U.S. Muslim Cable TV Channel Aims to Build Bridges

Will this channel tell the truth about the elements of Islam that give rise to violence, and the hard choices Muslims must face in order to prevent the continued growth of jihad radicalism and terrorism among them? Or will it be Taqiyya TV? We shall see.

It's interesting, meanwhile, that the "derogatory comments" that Hassan's wife heard on the radio are presented here as if they just came out of nowhere, with the assumption that although they followed 9/11, there was no real cause or justification for them. Why is it that Buddhists and Hindus don't feel the need to create media outlets in the U.S. to counter attacks? Why is it poor Muslims who are always getting their feelings hurt? What we have here is an example of the peculiar refusal by moderate Muslims and sympathetic non-Muslims to face up to the Islamic roots and motivations of international terrorists. They do not admit there is any problem within Islam, and so they stand as one of the greatest obstacles to actually setting to work to fix the problem.

From Reuters, with thanks to Kemaste:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new television channel that claims to be the first U.S. Muslim lifestyle network in English debuts next week, bringing to fruition an idea born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bridges TV founder and Chief Executive Muzzammil Hassan, who came to the United States from Pakistan in 1979, said on Friday his wife came up with the idea in December 2001 while listening to the radio on a road trip.

"Some derogatory comments were being made about Muslims that offended her," Hassan told Reuters ahead of Tuesday's launch. "She was seven months pregnant, and she thought she didn't want her kids growing up in this environment."

A former banker and marketing executive, Hassan drew up a business plan and raised backing from U.S. investors for the channel, which he says will have 50,000 initial subscribers by cable and satellite.

He has signed a deal with Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator to make it available nationwide.

Hassan said the Buffalo, New York-based channel is focused on lifestyle and entertainment, and programs will include Muslim cartoons, educational shows and animated Koran stories. It will also have daily news and current events program and aims to offer more objectivity than its competitors.

"Our target audience has told us some of the foreign channels are pretty one-sided and some of the domestic channels are pretty one-sided the other way," Hassan said.

Really? Like which ones?

The station will differ from popular Arabic satellite channels like al-Jazeera in that it is focused on life in America, in English and backed by U.S. money, he said.
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"Backed by U.S. money"? Let's find out which U.S. money that would be, now that the Saudis have hit the mattresses and are spreading their money in ever-widening gyres hither and yon to make Islam Infidel-friendly -- in aspect, not in reality. Surely the list of "investors" will be made available. And who in this country, aside from the conduits for Arab money abroad, will be investing? Who will be advertising?

Infidels would be wise to make clear they will boycott all those businesses that, in any way, help to encourage unwariness on the part of Infidels. Any Muslim station that presumes to offer Feel-Good stories about Islam, and to avoid or evade the truth of its tenets, is part of the problem, part of the Da'wa that Infidels should wish to constrain and limit wherever possible -- because it is a threat to their own political, economic, social, moral, and intellectual understandings and desiderata. Islam is not good for Infidels; never has been, never will be. Once that is clearly understood, the rest is merely a matter of working-out the obvious.

Its one thing to repudiate the extremists its another to repudiate the Koran, Hadith's and Siri as obsolete. As long as these covenants espousing killing infidels exist Islam will always rise from the ashes.

Islam must rid themselves of these covenants or else do not believe that words from some Muslims are the solution and everything is going to be alright.

Actions speak louder than words! The madrassas are full of the next generation of hate filled Muslims.

I predict this TV station within two years will be spewing out hate of the infidels espoused by their thug clerics.

Another oil-funded blatantly hypocritical taqiya and dawa attempt aimed at fooling the ever-so-gullible western masses....*"Sigh"*.

Following up on Hugh's point of boycotting businesses that promote islam. The addition of Muzzie TV to any cablesystem is not good (I used to be in the business).

First, as a cable TV subscriber, you will be paying for Muzzie TV. If you have a rate change coming up, beware the phrase "we're adding new channels to our lineup (one of which is Muzzie TV)!"

Second, local ads (all those local commercials that look like they were made with Uncle Joe's videorecorder) will most likely be from Muzzie businesses in the area.

Third, all the money they get from you as a subscriber and from ad sales goes to programming. So you pay for the crap that gets delivered into your home.

Cable TV subscribers have long wanted to pay for only those networks they want. NOW is the time to start lobbying your CONGRESSIONAL representative for that. The technology to do that is here. DEMAND IT.

3812Michelle said, "Following up on Hugh's point of boycotting businesses that promote islam. The addition of Muzzie TV to any cablesystem is not good (I used to be in the business)."

Does anyone have a list of Muslim owned businesses, besides the local convenience store?

