BBC accused of ‘PC nonsense’ after saying football fans dressed as knights could be offensive to Muslims and the St George’s cross is ‘associated with far-right nationalism’...

Daily Mail
June 7, 2016

The BBC has been ridiculed over an article suggesting the knight costumes worn by England football fans could be offensive to Muslims.

For more than two decades, England supporters have dressed as knights for matches, sporting fake chain-mail and St George’s cross tabards.

But ahead of Euro 2016, which begins on Friday, the BBC’s iWonder website published an article entitled: ‘Is it wrong to dress as a crusader for an England match?’

The webpage states: ‘Knights are associated with strength and honour through stories of chivalrous heroes like King Arthur.

‘However, crusaders were the perpetrators of violent attacks across Europe and the Middle East on Muslims, Jews and pagans.’

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