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How far can we go in mocking religions?

Islamaphobia is "rampant" in UK society, with Muslims "targeted" by government policy, and there are rising hate crimes, says the editor of the Muslim news site, 5Pillars.

Roshan Muhammed Salih said anti-Semitism and homophobia were not tolerated, when he spoke to Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil and Times columnist Melanie Phillips.

They watched a clip from PMQs where the case of Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, who has apologised after a video emerged in which he and some friends mocked Muslim prayer rituals, was raised with the prime minister at PMQs. British Gymnastics has suspended him from the sport for two months.

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