By Ciaran Foreman, Daily Mail
A UK-based Muslim TV channel is facing an Ofcom investigation after it was accused of inciting extremism and breaching rules on impartiality.
The free-to-air Islam Channel, which operates out of London, is facing claims they have praised violent Islamist movements, encouraged hostility against the West and portrayed terrorism with sympathy.
In complaints submitted to the broadcasting regulator, the channel has also been accused of comparing Israel to the Nazi regime, giving airtime to extremists and broadcasting misinformation.
It has also been said to have, on multiple occasions, praised the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, which saw around 1,200 people killed.
The channel, which was founded in 2004 by Tunisian activist Mohamed Ali Harrath, has roughly two million daily viewers and is said to be watched by 60 per cent of British Muslims.
And they could be penalised if Ofcom finds them to have breached their broadcasting code.
The report was submitted to the regulator by the Director of the Oxford Institute for British Islam, Dr Taj Hargey.
Dr Hargey is seen as a leading thinker in the field of British Islam, and has criticised the channel for broadcasting impartially, using examples between November 2024 and January 2025.