The Islamic Ummah Needs A Television Channel

Shaaban 21, 1432 A.H, Sunday, July 24, 2011

The media is one of the Democracy-supporting pillars, it is no wonder that the media today are fiercely pushing Islam into a corner, which obviously becomes the primary enemy of Democracy, after the collapse of Communism, along with the collapse of the Soviet Union. So, the role of the media today is very important and it is the key to the victory in the “Islamic Civilizations VS Democracy” collision.

The media is able to make black into white and vice versa, a pornographic actor at the same time can become someone adored by the society, in fact even a Qur'anic teacher can become a scum of the society, all this is due to the role of the media in smoothening the agenda of those parties who desperately want the establishment of a free order within the frame of democracy that becomes the basis of their ideology.

And since the main enemy of democracy and that which threatens the existence of its supporters today is Islam and its activists, then with abundant funds and qualified human resources, the proponents of democracy, allied with the ideology that does not like the rise of Islam, come together to undermine Islam. One of their weapons is the media.

We see the media today, starting from the television, newspaper, magazines to the internet, they are all viewing Islam from the same angle, all are portraying Islam as the root of terrorism, fanaticism and civilization setbacks, without the Muslims ever being able to provide a defense and explanation why the attitude of resistance against the rulers who are unjust against Muslims must arise. All are accepted by the public without any filtering and counter-balancing news from the Islamic media. There may be some defenses from the Islamic media but they are not as intense as what are reported by the media which indeed have a negative view of Islam and the Muslims from the beginning.

Here is where the roles of the Islamic media are really needed and expected to become an alternative to the circulating news which are more to pinning Islam and are always suspicious of its activists. And inevitably, we have to acknowledge that the most responsible media and that which can be accessed by all levels of society, is the television. It is mostly the television that has the main and very vital role in making someone or anything to be like what are desired by the people who have self-interests in the news.

Therefore, with this very huge potential of the Islamic ummah, it would be nice if Muslims could be invited to unite and struggle for the establishment of a television station, so that the aspirations and views of the Muslims with regards to their own destiny, could be heard by the people who have a skewed view of Islam, especially the ordinary people who for many years have been fed by the television which without doubt are managed by the kafir, so that the general public have access to clear informations about their own religion.

The role of the ummah in supporting this project should be empowered by those people who are entrepreneurs, ulama's and Islamic activists, so that all circles of the Islamic ummah can benefit from it. And when the project is successful, the management of the television should be the responsibility of all elements of the mass organizations that exist among Muslims, because if it is only managed by one element of the Muslims, other elements would feel that they have no sense of belonging to the television and consider it as not representing their aspirations. A fair policy is required in this regard and this writer believes that the Muslims are getting maturer in seeing this urgency, to not emphasize on own groups and circle's self-interests because the interests of Islam is above all else.

Hopefully this project can be realized and become a reality, a television channel that struggles for the voices of the Muslims who are oppressed and fooled by the kafir, giving the true voice of Islam upon the manhaj of Al-Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW and become a correction tool against the rampant immoralities and oppressions.

The saying goes, “they who control the media, will be the ones to rule the world”.

Wallahu A’lam

Original article by: Muhammad Hanif