Motor car manufacturing giant BMW has reportedly received complaints from glbti and Jewish people regarding the friendship between rugby star Sonny Bill Williams and an extremist Muslim preacher. The complaints are based on a picture of Williams, a Muslim, with Mufti Ismail Menk whom he described in a 2015 Twitter post as "my brother." Menk has in the past described same-sex intimacy as, "filthy", "wrong" and "acts of immorality" and has said homosexuals "are worse than animals." NewsHub reports that BMW says it is looking into the complaints, but Williams will be "remaining as its ambassador". Critical comments about Williams have reportedly been removed from BMW New Zealand's Facebook page, while those comments supporting him remain.
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First published: Wednesday, 25th January 2017 - 11:02am