Top header Banner
Top header Banner
Middle top Banner

New Islamic TV channel makes Sky launch

A new Islamic Shia English-language channel called Ahlulbayt TV has launched on the Sky Digital platform.

The channel which carries the name ‘Ahlulbayt’ (meaning ‘Holy Household’) is a part of the Ahlulbayt Media Group, an established corporation in the world of digital and print media.

According to a press statement, the channel is “dedicated to broadcasting the pristine message of the Holy Household exclusively in English”. More specifically, the new TV network aims to serve the new generation of Muslims living in the West, addressing contemporary issues through cutting edge programming and world-class shows, while also pioneering a new means of informing non-Muslims about Islam and dispelling common misconceptions through “Wisdom and gracious exhortation”.

“The choice of London as the channel’s HQ came as a natural choice” said a representative of the network. “London is a model of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and the West and one of the world’s foremost centers of academic excellence and scholarly research, where people of all faiths practice free of fear or hindrance”.

One of the objectives of the channel, according to its charter, is to “take a firm and unequivocal stance against hateful ideology.. and present the Ahlulbayt school of thought as the true spirit of this great religion and the only solution to the troubling rise of extremism and acts of terror which have plagued the world in recent years”.

As well as its new beam in the UK, Ahlulbayt TV broadcasts in the United States, and Canada and soon, continental Europe, Middle East, and Australia.

Ahlulbayt TV is available on Sky channel 842. It is the latest Islamic channel to launch in recent weeks. Ummah Channel, Ahlebait TV, Peace TV Urdu, ILM Radio have launched all launched in the past two months on the Sky platform. Sunni TV has also commenced a programming block on DM Digital. A new service called Madni Channel is expected to also go live next month.