MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE CALLS TO REMOVE TV MAGIC SHOWS; ARABSAT AGREES

ARABSAT, one of the Arab world's leading satellite operators, has caved in to pressure exerted by the Muslim World League to remove television channels broadcasting magic shows, the London-based daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat reported.

“We will take the necessary steps to remove these channels off the air in the next two weeks unless they cease to broadcast these programs,” said Khalid Bin Ahmad Balkhayour, acting president of ARABSAT, an organization founded in 1976 by the 22 member states of the Arab League.

ARABSAT has already begun the legal proceedings to this end, said Balkhayour, explaining that it was "a result of the public opinion against these channels… One of our goals is to preserve the pillars of religion and tradition," Balkhayour said.

Muslim World League: It's the Devil's Work

A week ago Monday, the Muslim World League, a non-governmental organization based in Saudi Arabia, published a decree calling on the Arab League to stop the broadcasting of TV magic shows.

These channels "have recruited magicians, who claim they have knowledge of the invisible world and the power to solve people's problems, such as curing diseases… telling the future and other things which only God Almighty knows," read the decree.

Watch me pull this link out of my hat

Uh-Oh is David Copperfield on some list some where? *COUGHJihadCOGH*

Tell the MWL to change the freakin channel.

Dark ages anyone?

Also, technically their god doesn't know the future, Free will pretty much means no destiny and no certain future. (as free will dictates that nothing can intervene in your life, otherwise it isn't free will).

Wow......no more Mind Freak, eh ..... illusionists are cool Now thats entertainment.

So this satellite service is serving those in the middle eastern countries where theocratic governments rule? I don't agree with it, but I can see their reason for wanting it removed.

Why..... Why are people so %#*&@*% DUMB!

MWL, not l33t 4 l1ph.
nuke them already. ^__^

This is another case of people not understanding.


There is a large difference between religion and show business. Yet, show business is kind of like the "cool" religion that just doesn't care.

Yeah, Islam is really strict on magic. But you know, I think that stuff like this will eventually be the undoing of fundamentalist Islam. One day Muslims will have enough of an increasingly stricter & stricter & stricter religion. People are people; at some point, they'll feel completely suffocated. Reminds me of Puritanism, that didn't work either...

So a religion founded by a child rapist who also allows wife beating and killing those who disagree with them... Is mad over slide of hand? Such vile beliefs shouldn't be used to censor others.

agreed.

So right you are brother.

Why oh why does the western world even listen to or pay lip service to these murderous, retarded, up their own a***, head in sand arseholes ?
Nuke em, blast em off the planet!
Or at least when they start their whinning, either ignore them, or tell them to grow up or f**k off !
Rant over.
PS How do ya put smiley faces in ya text, is it magic ?

The REALLY daft thing is , that theres no such thing as magic.
Dont they realise its all just clever tricks ?
Theyre kicking off (yet again) over something that doesnt even exist.

I guess they don't have comedy shows either - ever heard of a moslem comedian? Take away sex, religion and politics and there's not a lot left to laugh about!

I wonder if they do have sit-coms in the extremist Muslim world? I'd like to see that. Achmed Bunker, Suicide bombers funniest videos, The King of Tikrit.


Edit;

My name is El-Amin, Not so Happy Days, & Cheers.

does david copperfield do that or is this in the realm of john edward? far as I know "magicians" admit they're tricks and sleight of hand, seems these guys are talking about the ones that claim some form of spiritual origin for their powers.

Sorry, I'm on a roll, I'm cracking my self up. Everybody loves Rahim, Stone the jew Sienfeld, Friends, Razaanah,


Oh I forgot the 1 rated sit-com..Death to America. Now that, my friends, is a funny show.

Never let common sense get in the way of religious doctrine. And thats why people should be afraid of a culture that promotes this mindset. Reason doesn't matter, sense doesn't matter, morality does not matter, all direction comes from religious leaders who may or may not have a personal agenda wink wink nudge nudge

how stupid can u get!?

these kind of stupid community and leaders really really tarnish the image of Islam (bloody hijackers!!)
Just because they have their own freakinga agenda, don't use Islam name for god sake!!

seriously....just nuke them (the leaders I meant...)

The next thing u know, they will ban chemistry and national geography, probably because metal can't burn in water and camera works in a mysterious way...

the way I see it, is someone wants some bribery money, and people are not giving, so now that someone is giving someone some trouble...