Ben Elton
Apr 4 2008, Lee

Comedian Ben Elton has accused the BBC of prohibiting jokes about imams and said the corporation was too “scared” to allow gags about Islam.

He told Third Way, a Christian culture magazine: “I think it all starts with people nodding whenever anyone...

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