Former News Corp. senior vice president resigned over Fox News's 'extreme ...

A former News Corp. senior vice president says he resigned over what he calls Fox News's 'extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric' after immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee from Afghanistan. 

Joseph Azam, 37, told NPR coverage on Rupert Murdoch's network 'fundamentally bothered' him, saying 'it worries me that, you know, what's being put out into the universe could actually create a lot of risk for [my children].' 

He left his post as the group chief compliance officer for News Corp.'s corporate headquarters in late 2017 after joining the company in 2015.  

Azam said: 'Scaring people. Demonizing immigrants. Creating, like, a fervor — or an anxiety about what was happening in our country.

'It fundamentally bothered me on a lot of days and I think I probably wasn't the only one.'

As part of his argument Azam referenced a tweet by Murdoch which said: 'Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible.'

Former News Corp. senior vice president Joseph Azam, pictured, says he resigned over what he calls Fox News's 'extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric'

Azam said coverage on the network 'fundamentally bothered' him and he pointed to tweets he sent host Tucker Carlson, pictured

Former News Corp. senior vice president Joseph Azam, left, says he resigned over what he calls Fox News's 'extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric'. Azam said coverage on the network 'fundamentally bothered' him and he pointed to tweets he sent host Tucker Carlson, right

During the opening monologue of her show (pictured) on March 9, Pirro claimed that Omar's hijab was a sign that she was committed to the religious law which originates from the Quran, adding that it was 'antithetical' to the constitution

During the opening monologue of her show (pictured) on March 9, Pirro claimed that Omar's hijab was a sign that she was committed to the religious law which originates from the Quran, adding that it was 'antithetical' to the constitution

News Corp. and Fox News are technically separate entities but are still both controlled by the Murdoch family. 

News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post among others.

Fox News' parent company is Fox Corporation.  

The channel has faced growing pressures in recent weeks following host Judge Jeanine Pirro remarks suggesting that US Representative Ilhan Omar's hijab meant that she subscribes to Sharia law.

Her show was kept off air for a second week in a row following the opening monologue of her show on March 9,  in which Pirro claimed that Omar's hijab was a sign that she

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