This story is from May 16, 2020
UK regulator fines Zakir Naik’s Peace TV
LONDON: UK media watchdog Ofcom has fined controversial
The communications regulator fined the licence holders of
Peace TV Islamic satellite TV network telecasts 24/7 free-to-air Islamic religious programmes in Urdu, Bengali, English and other languages to 200 million people from Dubai. Zakir Naik, who lives in Malaysia, is the owner, president and founder of Peace TV.
Naik, 54, fled to Malaysia in 2016. Last week, India made a formal request seeking his extradition to face charges for allegedly inciting communal disharmony in hate speeches in India.
He is also facing a probe in connection with the 2016 Dhaka terror attack.
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preacher Zakir Naik’sPeace TV
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£300k (Rs 2.75 crore) for broadcasting hate speech and repeatedly inciting murder as the UK charity regulator launches a separate investigation into the network’s funding.The communications regulator fined the licence holders of
Peace TV Urdu
£200k (Rs 183 lakh) and Peace TV £100k (Rs 91 lakh) for breaking its broadcasting rules after it found that their programmes contained hate speech, were likely to incite commission of crime, including murder, as well as abusive or derogatory treatment of individuals or communities.Peace TV Islamic satellite TV network telecasts 24/7 free-to-air Islamic religious programmes in Urdu, Bengali, English and other languages to 200 million people from Dubai. Zakir Naik, who lives in Malaysia, is the owner, president and founder of Peace TV.
Naik, 54, fled to Malaysia in 2016. Last week, India made a formal request seeking his extradition to face charges for allegedly inciting communal disharmony in hate speeches in India.
He is also facing a probe in connection with the 2016 Dhaka terror attack.
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...and soon enough, he was pushing advertd on instagram through islamnet.no (a norwegian radical outfit) to ask for this money as donation.Read allPost comment
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