2. American-Muslim TV Network Host Urges Votes for Democrats
Bridges TV, the first English-language American-Muslim TV network, is expanding into six states and creating a potential audience of nearly 2 million.
The network, which began broadcasting in the Buffalo, N.Y., area in November 2004, offers a mix of entertainment, sports, news, and documentaries.
Its mission statement declares that the network seeks ?to improve the image of Muslims in the United States" and to "offer a unique perspective on the Middle East and the war on terrorism."
But in a recent interview, one of its hosts criticized the ?Jewish lobby? in the U.S. and called on American Muslims to vote for Democrats in November.
Other examples of the network?s ?unique perspective? include these offerings, according to The New York Sun:
A religious figure who appeared on Oct. 3 asserted that Muslims have a duty to increase the percentage of Americans who are Muslims from 2 percent to 50 percent, and recommended that Shariah, or Islamic law, be implemented in American courts.
The next day, Bridges TV aired a speech by Muslim scholar Jamal Badawi, who in an interview raised questions about who was really behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suggested that Americans could be responsible for car bombings in Iraqi markets.
That same day, Imam Mohammad Alo Elahi was a guest on a news program, ?Talking Points.? According to his Web site, Elahi was a spiritual leader in Ayatollah Khomeini?s Iranian navy, and has met with the spiritual adviser of the Hezbollah terror organization.
On Oct. 5, listeners heard an anti-Jewish, anti-Christian sermon that included the call, ?May God destroy them!?
A Koranic verse broadcast on Oct. 9 praised martyrdom.
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