VisionTV picked up a lot of static yesterday.
A news report in the National Post revealed that the non-profit broadcaster aired an hour-long talk by Muslim preacher Israr Ahmad.
"Jihad in the way of Allah, for the cause of Allah, can be pursued either with your financial resources or your bodily strength when you go to fight the enemy in the battlefield," urged Ahmad in the broadcast. "So jihad, the highest form, is fighting in the cause of Allah."
Who is the enemy? All non-Muslims, but Jews in particular. According to the Post, Ahmad has in his books described the Holocaust as "divine punishment" and compared Jews to "parasites".
At first, VisionTV officials didn't have a problem with giving air-time to a hatemonger. All part of freedom of expression and religion, they said.
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