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India's only Muslim TV channel banned on DTH service

Calicut (Sep 28, 2009) Peace TV, India's only Islamic Television channel reportedly being banned from broadcasting through DTH (Direct to Home) providers in the country. Website of Consumer Welfare Society, Delhi is swamped with complaints against the media ban. According to the response received from various DTH providers in the country, PEACE TV has been removed from their broad casting list. Cable Television Network Rule 6 (6) says a channel can't up link from or downlink into India unless it's registered with the I&B Ministry. But despite being not registered and not possessing a valid licence, the 24-hour Peace TV, popular in many Muslim pockets across India, has been operating for the last three years. Peace TV is promoted by The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), Mumbai, a registered non -profit charitable trust which was established in 1991. The channel never had a history of airing explicit or violent content except religious talks or sessions based on comparative religious studies. The channel is guided by a medical doctor and Indian citizen, Dr. Zakir Naik, an internationally respected scholar.

Naik, however, maintained that he didn't own Peace TV. "The owner is a Dubai-based company and it applied for registration months ago. But the ministry hasn't issued it a certificate yet, " he said, refusing to divulge the identity or the contacts of Peace TV's Dubai-based "owner". Naik's Interfaith Dialogue with prominent Hindu Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on the topic ‘The Concept of God in Hinduism and Islam in the light of Sacred Scriptures’ held at Palace Grounds, Bangalore, on 21st Jan. 2006, was highly appreciated by people of both the faiths.

In the special list of the “Top 10 Spiritual Gurus of India” by Indian Express News Paper, Dr. Zakir Naik was ranked No. 3, after Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, being the only Muslim in the list. Dr. Zakir Naik appears regularly on many international T.V. Channels in more than 200 countries of the world.

Some cable operators, who earlier showed Peace TV, have stopped beaming it. Hathway, one of the major cable operators which provides services in many parts of the Mumbai city, has pulled the plug on the channel.

Hindutva fascism spread so much poison in our society by spreading hatred through media and by aligning with their favourable media czars like Rupert Murdoch. It seems to be the interests of sangh parivar groups are more behind the unofficial ban on the one and only Muslim religious TV channel in the country. On Sep 23, J Gopikrishnan of The Pioneer, a sangh favoured media, wrote an article demanding police action against DTH providers who downlink Islamic TV channles like Peace TV, ARY Q TV, TV Maldives, Saudi TV. Rupert Murdoch's Star News happily beams the stories about the evidence of existence of Ravana's air-craft repair centre in Sri Lanka, and mythology has gained more credence than science in our age, the era of the death of rationalism. Press freedom of multi-culturalism has to confront the media discourse of Hindutva at many levels. It is not absent mindedness of Atal Behari Vajpayee, who appointed three stalwarts of Hindutva as Ministers of Home, Education and Information and Broadcasting. While the Vajpayee coalition government does not have any success story, L. K. Advani, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj actively, and aggressively, pursued the Hindutva agenda in these ministries.

Advani's legacy at Information and Broadcasting made 'religion' as big business in India and the recent visual media explosion has seen a flurry of “religious” TV channels take to the air, broadcasting prayers, congregations, faith messages, feel-good speeches, question and answer sessions, astrological predictions, etc.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting given permission to 454 channels for downlinking in India which includes 18 Christian evangelical channels. The evangelical TV channel of Pat Robertson, who publicly called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also downlinked and broadcasted by India's DTH providers.

There is also flourishing media institution which can be called evangelical Hinduism. Hindu TV evangelists include living gods like Swami Ramdev, Amma, Sathya Sai Baba, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and many others. They are the Pat Robertsons and Billy Grahams of modern Hinduism.

In Nov 2008, the telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI), in a recommendation to the Centre, has suggested that religious bodies should be barred from owning television stations or having any role in distributing them. News reports quote TRAI as saying that where permission has been given, they should be phased out slowly: “Such a rule would be in tune with the secular nature of our constitution.”

In a nation where faith is such an integral part of even governmental functions, is what we watch any business of the State? Is it a needless intrusion in our lives? An outright ‘ban’ is not the way a democracy should work. If a particular TV channel is actually fomenting and spreading hatred, that channel should be banned at once. Is it fair to ban only a channel belongs to a well respected Muslim religious scholar in a secular republic like India?

