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James O'Brien Dismantles Radio Caller Who Demands Muslims Apologise For Paris Massacre

Think Muslims Should Apologise For Paris Killings? Listen To This
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Should you be one of those people demanding wholesale Muslim contrition for the murderous acts in Paris last week, perhaps listen to this conversation between LBC radio host James O'Brien and a caller called Richard from Maidenhead, who thinks "an apology is needed".

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Rupert Murdoch should take note. On Friday evening, the increasingly befuddled media kingpin tweeted that all Muslim should be "held responsible" for the attacks in France. He was quickly rebuffed, with Australians, journalists and white people all "apologising" for their similarly fatuous association with Murdoch.

O'Brien has some form in this debate. Here he is last year discussing immigration with Ukip's Nigel Farage.

And here's Political Editor for HuffPost UK, Mehdi Hasan speaking about the attacks in Paris with Paul Raushenbush, executive editor of HuffPost Religion.

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Demonstrators hold a banner reading "For democracy, for equality, for freedoms. Let us fight all fascism!" during a demonstration in solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks at the Old-Port of Marseille, southern France, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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A sign on the Arc de Triomphe reads "Paris is Charlie" in solidarity with the victims of the shooting at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Thousands of people attend a demonstration in solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks at the Old-Port of Marseille, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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People gather to pay to pay tribute to victims of the attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, at JFK Plaza in Philadelphia, Jan. 9, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Tunisians hold up old copies of Charlie Hebdo on Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis during a gathering in solidarity with those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Jan. 9, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
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People holding a banner reading "I am Charlie", take part to silent walk for victims of the shooting at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Jan. 10, 2015, in Nice, southeastern France. (credit:AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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Demonstrators hold a banner reading "Charlie is great, barbarism will not erase talent" during a demonstration in solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks at the Old-Port of Marseille, southern France, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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People hold "Je Suis Charlie" signs at a rally in solidarity with victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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Nice soccer team and Lorient soccer team observe a minute of silence for the victims of the shooting at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Jan. 10, 2015, in Nice stadium, southeastern France. (credit:AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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A tarp reading 'Je suis Charlie' is seen in the front of the Palais de Tokyo on January 10, 2015 in Paris, France. (credit:Richard Bord/Getty Images)
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Lille's supporters hold scarves as they observe a minute of silence in tribute to the victims of three days of terror before the French L1 football match at Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nepalese journalists participate in a candlelight vigil in solidarity with victims of the attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Members of Paraguay's French community hold sheets of paper reading in French; "I am Charlie" during a tribute to victims of the terrorist attack against the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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People make a cross with pencils during a protest in solidarity with those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, in Niteroi, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Egyptians hold candles in downtown Cairo in solidarity with the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Jan. 9, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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School students pray by a sand sculpture made by Narayan Sahu as tribute to victims of the attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo, at Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, Jan. 9, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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People makes a cross with pencils, while others hold signs that read in French "Rio is Charlie," during a protest in solidarity with those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, in Niteroi, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Muslims hold placards reading 'Islam is against terrorism' offer roses in the Sablons neighborhood of Le Mans, western France, on January 10, 2015. (credit:JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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A group of activists and journalists stage a protest against the attack on Charlie Hebdo in front of French Embassy in Morocco on Jan. 10, 2015 in Rabat, Morocco. (credit:Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Guingamp's supporter hold signs reading 'Je suis Charlie' to pay tribute to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack during the French L1 football match in Guingamp, western France, on Jan. 10, 2015. (credit:FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
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