Ofcom rules against the Islamic Ummah satellite TV Channel
The Islamic Ummah satellite TV Channel has fallen foul of Ofcom for:
1) Breach – Islam Channel presenter in breach for having allowed views condoning marital rape:
2) Breach – Islam Channel presenter found in breach for encouraging violence against women and describing women who wear perfume as ‘prostitutes’:
3) Breach: Islam channel found to have an anti-Israel and anti-Palestinian Authority bias, implying favouritism for Hamas:
The Spitoon has the story and Lucy Lips has posted on Harry’s Place asking why the channel has not been prosecuted.
Tags: Media, Religion Society
November 9th, 2010 at 9:20 am
The reason for not prosecuting is that the procedures go like this:
Found in breach – added to compliance record.
Put on warning.
Statutory penalty (financial fine).
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Removal of licence
*= not sure what happens in between. It appears that multiple fines can be imposed, given the example of the “heavy petting” channels.