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This happened in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Sheffield, lest we forget, is the city that gave us the Bessemer Process/Sheffield Steel, Thornton's, Pulp, Jack Rosenthal and forty years of 'late night Crucible drama' amongst many other fantastic things. A city which has enriched and improved this country for just about everyone.
In more recent times though, the city itself has been 'culturally enriched' by a radio station named IMAM FM…. although it would perhaps be an exaggeration to call it the 'Home of the Hits'. I don't think Diddy David H has ever anchored a 'Drivetime' show there.
The pop-pickers who tune into this 'Community' radio station will now have to find an alternate station on their FM dial, because IMAM FM has lost its broadcasting licence following an OFCOM investigation.
The evidence beggars belief.
The station broadcast 25 HOURS of 'lectures' from a former alleged Al-Qaeda Leader. Suffice to say, the lectures did not concern home-making, flower-arranging or peace, love and understanding.
You would think that the listeners would have been appalled by these broadcasts, and glad to be rid of this poison polluting impressionable minds. Right?
Wrong. Around 300 listeners (to date) are fully supportive of IMAM FM. They've even started a petition to restore IMAM FM's licence. The petitioners say that the stations's "content has always been exemplary".
The listeners needn't worry. There'll surely be another similar 'Community' station coming along soon enough, spouting the same poison.
In the meantime, they can (and probably will) doubtless find many more hours of similar 'lectures' on the Internet. Not 'arf.
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https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-petition-in-support-of-iman-fm-community-radio-sheffield
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40740944
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/28/ofcom-bans-iman-fm-radio-station-al-qaida-anwar-al-awlaki
There are many other links out there on this story, but they contain the magic 'M' word which normally means censorship.
Sheffield, lest we forget, is the city that gave us the Bessemer Process/Sheffield Steel, Thornton's, Pulp, Jack Rosenthal and forty years of 'late night Crucible drama' amongst many other fantastic things. A city which has enriched and improved this country for just about everyone.
In more recent times though, the city itself has been 'culturally enriched' by a radio station named IMAM FM…. although it would perhaps be an exaggeration to call it the 'Home of the Hits'. I don't think Diddy David H has ever anchored a 'Drivetime' show there.
The pop-pickers who tune into this 'Community' radio station will now have to find an alternate station on their FM dial, because IMAM FM has lost its broadcasting licence following an OFCOM investigation.
The evidence beggars belief.
The station broadcast 25 HOURS of 'lectures' from a former alleged Al-Qaeda Leader. Suffice to say, the lectures did not concern home-making, flower-arranging or peace, love and understanding.
You would think that the listeners would have been appalled by these broadcasts, and glad to be rid of this poison polluting impressionable minds. Right?
Wrong. Around 300 listeners (to date) are fully supportive of IMAM FM. They've even started a petition to restore IMAM FM's licence. The petitioners say that the stations's "content has always been exemplary".
The listeners needn't worry. There'll surely be another similar 'Community' station coming along soon enough, spouting the same poison.
In the meantime, they can (and probably will) doubtless find many more hours of similar 'lectures' on the Internet. Not 'arf.
.
https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-petition-in-support-of-iman-fm-community-radio-sheffield
.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40740944
.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/28/ofcom-bans-iman-fm-radio-station-al-qaida-anwar-al-awlaki
There are many other links out there on this story, but they contain the magic 'M' word which normally means censorship.
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No need to worry Alun Will become a BBC sub station ,with a twitter feed and a Blog ,the Slims of Sheffield will be Delighted... And Jolly good Luck to them is What I say.
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I'll miss the station. They played lots of Koran Bailey Rae.
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http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15435887.Church_minister_accused_of_raping_or_sexually_abusing_seven_women_to__deliver_them_from_evil_/?ref=rl&lp=1
Nothing to do with the religion of peace. |
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http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/dozens-children-sexually-abused-people-249297
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“Over time, this turned into extended hugs and him kissing my face. He would tell me that I was his best mate and what we had was special. He said it was normal to do these things, even biblical; reading me passages from the Bible."
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That's a genetic problem, but some religions and some countries have more genetic problems than others.
Who could deny that ? |
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Nothing wrong with a bit of balance as it seems there is more than one religion.
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Of course every country has its many forms of evil , but some are much worse than others.
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Even when England was the most advanced and civilised country in the world we still managed to produce Jack the Ripper.
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Genetic problem so your genes determine criminality I think I have heard that
argument somewhere before in history can't quite place it... |
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You should not presume on the good nature of the English people,
certainly not. |
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So which is the worstist should be singled out and targeted the others should be disregarded
thanks for that, your advise is invaluable to far right groups. |
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You see every country will produce bad things, that is the very nature of many countries. However some countries , very few, despite this, become great and beautiful and free like England.
Or as England once was. |
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If we look at the world today, we would have to fear the very great dangers in some religions.
Every sensitive person could see that. |
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1971 you ramble on like you're talking to a four year old child through your 6th glass
of Whiskey.  |
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Rose tinted specs.. you should take them off and realize.
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Well that's dreadful, drunkenness is hideous.
Why do people indulge in it ? |
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They are coming here to England, why should they do so ?
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We don't want to see any more, we already see too much.
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You are a little Englandcentric I take it you don't care for the U.K. much..
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Some religions get attacked with more zest than others on here but I simply disagree with all of them.
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I would reply that some religions attack with more zest than others, but only one religion attacks.
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breedingmad it has been England's job to tame and civilise religion, I don't see any point in inviting in a more dangerous one without even some of the good things such as Christmas carols, and having to try and civilise that.
It's too much trouble. |
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Study some history LFC1971 your views are skewiff the Spanish tried to get rid of the M.
religion in their Country.As for Englands job that sounds like patriotic bull. |
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The Spanish are not Church of England.
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In Spain not so long ago, in the 30s , they were murdering each other in their thousands.
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I never said they were I was pointing out that wiping out a religion from your country
won't stop the religion.Also you can't wipe it out with Crusades. |
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In a graveyard outside Granada the caretaker had to be committed to an asylum , driven mad by the screams of people being murdered at night.
The new caretaker and his family lasted 2 or 3 weeks before having to be rehoused outside the cemetery. |
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Ah Spain and the rest of Europe did get rid of Islam , that is what happened .
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Of course that is history, you should never fall in love with it.
It will only make you sad. |
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No reason to wipe it out Bm, every reason to stop it expanding. Otherwise the best this country can hope for in the future is to be a secular Islamic one.
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Have they been knocking on your door again like those pesky religious types do
trying to get another conversion.? |
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They don't need to do that, they are like you, breedingmad.
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Lol
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At least they aren't like you Happy.
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The station broadcast 25 HOURS of 'lectures' from a former alleged Al-Qaeda Leader.
Yet Breedingmad judging from his extremist stance here, should be asked if he supports all that the station had its licence withdrawn for? |