# BBC Deobandi ‘investigation’ was authored by editor who secretly briefed Whitehall

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**Category:** INSURGE intelligence archive\
**Created:** [15 April 2016 02:00 UTC](https://ageoftransformation.discourse.group/t/bbc-deobandi-investigation-was-authored-by-editor-who-secretly-briefed-whitehall/58 "2016-04-15T02:00:00Z")\
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The BBC has exclusively confirmed to [_INSURGE intelligence_](https://insurge.net/) that a news report claiming to have discovered widespread extremism amongst Muslim Deobandi communities in Britain, was produced by a BBC editor who had secretly briefed Whitehall officials in February.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/bbc-deobandi-investigation-was-authored-by-editor-who-secretly-briefed-whitehall/](https://ageoftransformation.org/bbc-deobandi-investigation-was-authored-by-editor-who-secretly-briefed-whitehall/)