Lebanese TV Host Rima Karaki Cuts Short London-Based Islamist’s Interview following Insolent Remarks

On March 2, 2015 on Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed/New TV, program host Rima Karaki abruptly ended an interview with Islamist Hani Al-Siba’i, who was speaking from London, after he refused to answer her questions. After stating “I will not answer the way you like, because I’m here to serve the idea in which I believe,“ he went on to tell her to “shut up“ and added, “It’s beneath me to be interviewed by you. You are a woman...“