Islam Channel breaks British broadcast rules, regulator says

8 November 2010 Britain’s Islam Channel broke broadcasting regulations by condoning marital rape, encouraging violence against women, and promoting an anti-Israel, pro-Hamas line, the country’s broadcast regulator Ofcom ruled Monday. One violation came during an advice program in which a female caller asked if a woman could hit her husband back if he was beating…

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UK’s Islam Channel TV chief insists: “We are not extremists”

The Islam Channel, which is watched regularly by three in every five British Muslims despite allegations that it panders to extremism, is aiming to expand its services to other countries where it feels there is a need to counter negative coverage by western media. In the cases of three countries with large Muslim populations –…

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UK Muslim TV channel linked to al-Qaida cleric al-Awlaki

Islam Channel, a London-based satellite broadcaster, has been accused with providing a platform for Anwar al-Awlaki, an extremist cleric with ties to al-Qaida, Major Hasan of the Fort Hood shooting, and Abdulmutallab, who recently tried to blow up a plane on a flight to Detroit. Islam Channel is said to have advertised a box set…

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Primary school wins national award

A Merseyside primary school that has built-in prayer rooms for Muslim pupils has been named the best primary in the country for including children of all backgrounds. At Kingsley community primary school in Toxteth around 85 per cent of pupils are from an ethnic background. The school celebrates difference and promotes inclusion and harmony has…

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    Yvonne Ridley handed £25,000 payout from Islam Channel

    Former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley has been awarded more than £20,000 in compensation and £5,000 costs after winning a case for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against the Islam Channel. An employment tribunal ruled in April that Ridley had been unfairly dismissed by the digital channel and upheld her complaint of sexual discrimination and…

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