Channel 4 to broadcast daily Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan next month

[LikeABoatOnWater]

Channel 4 is to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan this year, it revealed yesterday.

It is believed to be the first time a mainstream British television channel has broadcast the Islamic call to prayer.

Starting next week, the broadcaster will transmit the morning call to prayer daily for the 30 days of Ramadan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2353250/Channel-4-broadcast-daily-Muslim-prayer-Ramadan-month.html

I will never, ever, watch C4 again! Absolutely sick.

[GypsyGoth]

I can't see this happening.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

I'm so fed up of being force fed peoples stupid religions. Keep your bizarre views yourselves.
There needs to be a new law stating that religion can't be expressed in a public places. No more Church bells and no more people yelling 'Allah snackbar' in the streets.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

ew

[Nedusa]

What's next !! ........ Sharia Law ??

[arista]

I can't see this happening.

It could just be a 2mins show


Or after the news.


It means nothing to me

One will be at 3 in the morning

[zakman440]

I don't watch C4 since their last BB, so I don't really mind. If they start showing it on E4 though, I do watch that, but it still won't bother me that much, but I will be annoyed though.

[Marcus.]

what the stars

[billy123]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2353250/Channel-4-broadcast-daily-Muslim-prayer-Ramadan-month.html

I will never, ever, watch C4 again! Absolutely sick.So what? what is sick about that? or are you just a bigoted individual? is songs of praise sick as well? what the **** do you think Ramadan is to be so outraged?
Strange boy.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Unneeded and will just stir up tensions :/

[BBfanUSA]

This will cause even more tension when there shouldn't be.

[arista]

This will cause even more tension when there shouldn't be.

at 3AM in the morning
it may not

[LikeABoatOnWater]

So what? what is sick about that? or are you just a bigoted individual? is songs of praise sick as well? what the **** do you think Ramadan is to be so outraged?
Strange boy.

I am against all religions, I see them as nothing more than a way of controlling populations of people. It is sick because we should be fading out religion from popular culture. All TV should be secular.

[arista]

It is only 3AM for TV
Except the first day

The Rest on Ch4 site

[Ch4 is to air the Muslim call to prayer live every morning
during the month of Ramadan.
The broadcaster said it was an act of "deliberate provocation"
aimed at viewers who might associate Islam with extremism.
The headline-grabbing move will see Channel 4 broadcast
the three-minute call to prayer at about 3am for 30
days from the start of Ramadan on 9 July.
In addition, on the first day of Ramadan Channel 4
will interrupt programming four times during
the day – to mark subsequent calls to
prayer – with a 20-second film to remind
viewers
of the approaching prayer time.
After that date, the channel will air the 3am call
to prayer on live TV, with the other four prayer
times will be broadcast on its website.]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jul/02/channel-4-muslim-call-to-prayer-ramadan

[LikeABoatOnWater]

C4, the PC dick lovin **** ass bastards.

[Livia]

Wow... and yet Palm Sunday slipped by this year with amost no acknowledgement.

Jewish festivals and sabbaths are not represented on TV, and I wouldn't expect them to be. So why should Islam get preferential treatment?

[Livia]

So what? what is sick about that? or are you just a bigoted individual? is songs of praise sick as well? what the **** do you think Ramadan is to be so outraged?
Strange boy.

Songs of Praise is a show for Christians, in what is essentially still a Christian country. One of very, very few Christian programmes on TV.

Can't imagine Songs of Praise going down too well in Saudi.

[Nedusa]

I think this is more of a publicity stunt by CH4 to gets it profile raised a little. and it seems to be working as this has made news and is carried by most of the Nationals and talk radio programmes.

Personally I think the timing is suspect and it could provoke a backlash from a variety of groups ranging from the Church of England to the BNP. I think it is unecessary to continue to force Islam down the throats of over 95% of the Population of this Country who are not Muslim especially as the UK is not particularly religious in any case.

Not necessary as there are already many Muslim TV channels which carry this call to prayer.

[arista]

I think this is more of a publicity stunt by CH4 to gets it profile raised a little. and it seems to be working as this has made news and is carried by most of the Nationals and talk radio programmes.

