Submitted on Thursday 7th July 2016
Rejected on Thursday 21st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban the hate spreading Zakir Naik's TV channel called Peace TV in UK ( SKY 813 )
Zakir Naik is an extremist Islamist who has already been banned by the Home office in 2010. Peace TV is his global mouthpiece which espouses jihad attacks and was a key motivating factor behind the recent Bangladeshi carnage & the Boston Marathon terror attacks. Do we want further similar attacks ?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7836557/Home-secretary-Theresa-May-bans-radical-preacher-Zakir-Naik-from-entering-UK.html
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/boston_bombing_suspect_signed_up_to_islington_muslim_youtube_channel_1_2164212
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/controversial-muslim-televangelist-zakir-naik-banned-from-toronto-conference
http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-suicide-bombing-to-sex-slaves-is-zakir-naik-a-suave-islamic-supremacist-2879168.html
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Neither the Government nor Parliament can “ban” a broadcaster. The regulation and licensing of broadcasters are the responsibility of Ofcom, which is an independent regulator.
There are certain conditions which must be met before Ofcom can issue a licence to a broadcaster. If these conditions are violated while the licence is in force, Ofcom can impose sanctions up to and including revocation of the licence. This is a decision for Ofcom, which is takes independently of the Government and Parliament.
The Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended by the Broadcasting Act 1996 and the Communications Act 2003) lays down a number of restrictions on who can hold Ofcom’s broadcasting licences.
You could start a petition calling on Parliament to change this law to add a new licence condition.
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