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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Muslim groups demand sedition probe against BFM Radio

Radio broadcaster BFM’s interview with scholar Reza Aslan has led Muslim groups to file a police report against it and its journalists. – Pic courtesy of Reza Aslan, December 18, 2014.Radio broadcaster BFM’s interview with scholar Reza Aslan has led Muslim groups to file a police report against it and its journalists. – Pic courtesy of Reza Aslan, December 18, 2014.Muslim groups want the Sedition Act used against business radio station BFM 89.9 and its presenters over broadcasted talk shows which touched on a number of topics deemed sensitive to Islam.
Led by Malaysia Islamic Consumers Association (PPIM) and Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), the groups lodge a police report against the broadcaster at the Dang Wangi police station in Kuala Lumpur today.
"This is a strategy by the liberals to break apart the racial harmony in Malaysia," Isma vice-president Aminuddin Yahaya was quoted as saying by news portal Malaysiakini.
The Muslim groups said that BFM had challenged the sovereignty of Islam by discussing these issues, and accused the channel of being part of a "liberal plot".
The police report comes after news that the radio station had been fined RM10,000 over an interview with Iranian-American Muslim scholar Reza Aslan on October 21 last year, in which he discussed Malaysia's ban on the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had sent BFM a letter dated December 9, stating that the station breached conditions of its Content Application Service Provider licence.
Yesterday, BFM managing director Malek Ali said the action against the station was because it had failed to obtain approval from the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) to air content on Islam.
The terms of the licence states that all religious programming on Islam must be approved by the relevant religious authorities prior to transmission.
However, Malek had also said that BFM undertook "necessary procedures" to abide by the content code, including choosing not to broadcast the full version of the interview with Reza to comply with the code.
Malek also said the station was seeking advice on the next course of action and would continue working with the MCMC to resolve the issue.
- TMI

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