Muslim TV station fined for allowing contributor to incite murder

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Posted: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:38


A Muslim TV Channel which allowed its airwaves to be used by a hate preacher to incite the murder of those who "insult the Prophet Mohamed" has been fined £85,000 by the media regulator Ofcom.

The company was also fined a further £20,000 for other breaches of the broadcasting rules.

DM Digital, which is based in Manchester, broadcast a programme Mercy unto the Worlds, in October 2011, and another entitled POAF Conference, broadcast in November and December 2011.

The first programme featured a live lecture by Abdul Qadir Jilani, a so-called Islamic scholar, which included material that Ofcom considered was "likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder".

Mr Jilani, said in the offending programme: "The matter of insulting the prophet does not fall in the category of terrorism. Those who cannot kill such men have no faith. It is your duty, the duty of those who recite the holy verse, to kill those who insult Prophet Mohammed. Under the guidance from Islamic texts it is evident that if a Muslim apostatises, then it is not right to wait for the authorised courts; anyone may kill him. An apostate deserves to be killed and any man may kill him."

A spokeserson for Ofcom said the regulator had decided that "this code breach was particularly serious ... and, taking account of all the circumstances, decided therefore that a financial penalty of £85,000 should be imposed on the licensee DM Digital."

The other programme featured comments by Dr Liaqat Malik, DM Digital's chief executive, which breached Ofcom's views on political statements and impartiality, leading to a £20,000 penalty.

Earlier this year Dr Malik said that he was dissatisfied with Ofcom's ruling because there were cultural differences that Ofcom does not understand. He said that the regulator's adjudicating committee should have members picked from the Muslim community.

Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society, said: "Inciting murder is against the law. Why aren't the police knocking on Mr Jilani's door? Why is he not under arrest? Surely he cannot be allowed to get away with such blatant call to kill innocent people? Other people have been sent to prison for far less than this."

National Secular Society - Muslim TV station fined for allowing contributor to incite murder

 

[fallstuff]

I think they should also prosecute this Jilani also. The guy is a merchant of fear and hate.

 

[Cherokee]

yeah and if the channel repeats this offense it should be shut down

 

[gambit]

This is serious...

Mr Jilani, said in the offending programme: "The matter of insulting the prophet does not fall in the category of terrorism. Those who cannot kill such men have no faith. It is your duty, the duty of those who recite the holy verse, to kill those who insult Prophet Mohammed. Under the guidance from Islamic texts it is evident that if a Muslim apostatises, then it is not right to wait for the authorised courts; anyone may kill him. An apostate deserves to be killed and any man may kill him."

Here is the definition of an 'outlaw'...

outlaw - definition of outlaw by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

2. A person excluded from normal legal protection and rights.
3. To deprive (one declared to be a criminal fugitive) of the protection of the law.

Most people understandably believes an 'outlaw' is a criminal, but that is not true, or at best only partially true. Popular entertainment reinforces this flawed understanding and even the police does not always have the true understanding either.

When a person is judged to be a 'criminal', it means he has been proven to be guilty of a crime, but even criminals have rights and protections under law. A criminal may be imprisoned or may be free until he is imprisoned. Let us say that he is free for now. If he commit a crime while free, no one has the right to capture him and imprison him. At best, a 'citizen arrest' can be done, but once captured, he must be turned over to the proper authority.

On the other hand, an 'outlaw' is beyond being a criminal. When declared an outlaw, the criminal lost all rights and protections of any law. Anyone can capture him and do as he pleases with the captured criminal. Even killing the captured criminal would be legal.

Outlaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

...the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them.

An outlaw might be killed with impunity; and it was not only lawful but meritorious to kill a thief flying from justice — to do so was not murder.

Effectively, Abdul Qadir Jilani is saying Islamic laws are superior to British laws and that he set himself to be judge over British citizenry.

 

[STEELMAN]

Why even this type of People are termed as scholars.

 

[Jaanbaz]

Why even this type of People are termed as scholars.

That is one one of many reasons why some Muslims are so backward and violent. Majority of Muslims do not focus of spirituality on Islam but the outward symbolism and following lunatic clerics. Medieval Muslims were more open minded and civilised then the Muslims of today.