The press industry watchdog, IPSO, received record numbers of complaints after The Sun made a claim that one fifth of British Muslims had “sympathy for jihadis”.

The Sun’s front page headline was based on a survey of Muslim and non-Muslim opinions commissioned in the wake of the Paris attacks.

The study found that 19 per cent of Muslims expressed at least “some sympathy” with young Muslims who had left the UK to join fighters in Syria.

But the Sun’s interpretation of the poll data was called into question by numerous critics who noted that an earlier survey for Sky News had shown that more than 30 per cent of non-Muslims had shown a degree of sympathy with young Muslims fighting in Syria.

MPACUK, amongst others, organised an action alert which led to thousands of Muslims contacting IPSO and companies that advertise with The Sun to register their anger at this misleading and damaging headline.