIS recruit #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/I3HUmB2knV
— Darcy Byrne (@MayorDarcy) January 12, 2015
Birmingham's refuse collectors are all Bin Laden #FoxNewsFacts
— DaveHill (@DaveHill) January 11, 2015
In 2013, 92% of Brits attending weddings hired their outfits from a jihadist group known as Mosque Bros #foxnewsfacts
— Jeremy Duns (@jeremyduns) January 11, 2015
Miss Piggy is routinely pixelated out of all Midlands' screenings of The Muppets. #FoxNewsFacts
— Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) January 11, 2015
Viewed from above, the M26 spells out 'Death to the West' in Arabic #FoxNewsFacts
— Dean Burnett (@garwboy) January 11, 2015
A number of non-Muslims have mysteriously disappeared in Birmingham's Balti Triangle #foxnewsfacts
— Shafik Mandhai (@shafzibit) January 11, 2015
Dancing is banned as Unislamic in the UK and the Queen personally beheads those guilty of promoting it #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/cbV6abUxtw
— Tapio (@LordShropshire) January 12, 2015
The Vicar of Dibley was reproduced for transmission in Birmingham as “The Imam of Dudley” #Foxnewsfacts
— Mark Ferguson (@Markfergusonuk) January 11, 2015
The #FoxNewsFacts hashtag went quiet for a few minutes there because Huw Edwards gave us all the call to prayer.
— Mark Jones (@brokentv) January 11, 2015
Prince charles secret pictures of his wedding under #sharia law
