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| Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism |
| 2013-07-02 |
| Channel 4 has said it will broadcast the Muslim call to prayer live every morning during Ramadan as a deliberate act of “provocation” aimed at viewers who associate Islam with terrorism and extremism. The broadcaster, which was launched with a mission to appeal to minority audiences, will return to its controversial roots by screening a season of programmes around the Muslim period of prayer and fasting, which begins next Tuesday. A senior Channel 4 executive defended the broadcaster’s decision to provide extensive coverage of the most significant event in the Islamic calendar by suggesting that Ramadan was of greater interest to its viewers than the “blanket coverage” given to the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation by its rivals. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 There may be something more behind this. This and this are the kinds of things they've historically (like last autumn) done. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-07-02 18:39 |
| #3 So for an entire month, a government TV station is going to broadcast the Musselman call to prayer? "Allan rocks! There is no god but Allan. Mo is his profit, accept no substitutes. Let's git to prayin'! Allan rocks like sox in a box!". Yeah, that's definitely gonna pump up EDL stock. Makes me thankful once again that the Founding Fathers had the good sense to forbid a state religion. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-07-02 17:13 |
| #2 ... and alienating the non-Moslem. |
| Posted by: Fred 2013-07-02 16:23 |
| #1 Is channel 4 government funded? If so someone shoukd be fired. If not, good luck with chasing the muslim audience. |
| Posted by: Philing Gray8121 2013-07-02 15:04 |