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Well-known daily radio broadcast taken off air

In a surprise development, the Holy Quran Radio in Saudi Arabia has suspended its famous daily broadcast Light In The Path.

  • By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent
  • Published: 22:46 September 16, 2008
  • Gulf News

Riyadh: In a surprise development, the Holy Quran Radio in Saudi Arabia has suspended its famous daily broadcast Light In The Path.

The decision to take the programme off the air comes in the wake of the controversy generated by a fatwa issued by Shaikh Saleh Al Luhaidan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Council. The stricture says it is acceptable to kill owners of Arabic satellite television channels that broadcast programmes considered immoral.

Light In The Path is a half-hour bulletin that features leading Saudi Islamic scholars fielding questions about Islamic issues from a global audience. The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Al Shaikh; Shaikh Mohammad Bin Abdullah Al Subayel; Saleh Fawzan Al Fawzan; Abdullah Bin Ali Al Rukban and Shaikh Saleh Al Luhaidan are among prominent scholars who have appeared on the programme.

Ministry denies hand

According to the Islam Today news website, the broadcast of a new episode of Light In The Path was halted yesterday along with another Islamic programme, Fahd Al Sunaidi.

The website said the episode was scheduled to host Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al Ghadyan, a member of the Senior Ulema Board, but gave no reasons for the sudden decision not to air the programme.

Meanwhile, the Assistant Deputy Minister of Culture and Information for Radio Affairs, Ebrahim Bin Ahmad Al Saqoub denied the ministry had anything to do with the suspension of the radio programme. "There is nothing official so far."

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