Personally I think the timing is suspect and it could provoke a backlash from a variety of groups ranging from the Church of England to the BNP. I think it is unecessary to continue to force Islam down the throats of over 95% of the Population of this Country who are not Muslim especially as the UK is not particularly religious in any case.

Not necessary as there are already many Muslim TV channels which carry this call to prayer.


But thats on Cable and Sat.

Ch4 thinks its a clever move for a main Ch. etc

[Stu]

C4, the PC dick lovin **** ass bastards.
It's silly and it will cause trouble but you sound like Mark's national front friend from Peep Show. A dimwit, in other words.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

Sorry that I don't want my kids to have to live in a controlling state where there not free to be who they are.

[Samm]

Since BB left C4 things have gone Bad

[jackc1806]

Channel 4 once again trying to desperately cling onto its 'cool innovative' status that it lost years ago. It's no longer the channel that fought against the boring BBC and ITV creating programming that changed TV, it's just another TV channel that is in a pile of ****. I have no problem with this but they really need to sort out their dire ratings and programming before pissarsing around doing pointless crap like this.

[Z]

Am I the only person who thinks it's a positive step forward to try and promote awareness and tolerance of other religions and cultures in a very head-in-the-sand country that doesn't know how to deal with the concept of 'Johnny Foreigner' whether they be from a Muslim country or over the English channel?

Let's face it, there is a huge Muslim population in the UK now, there are mosques in every major city and certainly in my experiences in life I've come across far more practising Muslims than I have practising Christians. If there were a larger Jewish population in the UK, I'm sure they'd be afforded a similarly appropriate broadcast. Perhaps Channel 4 even intends to do this kind of thing for all major faiths followed in the UK, I don't know. I completely understand why people are viewing this as incendiary but would it hurt to try and view it as a way of getting to understand Islam rather than fearing it and anyone who follows it? Ignoring the fact there are Muslims in the UK and holding the bigoted view that Islam = terrorism (which is promoted in certain media outlets; I'm not accusing anyone on here of holding that view but it's certainly out there for all to see) is not solving any problems and personally I commend Channel 4 for at least DOING something.

This is public perception that they're doing it to cause a stir. Looking at it in an unbiased way - they are providing welcomed content for a cross section of their viewing public, and it will reach people who may not have otherwise listened to an Islamic call to prayer. We have such a wide range of documentaries covering niche topics on Channel 4, why is this any different? :/

[joeysteele]

Am I the only person who thinks it's a positive step forward to try and promote awareness and tolerance of other religions and cultures in a very head-in-the-sand country that doesn't know how to deal with the concept of 'Johnny Foreigner' whether they be from a Muslim country or over the English channel?

Let's face it, there is a huge Muslim population in the UK now, there are mosques in every major city and certainly in my experiences in life I've come across far more practising Muslims than I have practising Christians. If there were a larger Jewish population in the UK, I'm sure they'd be afforded a similarly appropriate broadcast. Perhaps Channel 4 even intends to do this kind of thing for all major faiths followed in the UK, I don't know. I completely understand why people are viewing this as incendiary but would it hurt to try and view it as a way of getting to understand Islam rather than fearing it and anyone who follows it? Ignoring the fact there are Muslims in the UK and holding the bigoted view that Islam = terrorism (which is promoted in certain media outlets; I'm not accusing anyone on here of holding that view but it's certainly out there for all to see) is not solving any problems and personally I commend Channel 4 for at least DOING something.

This is public perception that they're doing it to cause a stir. Looking at it in an unbiased way - they are providing welcomed content for a cross section of their viewing public, and it will reach people who may not have otherwise listened to an Islamic call to prayer. We have such a wide range of documentaries covering niche topics on Channel 4, why is this any different? :/

I was just about to type a post saying I didn't agree with it but that I hardly ever watch Channel 4 anyway.

That was until I read the post from Zee above and thinking about it all as to what he put in his post.
I agree it is likely positive and maybe a step forward too.

