U.K. Radio Shuttered For Broadcasting Muslim Cleric’s Radical Rants During Ramadan

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A community radio station in the United Kingdom saw its license to operate yanked after it played a series of radical rantings from cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on the air during Ramadan.

Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

The station had been in operation since 2014.

But Ofcom revoked its license this week.

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From the Express:

A COMMUNITY radio station has had its licence revoked after broadcasting 25 hours of lectures by an alleged senior al Qaeda figure.

Iman FM, based in Sheffield, put a series of readings by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on the air during Ramadan. …

It claimed that it was not aware of the background of al-Awlaki, who was killed in a US drone strike in Yemen in 2011.

The regulator said Iman FM was “unfit” to hold a licence after displaying “extremely reckless” conduct.

Ofcom said the station had broadcast “material likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder”.

It said the lectures included “a direct call to action to members of the Muslim community to prepare for and carry out violent action against non-Muslim people”, and “statements clearly condoning and encouraging acts of crime, terrorism or violent behaviour”.

The service has been off-air since its licence was suspended and will not be reinstated, Ofcom added.

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John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago

Oh no!!!! You are disrespecting your Muslim Masters England!!!!
You WILL pay dearly for this!!!!!
There MUST be FREEDOM of Expression of the Muslim Masters!!!!!!
Give em hell for being subordinate….Muslims!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scott Wallace
Scott Wallace
6 years ago

“Iman FM” -why not AM? I figured they would get an award. I heard it was actually their “Islamic Science for Kids” show that discussed how to make a homemade nuclear device. (sarc).

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago
Reply to  Scott Wallace

Achmed The Science Guy???????? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is a cousin to Bill Nye!!!!!! 😉

Scott Wallace
Scott Wallace
6 years ago

“Ofcom said: “Anwar al-Awlaki’s comments were not merely polemical or aggressive – he made a direct call to members of the Muslim community to prepare for and carry out violent action against non-Muslim people. He also made indirect calls on members of the Muslim community to commit violence, condoning and encouraging acts of crime, terrorism or violent behaviour.”

arturo
arturo
6 years ago

al-Awlaki was the Pentagon’s “friendly” Moslem. Killed by Obama (along with his son) in a drone strike in Yemen. Highly unusual for a US president to purposely kill an American citizen. al-Awlaki knew a little too much about Obama and his Moslem Brotherhood connections.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Burn the studio and all the equipment in it.

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

Even for ‘progressive’ Britain, that’s really saying something.

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