Police and the CPS will accept at court that they were wrong and that there was "no evidence that the broadcaster or programme makers had misled the audience or that the programme was likely to encourage or incite criminal activity".

In its report last year, Ofcom said that "each and every quote was justified by the narrative of the programme and put fully in context".

One cleric in Birmingham said the killer of a British Muslim soldier in Afghanistan was a "hero of Islam''.

Other comments from individuals included that "Allah created the woman deficient", that homosexuals should be thrown off mountains and that young girls should be hit if they do not wear hijab.