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Middle East
Jordanian Muslim Brothers to start a TV or radio station
2004-01-01
The Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood) group in Jordan said it is considering the foundation of a TV station, or an independent radio, after the call made by the Jordanian commission for audio-visual media for the private sector and the parties to form broadcasting stations.
"That's enterta-a-a-a-i-i-i-nment!"
The official spokesman for the group, Yahya Shaqra, said that the group has the ambition and the desire to found such stations, due to the importance of the media as "a means of contacts to disseminate the Islamic call."
"All fatwas, all the time!"
Shaqra explained that the group will prepare a comprehensive and updated study on establishing a TV or radio station, noting that technical personnel are available for such a work among its members." He said that the Muslim brothers in Jordan have two papers, as mouthpieces for the group. They are "al-Kifah al-Islami" in the 1950s, and "al-Rabat" which started by the end of the 1980s and continued until the beginning of the 1990s.
The end of the 80s to the beginning of the 90s? Like a year? Six months?
The audio-visual media law was issued in 2002 to make it available for the national private sector, and the local sector to invest in the media.
So they're trying to get away from state-run media, and the Ikhwanis are going to start a Koranic station, which will maybe draw a slightly larger audience than gospel stations draw here. And be just about as interesting.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  This is why we need a space station - actually, about a dozen of them, all circling the Earth at about 8000 miles up (out of range of A-Sat). Each could broadcast up to 40,000 stations to every square inch of the earth's surface. Remember "How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Pariee?"? I'm not for totally destroying the culture of any group, but I'm totally against controlling the ability to get information other than that "approved" by the local government - OR the local church. IF you really want to give a turbantop a headache, give him something to think about. Bombard them with TNC, TNT, A&E, Discovery, Disney, HBO, Showtime, and anything else that can hit the space-based repeater. Don't DUB ANYTHING - if it's a French show, broadcast it in French; if it's a German show, broadcast it in German; if someone else has already dubbed it (in Spanish, Japanese, or Polish, for instance), go ahead and broadcast it in whatever language it's received in.

Can you imagine the impact (word chosen with great care) of a Madonna "music video" broadcast into Islamistan in 145 different languages? 24/7, for about six months? I guarantee it will end bloodshed in Islamistan - all the males will have glazed eyeballs, incapable of finding a REAL rifle, and unable to see the sites if they do.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-1-1 4:23:46 PM  

#4  the Yahya Shaqra sisterhood?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-1-1 11:41:28 AM  

#3  If the fatwas have to compete with Baywatch, I can guess which'll win, until the Baywatch station's bombed by "unknown assailants."
Posted by: Fred   2004-1-1 9:22:55 AM  

#2  I think this is a great idea, and I think they need to broadcast Baywatch 12 hours a day. They can explain it to the mullahs in charge by showing how the ratings improve -- "see how much more we can charge for our fatwas now?"
Posted by: Steve White   2004-1-1 2:36:39 AM  

#1  "All fatwas, all the time!"
LOL! Yep, just what they need.

Without infidel technology, these 'tards would still be in-breeding living in isolated little villages and oases - shooting each other over who can use the well.
Posted by: .com   2004-1-1 1:34:08 AM  

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