Assalamu-Aalykum
Doctor Adam, I admire your sincerity. I have pointed out the specifics which you seek. 1) The PHOTOGRAPHY, THE MUSIC, THE CARTOONS, THE INTERMINGLING. Please read the following e-mail: “Moulana, the other night on Islamic TV there was a program called MUSLIMS GOT TALENT. This show had men and ladies all seated mixed in the all. (Not half and half, but all were MIXED SEATED on fancy laid tables) Moulana this program was almost identical to the world wide craze of the IDOL SHOW. All do their bit, and the judges chose the finalist OF THE YEAR.
Moulana the judges were seated in the front row of the stage. They were mixed men and lady judges. The BEST PART, QARIE BASHEER PATEL was also one of the judges in the hall. SMILING away for the camera that was being broadcast 200 million viewers. the sad part was, when a pretty women in close proximity of qarie saab interview him. HE WAS FULL OF SMILES AND EVEN PROMISED BETTER talent next year round. please comment Mohamed”

2) The Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng has received the following information concerning ITV.
"We have also been informed that there is regular Girls qiraat, where the girls are filmed.
Most adverts have women, in fact in one of the adverts the lady is at a hair salon and her hair is exposed.
Cartoons for the children depict the stories of the Ambiya (AS) There is music as interludes."

3) They have a program which my brother objected to: mgt (muslims got talent).
My brother never watched
, But this girl is on facebook and she has many male contacts and she encourages all to watch her program in the afternoon.
My brother not being an aalim understands it to be haraam!and so-called Ulama can't understand.
This girl is a presenter and she hosts the program with her boyfriend/ future husband.
Your intention is clear but a clear intention does not necessarily mean that the action which follows it is correct. Let's take a person who commits Zina with the intention that a pious child could be born who would fight the Yahud and Nasara. Would it be right? Doctor Adam, I admire your efforts but I feel that you are being misinformed by the Ulama who are on ITV. Perhpas you should meet personally with the other Ulama. I have met them and believe me, they are very very reasonable people who have a deep understanding of Deen.

#57: - Saifullah Wa-Alaikum Salaam.

Thank you for providing some specifics. Please answer the following questions:

a)    Do you have a TV?

b)    Which channels do you have?

c)    Did you see the program yourself or are you relying on heresay evidence?

d)   If your answer to the first question is Yes it also means that you Have DSTV as well to be able to see ITV.

e)   If you do not have a TV and DSTV then you cannot comment. Then your position is consistent with the principle you are taking that TV is Haraam.

f)  If you have seen ITV yourself then you will reaslise that the description which you have given is not accurate. Please do not attack people unless you have first seen the channel and not only one programme but a selection of programs.

g)  Besides the above points I wish to answer to your questions which you raise as follows:

1       You are correct that there should be no intermingling of male and female at an Islamic Function. I apologise for this.

2       There are cartoons on ITV. Have you seen the cartoons yourself. They do not depict Islam in a negative way. Remember I have told you that ITV is the lesser of two evils. If you do not like it please do not watch it. Some people take the view that all TV is haraam ( I cannot debate that. But if that is the case then simply stay away from it. But do not be hypocritical and have a TV in your home and watch all the other channels and then condemn ITV as being "Shaytaan TV"

3     There should be no music. I apologise for that. I do not manage the day to day running of ITV. I will discuss this with people who manage ITV and give you feedback when such is available.

4     In regard to the comments by the Jamiat. I would appreciate more details. The facts do not appear accurate. I know it is difficult for the Jamiat to provide details since they are relyin on heresay evidence not having seen ITV so being unable to make informed comment on the issue.

5     In regard to Muslims Got Talent I cannot comment about what happens on Facebook. Facebook is not part of ITV and I do not visit Facebook. ITV cannot be held reponsible for anything that happens on Facebook.

Shukran

 

Mohamed Adam