Peter Oborne writes an excellent article on Islam Channel CEO Mohamed Ali rebutting the slurs that have been peddled by the usual array of right wing creatures accusing him of being a Terrorist.
LM likes to think I have been ahead of the curve in my two articles about the false slurs concerning Brother Mohamed here and here where I also challenged the nonsense about an arrest warrant issued by the then Dictator of Tunisia Ben Ali which now has proved to be a badge of honour.
However, that said while he has aspirations for a political future in Tunisia LM urges Mohamed Ali to refresh the Current Affairs coverage at the Islam Channel which sadly is being allowed to stagnate by the hapless Carl Arrindel the Director of Current Affairs. Arrindel's approach is to assume all viewers are readers of the Guardian thus coverage is excessively highbrow for an audience that is largely political illiterate. LM hopes the CEO once again takes a firm grip or preferably hands the reigns over to his eldest son Mohammed who is equally astute as his father and an outstanding academic.
Carl should be given credit for moving Islam Channel TV current affairs coverage into the mainstream from the mad cap days of Eyonne Ridley fronting the output.
ReplyDeleteWhilst i'm not a fan of the man, I'm glad if the slurs against him are incorrect that he is proving that. I had the unfortunate experience of hearing him speak at the Muslim Writers Awards one year where he told all the Muslims in the audience who were members of mainstream political parties that they should be ashamed.
ReplyDeleteI don't think being in a political party makes you any less of a Muslim. Even if I don't agree with many politicians I think it's great to have Muslim politicians in every Party. The key is integration.
Also sadly Islam Channel gave Yvonne Ridley a massive payout as they sacked her because she was a woman...not very Islamic is it?!