BBC will broadcast daily Muslim prayer calls. |
(Reuters) - A British television station will broadcast the
Muslim call to prayer every morning during Ramadan to give a voice to Britain's
Muslim minority, which has faced a backlash since the murder of a soldier on a
London street.
Channel 4 (BBC) on
Tuesday announced it would be the first mainstream national broadcaster to air
the call, issuing it at 3 a.m. daily from July 9 for the entire Muslim month of
fasting. The
publicly-owned broadcaster, set up to appeal to minority audiences, will also
interrupt its programming four times on the first day of Ramadan with 20-second
films to remind viewers of the call to prayer.
Christian programming is a familiar feature of British
national radio and television, although its audiences are dwindling.
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"The calls to prayer prompt Muslims to carry out quiet
moments of worship, but hopefully they'll also make other viewers sit up and
notice that this event is taking place," Lee said in a statement.
British Muslims have suffered reprisals since two men
murdered soldier Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old veteran of the war in Afghanistan, in
broad daylight outside London's Woolwich barracks in May.
The Muslim Council of Britain, which represents Britain's
nearly 3 million Muslims, supported Channel 4's move, saying: "This is a
very special month for Muslims and its recognition on a mainstream channel is
not only symbolic for belonging and solidarity but will hopefully help to
portray a more realistic account of Islam and Muslims."
Hundreds of
people took to Twitter to voice their opinions, some supporting the move but
others attacking the "Islamification of the UK".
Channel 4 has a history of controversial programming: in 2008 it asked the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to deliver an alternative to Queen Elizabeth's annual Christmas message.
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