Especially Saudi owned businesses. I would hate to give anymore money to them.

“Buy Canadian oil, guaranteed Jihad free!”

Shiek Canuck;

Great idea of determining where and who to spend my US Money on.

Hope some one has a listing, I would hope it be limited to oil and convenience stores but I would not bet on it being a short list.

Certain names may be give-aways, such as "Jericho," and "Oasis" -- of Arab ownership. You can usually discover the names of restaurant owners. Then there are groups that promote, for example, Muslim or "Palestinian" or "Arab-American" (an attempt by Muslim Arabs to hide behind, or to enroll in their own campaigns, the 80% of "Arab-Americans" who are the descendants of Lebanese Christians who fled the Muslim world-and their own treatment as dhimmis, though some of their own descendants may not be sufficiently aware of that). If you were to google the names "Rashid Khalidi" and "Jesse Aweida," for example (Jesse Aweida is "Palestinian" co-founder of Storage Technology, so quite a success story), you will arrive at a group that promotes Palestinian propaganda, and there will be a further list of other prominent "Palestinian"-Americans, and often, one can discover their business connections.

One does not know what will happen in the suit of Rev. Wasson against the Muslim "Universal Heritage Foundation," (because Islam is our "universal heritage" -- get it?), nor what will happen with the Super Stop Petroleum Company(President: Denise Qureish). But one need not, ever again, stop for gas, or refreshments, at Super Stop outlets, and one is free to let others know as well that they may go and do likewise.

Private boycotts will at least help to limit the economic power of those who promote, in one way or another, directly or indirectly, a belief-system that any Infidel should now understand threatens everything -- the Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the existence of Infidel states and an Infidel presence (Jewish or Christian) in the Holy Land -- that are important politically, and also is a permanent threat to art, science, and free and skeptical inquiry. Why collaborate, through careless spending, in your own destruction? Why not do whatever you can do to avoid the fate?

This is the most worrying long term item i have seen.
The ignorance of Americans re the objectives of islam together with the pretty pictures that will be shown on this channel about islam, i fear will sway any number of Americans to move to islam.
There will be rewards offered for adopting islam, financial rewards, free trips to Mecca, free 'special' education for children, etc., all looking as benign as the coca leaf, and leading to an addiction far more dangerous to America than crack cocaine.

When will the western governments wake up. islam is not a great religion ( thanks Mr. Blair ), it is an fascist mindcontrol group that has openly declared its intention to take over the world.

Can anyone imagine the American government allowing the nazis or commies a tv channel to push their 'ideas'.

Just unbelievable, yet true, and a clear and present danger to our democracy, our ideals, our religious pluralism, to everything we hold dear.

Forget a JudeoChristian society - islam, destroyer of humanity, is upon us.

How come they can do it and we can not? Why can't we raise money for a 24 hour Jihdad Watch channel?
I say it again: CNN is probably already paid off by Arab money and turned into a weather channel and the BBC is oozing PC and apologies to make a camel puke.

Something needs to be done!

Hugh,

Nothing unsual, your first post has hit the bull eye. If we do not need them and if in the best circumnstances all we can get from them is a break-even deal, while the ovewhelming chances are that at the end of the day they will cream us dry, why should we get along their whims? The only credible islamist is one that says he is no longer.

Hugh,

Nothing unusual, your first post has hit the bull eye. If we do not need them and if in the best circumstances all we can get from them is a break-even deal, while the ovewhelming chances are that at the end of the day they will cream us dry, why should we get along their whims? The only credible islamist is one that says he is no longer.

Is there a legal, serious way to get in motion a popular petition to outlaw the mohammadian cult on the basis of the horrible things its canonical texts purports in general and more especifically the death penalty it imposes upon its apostate ex-followers? Doesn't it alone make it deserve the qualification of 'most dangerous cult', thus placing it outside the boundaries of the law? If you Americans do it, some in Europe would follow suit...


So again we see the Muslim Paranoia blame everyone else as being the problem,Muslims burnt their bridges long ago and haven't built new ones
since the denial over the 9/11 attack.

Do they just don't understand the concept or responsibility,here's a link to a brutal murder in Canada by a Muslim and other Muslims now dent Islam is connected to it.
A cab driver suffered a attempted Beheading by a Muslim and it was over a dispute about opening a new Mosque,the story shows how the fear of backlash is greater than the compassion for the murder victim and his family. http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=c1859212-61c0-4e9e-b4dc-55895753a8fb


I wonder how long it will take before Muslims imtimidate Politicians to come on the show and praise Islam as a faith of Peace and tolerance,this type of charade is common in Canada and since the Theo van Gogh murder very few people want to express the truth about terrorism and Islam.

sad to say that i have to cancel both my cable and internet service with comcast. i noticed that they want to raise my bill another 3 bucks starting in 2005. i will get dsl and a tv antenna, 95 bucks a month is just too much, never mind jihad tv.