With inputs from Thejas News paper, Kozhikode,

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i have purchased airtel setoff box @ the time of purchase i was told in future you are going to add reglious channel known as PEACETV-operated by Dr Zakir Naik it also free to air but so far there is no responce regarding the same ? pls look in to the matter for
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Awating for your reply

RASHID SALIM

adding new reglious channel
i have purchased airtel setoff box @ the time of purchase i was told in future you are going to add reglious channel known as tv24 . This channel is free to air but so far there is no responce regarding the same ? pls look in to the matter for
My account number is [protected]. Account is on my name
my mobile phone number is [protected]

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Airtel DigitalTV DTH — Peace TV

Dear Sir/Madam

This is Hussain Khan from Mumbai, i have request to you to provide Peace TV on Airtel i am a very big Fan of Airtel i have all Airtel Product with me, But the channel which my mom & dad wish to see is not availabe wit Airtel my i am felling very insult, Request you to provide it very soon or if available please let me know for it.

(Keep it up with such a briliant wide range of service)

Awaiting for your vital reply

Warm Regards
Hussain Khan

I also want that airtel should provide peace tv...

i dont understand why there is no peace tv in any of the cable tvs and setup box

can u tell me till when will channels like peace tv, , , , , will launch in any dth service plzz reply even peace tv is from dubai but dubai gets feed of every indian channel so why not india get their channels

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I had purchased airtel digital dth connection. since starating i am facing many problems. there is no response from customer care. verry bad service. I had complaint serval times to customer care but there is always same reply (ABHI KISI KO BHEJ RAHE HAI.) Till today after fifteen days Daaily ( SIR AAJ JARUR AA JAYEGA) VERY BAD SERVICE.

Pankaj Agarwal
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there is no peace tv in any cable connection!
arghhh!!!

wat is happening...i want peace tv back!

Kind Attn: Airtel DTH Customer Service Team

Dear Sir,

I have recently opted for Airtel DTH and i'm using the connection since last month.

Kindly let me know how i can subscribe PEACE TV. Your urgent response is appreciated.

Regards,
S Ahmed

Is any chance to get airtel tv services in dubai.What are the technical specification to install Airtel TV from dubai

They always dont give you what you want yet they expect you to pay on time and give them what they want.

i am naveed bin ifteqar from hyderabad i have been using airtel dig tv for the past one year but now i am planning to disband and subscribe to normal cable i[censored] dont provide peace tv

This is really riddiculous that there is no Muslim religious channel in indian tv channel.20 to 30% of population of India belongs to muslim community.Is there any reason not view Peace TV on your Airtel DTH????

Rgds,
Tanweer

Hello,
when i was taking plan your ur executive told me that you can subscribe PIECE TV @15 INR. I want to take this channel.

Airtel Digital TV

Sir,

Let me know why Peace TV not mention in your any package.

Zaki

hi, ,
This is mukhtar, from mangalore.. Its jus unfair tat, for we muslims, there is no religious channel available in airtel..we Would be really pleased if yu could arrange for the peace tv, , , wit Regards.
To the airtel customer service team:-)

DEAR SIR, I AM LOOKING FOR PEACE TV ENGLISH AND URDHU, WHY ITS NOT FOUND IN AIRTEL DIGITAL TV, ITS FREE AIR CHANNEL PLEASE INCLUDE THIS CHANNEL IN UR LIST, IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO ALL INDIAN MUSLIM BROTHERS,

please include peace tv ...

AIRTEL DIGITAL TV — no peace tv on airtel digital tv

Dear Sir/Madam This is Goushul Aziz from jamshedpur, i have request to you to provide Peace TV on Airtel i am a very big Fan of Airtel
i have all Airtel Product with me, But the channel which my mom & dad wish to see is not available with Airtel my i am felling very insult, Request you to provide it very soon or if available please let me know for it. (Keep it up with such a briliant wide range of service) Awaiting for your vital reply Warm Regards
Goushul Aziz