Canadian Islamic TV Channel Gives More Time to Hate Preacher
Charles Johnson
Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 11:50 am PDT • Views: 370
Canadian Islamic television channel VisionTV expressed “regret” for broadcasting a speech by radical Pakistani preacher Israr Ahmad, advocating the extermination of Jews.
Then they put him on the air again: VisionTV gives Islamic radical more air time.
TORONTO - A day after saying it regretted broadcasting a lecture by a Pakistani preacher who says Muslim scripture advocates violent holy war and the “extermination” of Jews, VisionTV put him back on the air again this weekend.
A leading Jewish organization said yesterday it would launch a formal complaint with Canadian broadcast regulators after Vision aired another hour-long talk by fundamentalist Israr Ahmad on Saturday.
The preacher’s reappearance on Canadian television came as a surprise to some, since VisionTV had issued a statement on Friday expressing regret for broadcasting Mr. Ahmad’s lecture on violent jihad on July 14.
But despite the statement, Vision aired another lecture Saturday afternoon by Mr. Ahmad, who compares Jews to “parasites,” describes the Holocaust as “divine punishment” and calls Jews “condemned.”
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