January 19, 2014 Amal Farah, a 32-year-old banking executive, is laughing about a contestant singing off-key in the last series of The X Factor. For a woman who was not allowed to listen to music when she was growing up, this is a delight. After years of turmoil, she is in control of her…
April 13 2013 A new Muslim broadcaster in the Netherlands has been granted the provision of radio and TV programmes. The Commissariat for the Media has granted broadcaster SZM a license valid through 31 December 2015. At the initiative of the supervisory body, various Islamic organizations are to collaborate in the SZM, as a…
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has criticized the Austrian national public broadcaster (ORF)’s documentary program, Am Schauplatz and its producers, Ed Moschitz and Julia Kovarik, for their recent coverage of a protest against an Islamic centre in Vienna. The documentary, entitled “The Fear mongers,” follows a pair of right-wing skinheads who participated in…
The Dutch Media Authority announced that the Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Foundation (SMON) has received the new broadcasting permit for Islam and may begin broadcasting in September 2010. The decision follows several months of conflict among Islamic broadcasters in the Netherlands, who operate during the percentage of time set aside for religious groups in Dutch media….
The former director of the Netherlands Muslim Broadcaster (NMO), Frank Williams, has been arrested for accepting bribes of at least 600.000 Euros. His son, daughter-in-law, and a film producer have also been arrested. The four suspects were arrested in a criminal investigation of misuse of the broadcasting funds of the NMO, one of the public…
