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Ms Abdel-Magied said: This cannot be the way that media organisations, especially the BBC – which is meant to represent Britain and British people – engage with Muslim women and Muslim people.
A BBC spokesperson told MailOnline: This is a topic we ve been responding to already and now that we ve received this letter we will reply to it in due course.
Ms Barnett has had a turbulent start as the host of Woman s Hour, having been in the role since the start of January.
She was accused of humiliating a guest who pulled out of an interview on just her third day as host of the programme.
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On February 4, BBC Radio 4 s Woman s Hour host Emma Barnett interviewed Zara Mohammed, who became the first woman to lead the Muslim Council of Britain at the start of the year. The radio presenter has been heavily criticised for her interview tactics during the segment, with a total of 200 public figures signing an open letter calling out the hostile nature of the interview.
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