Iqraa TV

Iqraa TV (literally "recite" in arabic)cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/magazine/30televangelist.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1&adxnnlx=1146400904-MoO4QySIK0N0tdsDIdpOeA|first=Samantha M|last=Shapiro|title=Ministering to the Upwardly Mobile Muslim|work=The New York Times|date-2006-06-30|accessdate=2008-03-31] is a satellite and internet television channel owned by Sheik Salah Kamal's Arab Media Corporation. It was founded in 1998. The channel promotes itself as a "Muslim family's safe haven", presenting religious and social programming. The Iqraa channel says its vision is;

Iqraa Channel seeks to meet the viewers’ needs through presenting a number of serious programs on the viewers’ everyday life problems, serving their spiritual, cultural, social and economic interests, from an Islamic perspective with a modern vision.

and that part of its mission is;

Iqraa Channel also aims at presenting the true moderate face of Islam to people in the West where media does not present an objective view on the Islamic Law.cite news|url=http://www.iqraa-tv.net/En/Channel.asp|title=Iqraa Tv Channel ! About Our Channel|work=Arab Media Corporation|accessdate=2008-03-31]

Availabilty

Iqraa TV is available on four satellites: Nilesat, Badr 3, Badr 2 and Hotbird

External links

* [http://www.iqraa-tv.net/En/Index.asp Home! Iqraa Tv Channel] en icon
* [http://www.iqraa-tv.net/ قناة اقرأ الفضائية] ar icon

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