[Shaun]

Sorry that I don't want my kids to have to live in a controlling state where there not free to be who they are.

so you're gonna ban everything from TV that you don't believe in

****ing LOL.

don't watch it, simple as. There's far more offensive **** on TV. Celebrity Juice, for example.

[Z]

so you're gonna ban everything from TV that you don't believe in

****ing LOL.

don't watch it, simple as. There's far more offensive **** on TV. Celebrity Juice, for example.

Fearne Cotton's voice offends me far more than any world religion or related problems.

[Livia]

I look forward to Channel 4 observing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. And any feasts, fasts and festivals Christians, Sikhs and Hindus have coming up...

[Ramsay]

meh, no different than that bell thing RTE do over here every day at 6 or something

[billy123]

Songs of Praise is a show for Christians, in what is essentially still a Christian country. One of very, very few Christian programmes on TV.

Can't imagine Songs of Praise going down too well in Saudi.So there is a market for songs of praise not my thing i dont watch it and dont care and channel 4 think there is a market for a muslim program during ramadan im not interested and dont care.
I just dont see why anyone would object.
Live and let live as far as im concerned.
I couldnt care less about anybodys religion and any countrys traditional dominant religion it means nothing to me.
Why would it matter?

[billy123]

I look forward to Channel 4 observing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. And any feasts, fasts and festivals Christians, Sikhs and Hindus have coming up...If they do i will go nuts fgs that would be just ridiculous!


















































Not really i couldnt care less it would just be something else on tv i didnt watch because i dont care about along with 99% of tv shows. No doubt if any channel thought there was a market for that kind of thing they would do it.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

Live and let live as far as im concerned.

Islam is not a live and let live kind of religion as far as im concerned. Yes I know some are really nice, but I don't believe they are truly following the word of the Quran.

2:191 And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.

2:193 And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah.

2:216 Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.

2:244 Fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearer, Knower.

5:33 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom

[zotler.]

I'm sure a few twenty second clips for one day is going to offend you to the point of never ever watching C4 again. Lol.

[Gstar]

I don't really mind/care

[billy123]

Islam is not a live and let live kind of religion as far as im concerned. Yes I know some are really nice, but I don't believe they are truly following the word of the Quran.

2:191 And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.

2:193 And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah.

2:216 Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.

2:244 Fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearer, Knower.

5:33 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doomAnd there it is the real reason for the thread.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

And there it is the real reason for the thread.

You'll be sorry when we have bent our backs so much that an oppressive religious group is ruling the UK. And at the end of the day once the muslim population is over 50% in several decades time, it will be there democratic right to turn the UK into a Islamic state. No more empowered women, censored internet, no rights for the gays and no education for anyone because education allows people to think for themselves.

[Z]

Who knew Channel 4 had all that on their agenda?

[LikeABoatOnWater]

Who knew Channel 4 had all that on their agenda?
They don't. They're just plain stupid, thats the kind of people that fall for these religious nutjobs demands.

At the end of the day the only way now to stop the UK becoming an Islamic state is to fade all religions out through education and not be promoting through media like C4 are planning to do.

[Nedusa]

You'll be sorry when we have bent our backs so much that an oppressive religious group is ruling the UK. And at the end of the day once the muslim population is over 50% in several decades time, it will be there democratic right to turn the UK into a Islamic state. No more empowered women, censored internet, no rights for the gays and no education for anyone because education allows people to think for themselves.

In a way I agree with this as it has already happened before in the UK. Long long time ago everybody in Briton could worship lots of different Gods and their worship was free. Then slowly over time this new "religion" was forced on us and we were forced to turn our backs on all our Gods and worship only one God. This God or Jesus was apparently the one and only true God and this new Christian religion was rigorously enforced. People had to build "Churches" and go there the same time every week and they had to give money to the people who ran these buildings the ones that wore brightly coloured clothing.

It got so bad in the years that followed that if you were suspected of not believing in this "Jesus" bloke you would be burnt at the stake or drowned (or both). Wars were fought to hold back this new religion but to no avail, it eventually took over the whole Country and the laws of the land became intertwinned with this religion.