Saw my parents.
Father is in his 90th year, and failing.
He communicates with great effort.
What he chose to say, other than family stuff:

World conflict in 3 to 4 years
with arabs/muslims 'the enemy',
likely a major terrorist attack, probably in the U.K., the ignition.

An intelligent, wise, person, a keen observer of the world, a tremendous optimist, he expects a terrible conflict.

DANIEL PIPES FOR PRESIDENT!- 2008

On their new cabel channel:

I hope they show the charming little amateur video- )( I think done showing some Western Muslim kids in Swedfrom this past Spring-?) impishly renacting the beheading of Nick Berg in Iraq.

It was almost as bad as the original, psychologically.

They can run it between "SpongeAhab Crescentpants"
and "RPG Street".

Ah, the innocent joys of childhood!

I have been listining to shitheads like Pat Robertson from CBN and Jerry Falwell spreading hatred for Islam, lying about my religion, and gloryfying the killings of innocent Muslims. Im glad there is finally a channel that I can listen to. Say what you want you pathetic islamophobes, but my religion is here to stay.

I see you haven't YET answered anyone's questions, 'retard.'

I have been listining to shitheads like Pat Robertson from CBN and Jerry Falwell spreading hatred for Islam, lying about my religion, and gloryfying the killings of innocent Muslims. Im glad there is finally a channel that I can listen to. Say what you want you pathetic islamophobes, but my religion is here to stay.
Posted by: u r all retards


Resorting to personal attacks and vulgar insults. This is the refuge of the illogical, irrational thinker. Instead of acting like that Mr. Retard, I suggest you go to a local college and enroll in a couple of classes on logic and argument. They will do you a world of good.

have been listining to shitheads like Pat Robertson from CBN and Jerry Falwell spreading hatred for Islam, lying about my religion, and gloryfying the killings of innocent Muslims. Im glad there is finally a channel that I can listen to. Say what you want you pathetic islamophobes, but my religion is here to stay.
Posted by: u r all retards


Dear Mr. Retard

I have thought about it and perhaps you do not have adequate educational facilities available in your local. So I will tell you what I will do for you. I will try to give you a few pointers.

First I will give you some of the classical fallacies

ad hominem: attacking the person rather than their qualifications (or their arguments) This is what you did in your last post. Try to avoid this in the future.

ad ignorantiam (appeal to ignorance): arguing that a claim is true just because it has not been shown to be false.
eg. “The Koran is the word of Allah because none of you lousy kafirs have shown it not to be so!” This is a bad way to argue your point. Try to avoid it.

ad misericordiam (appeal to pity): appealing to pity as an argument for special treatment. eg. “I know we killed 3000 innocent Americans, but we were so upset about the formation of Israel that we just had to do something, please don’t kill us all!!” Not a good way to argue your point. Try to avoid this fallacy.

ad populum: appealing to the emotions of a crowd; also, appealing to a person to go along with the crowd. eg. “The Imam says everyone is going to Iraq to kill the crusaders, so it must be ok, Allah Akbutt!” This fallacy is rife in the Islamic world, do everything you can to avoid it!

circular argument: implicitly using your conclusion as a premise. e.g. “The Koran is the word of Allah.” “How do you know that?” “Because it says so in the Koran, and Mohamed told us so, therefore it must be true you stupid kafir!” Again, the Islamic world is rife with such fallacies, try try try to avoid this one.

complex question: posing a question or issue in such a way that people cannot agree or disagree with you without committing themselves to some other claim that you wish to promote. e.g. “Do you still beat your wife?” I know that most Muslims would answer yes to this question, but that is not the point I am trying to make here. Anyway, try to avoid this situation, and don’t beat your wife or anyone else.

false dilemma: reducing the options you consider to just two, often sharply opposed and unfair to the people the dilemma is posed against. e.g. “We treat Christians and Jews fairly, we give them the choice of converting to Islam (the one true religion), paying a outragious tax, or death. What’s wrong with those choices?” Another fallacy common in the Islamic world. Try to avoid it.

non sequitur: drawing a conclusion that does not follow. A conclusion that is not a reasonable inference from the evidence. “The Jews are always trying to make us poor Muslims look bad. People getting their heads hacked off by Muslims and kids getting killed in schools by Muslims makes us look bad, therefore it must be Jews doing these things, not Muslims.” Once again this is common stuff in the Islamic world, try to avoid it in the future.

I will add more fallacies for you at a future date after you have absorbed these ones.







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