Tommy Robinson’s appearance on Good Morning Britain has sparked outrage as the EDL founder attacked the Quran as a violent and cursed book the day after the Finsbury Park terror attack.
Piers Morgan branded Mr Robinson a bigoted lunatic and told him to show some damn respect for peo
ple’s religious beliefs as Mr Robinson held up the Islamic holy book.
Mr Morgan said: Now you’re sounding like a complete lunatic. You’re sounding like a bigoted lunatic.
You are an Islamophobe who hates Islam, you basically think all Muslims are to blame. What you are doing now is deliberately inflammatory, its deliberately poisonous, and you are having the complete opposite effect to the one you say you have.
Viewers took to social media to react with anger.
One wrote: I feel sick. Why would you someone like Tommy Robinson on the show to spew hatred. Do you only care about views?
Another said: Radical extremists like Tommy Robinson shouldn’t even be given airtime. Maybe you could get an Isis leader on tomorrows show.
Others celebrated Mr Morgan for taking on Mr Robinson.
However, others expressed their support for Mr Robinson and criticised Mr Morgan for talking over him
Despite Mr Robinson being called a hate preacher at the Finsbury Park attack, police have said he will only be investigated if they receive an official complaint alleging he has incited hatred.