New ummah tv channel coming out?

[Abid Ali Hussain]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

heard from a bro that theirs goin 2b a new sunni islamic channel to rival noor tv coming from blackburn, doesnt anyone from that way know anymore?

its called ummah channel

[newcomer]

I hope this isn't the case.
How many channels do we really need? 1 is enough.
Why divide effort and resources? A single channel is sufficient for the UK Sunni community.

[Sohail]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

I think its a good thing if we have choice, surely it will only improve the service. I mean we only have noor tv all the others are wahhabi.

[Noor e Naqshband]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Dont forget QTV, and when they feel like broadcasting the odd Sunni Mehfil live on DM

and at morning times they also have Naqshbandi Mehfils on that other channel (forgot the channel 836/837)

still looking forward to the new channel Inshallah

Fi Aminillah

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

[aaq]

May 20, 2009 12:50:38 GMT newcomer said:

I hope this isn't the case.
How many channels do we really need? 1 is enough.
Why divide effort and resources? A single channel is sufficient for the UK Sunni community.

I agree, more work needs to be done on the ground, in my view. Its just becoming ridiculous, the amount of money spent opening a channel, and maintaining it must cost a lot. This money can be used for other initiatives. Its just a waste of resources.

[Anwar K]

Looks like every single tanzeem will want its own channel.

Pir promotion ?

Its just a ratings war.

[muskaan chisti]

i just do not understand what is the big deal?

if they have money and programs to start the new channel then they should go ahead

just look at the westren channels they have many movie/sport/soap/ etc channels to keep people entartained in the (WRONG) things

plus i think it was called madni channel came out there was no big deal then why now ?

at that tym everyone was happy

[Noor e Naqshband]

May 21, 2009 10:31:28 GMT muskaan chisti said:

i just do not understand what is the big deal?

if they have money and programs to start the new channel then they should go ahead

just look at the westren channels they have many movie/sport/soap/ etc channels to keep people entartained in the (WRONG) things

plus i think it was called madni channel came out there was no big deal then why now ?

at that tym everyone was happy

well said Sister!

[newcomer]

Do you really know how much it costs to run a channel?

Wouldn't it be better if we pooled our resources into one channel improving the quality rather than replicating our efforts?

I've said this before it's like opening a new masjid within a stone's throw from another one. I see no benefit, it divides the community further rather than doing the opposite of bringing everyone together on one platform.

[muskaan chisti]

May 21, 2009 15:27:59 GMT newcomer said:

Do you really know how much it costs to run a channel?

Wouldn't it be better if we pooled our resources into one channel improving the quality rather than replicating our efforts?

I've said this before it's like opening a new masjid within a stone's throw from another one. I see no benefit, it divides the community further rather than doing the opposite of bringing everyone together on one platform.

i do understand brother what you are saying

and it is true we should focus on one

BUT the fact is that OUR community does not thing like this

it is just like saying 2 masjids in one street doing eid on different days

[muskaan chisti]

so this is why they should go ahead with it

[aaq]

We need to be more creative. Look at some intiatives that are actually doing us more benefit, like the translation of classical works, books for the blind, islamic finance, etc, these need more work on. We also need to focus on the basics as well. We cant even teach Quran properly, and we want to open a tv channel.

Madani channel, no one had any problems with, because we knew they wont let us down. There is not one second on that channel that has something un-islamic, Alhumdulillah. You cant say that for the rest.

There's so much more you can do with all that money.

[muskaan chisti]

May 21, 2009 22:30:24 GMT aaq said:

Madani channel, no one had any problems with, because we knew they wont let us down.

the same could be said about this

since it has not been aired yet

everyone will have there own opinions

[aaq]

May 21, 2009 22:46:41 GMT muskaan chisti said:

May 21, 2009 22:30:24 GMT aaq said:

Madani channel, no one had any problems with, because we knew they wont let us down.

the same could be said about this

since it has not been aired yet

everyone will have there own opinions

You can watch it online, here you go

www.madanichannel.com

The first few channels everyone is excited but now its becoming a joke. Pir promotion as someone put it. It drives me nuts. You cant teach quran properly, you cant speak english, you speak broken arabic, and with this lets show islam to the worlds. Come on lets not kid ourselves.

[thc]

assalamu alikum,

madani channel is not available in uk yet am i correct? Qtv is generally not free?

A lot is needed free?

iqra channel in benagali/english started recently and it is good

[newcomer]

May 21, 2009 22:30:24 GMT aaq said:

We need to be more creative. Look at some intiatives that are actually doing us more benefit, like the translation of classical works, books for the blind, islamic finance, etc, these need more work on. We also need to focus on the basics as well. We cant even teach Quran properly, and we want to open a tv channel.

Madani channel, no one had any problems with, because we knew they wont let us down. There is not one second on that channel that has something un-islamic, Alhumdulillah. You cant say that for the rest.

There's so much more you can do with all that money.

Totally agree, the mentality really needs to change. Disfunctional and disunited that's our community and it really hurts.