So yes beware it can happen, has happened and could happen again...!!!!

[billy123]

EDL! EDL! EDL!

Sorry just joining in with likeabotonwaters rhetoric.

[Niamh.]

So what? what is sick about that? or are you just a bigoted individual? is songs of praise sick as well? what the **** do you think Ramadan is to be so outraged?
Strange boy.

:worship:

This, geez, get over it lol

[LikeABoatOnWater]

EDL! EDL! EDL!

Sorry just joining in with likeabotonwaters rhetoric.

Could you just hold a discussion? If you disagree then disagree, stop making stupid comments that hold no weight.

The only thing I'm for is equality, freedom and just the generally wellbeing of humanity its future.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

:worship:

This, geez, get over it lol

Please! you might think your being some unbigoted darling who ****s flowers and has nothing but love in your heart. but your sacrificing your own freedom by licking these peoples arseholes, they have no respect for you, so why respect them?

[Me. I Am Salman]

You'll be sorry when we have bent our backs so much that an oppressive religious group is ruling the UK. And at the end of the day once the muslim population is over 50% in several decades time, it will be there democratic right to turn the UK into a Islamic state. No more empowered women, censored internet, no rights for the gays and no education for anyone because education allows people to think for themselves.

Yes I'm sure that'll happen :crazy:

[billy123]

Could you just hold a discussion? If you disagree then disagree, stop making stupid comments that hold no weight.

The only thing I'm for is equality, freedom and just the generally wellbeing of humanity its future.
ok sounds like i hit a nerve then.
the only thing that disappoints me in all this are some of the replies by other people in this thread that dont realise what you are.
equality and freedom are far from what you are trying to promote.
I disagree with you i thought that much was clear.
I will end it here i dont want to feed your hatred. goodbye. (hopefully for good)

[RichardG]

Shocking! Terrible! Our once great country is ruined! Boycott C4! How dare they!

/lol jk i couldn't care less.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

ok sounds like i hit a nerve then.
the only thing that disappoints me in all this are some of the replies by other people in this thread that dont realise what you are.
equality and freedom are far from what you are trying to promote.
I disagree with you i thought that much was clear.
I will end it here i dont want to feed your hatred. goodbye. (hopefully for good)


you have no idea who I am. ive lived in an oppressed country, I've seen what its like for people to be controlled by some imaginary fairy in the sky. sorry that I have some concern about the path that the UK is most certainly on.

[Nedusa]

you have no idea who I am. ive lived in an oppressed country, I've seen what its like for people to be controlled by some imaginary fairy in the sky. sorry that I have some concern about the path that the UK is most certainly on.

First of all I could live as a Christian in any part of my Country openly and without fear of attack..........


Then I couldn't live as a Christian in any part of my Country openly and without fear of attack

Then I couldn't live as a Christian in any part of my Country openly

Then I couldn't live as a Christian in any part of my Country

Then I couldn't live as a Christian

Then I couldn't live..........!!!!


Sounds a bit unlikely but some religions have only room for themselves...!!!

[lostalex]

5 times a day for an entire month seems a bit excessive to me.

Are they going to have a special late night CDWM ramadan episodes too?

[Niamh.]

Please! you might think your being some unbigoted darling who ****s flowers and has nothing but love in your heart. but your sacrificing your own freedom by licking these peoples arseholes, they have no respect for you, so why respect them?

You got all that from me not having an issue with this? lol Also, you'll end up with a ban if you don't tone down the rudeness in yours posts...........not all flower sh**ting and love after all ;)

[zakman440]

5 times a day for an entire month seems a bit excessive to me.

Are they going to have a special late night CDWM ramadan episodes too?

:laugh:

[letmein]

Sorry that I don't want my kids to have to live in a controlling state where there not free to be who they are.

How are they not free to be who they are? God, you're going to screw up your kids before the state ever does.

[jackc1806]

5 times a day for an entire month seems a bit excessive to me.

Are they going to have a special late night CDWM ramadan episodes too?

Million Pound Drop Ramadan special with Zainab from EastEnders :elephant: