Source: bbc.co.uk
An Asian TV channel has been fined £85,000 by Ofcom after it broadcast a speech by an Islamic scholar who said Muslims had “a duty to kill” anyone who insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
The comments were made during a live lecture shown on DM Digital’s Rehmatul Lil Alameen, broadcast in October 2011.
The media regulator said the programme was “likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime”.
In its ruling, Ofcom added it must not be broadcast again.
It stated some of the scholar’s comments could be seen as “a generic call to all Muslims encouraging or inciting them to criminal action or disorder, by unambiguously stating they had a duty to kill anyone who criticises or insults the Prophet Mohammed and apostates”.
The lecturer also praised the introduction of a blasphemy law in Pakistan and the murder of a prominent politician who opposed it… continue reading at bbc.co.uk
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I think the channel should make sure to get educated Muslim scholars not someone like this who called himself scholar and has no clear understanding of Islam. These so called scholars have clearly no idea of Islam and neither they practice the true Islam nor they allow others to practice. I hope this channel must learn from this mistake and in future invite those who must spread the true Islamic teaching.
That broadcast was in 2011 & now they are noticing it! Anyways good job!
Well done OFCOM. These Mullahs have no shame. They live on social Security benefits from mainly Christian country and then shamelessly preach hatred against same people. They have no knowledge of Islam so they try to present their own brand of “Mullah Islam” which is not acceptable in any civilized society.