Vision TV Blasted for Jihadist Anti-Semitic Programs and "Relativism"

TORONTO-Last week,Toronto's Vision Television,the"multi-faith"non-profit broadcaster,apologised for having aired a program July 14 featuring a well-known Islamic extremist,in which the extremist called for"jihad".The day after the apology and a promise to"review"its policies,due to what a spokesman said was an error,Vision ran a second program by the same man, Israr Ahmad.Ahmad,a Pakistani Muslim teacher and writer,is known for his ties to terrorism and his extreme anti-semitism.He has labelled Jews "parasites,"described the Holocaust as"divine punishment,"and called on Islamic followers to anticipate the "global domination of Islam,"and the"total extermination"of Jews.Ahmad said,"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… So jihad,the highest form,is fighting in the cause of Allah."After the second broadcast,Vision issued an apology,promised that Ahmad would not appear again and pledged to set up a"task force"to examine its procedures and policies.Canadian Jewish Congress spokesman Bernie Farber told the National Post,"We are deeply concerned that Vision would give this individual the imprimatur of Vision's credibility."Apparently unimpressed with the promise of monitoring and a task force,the National Post blasted the broadcaster in an editorial today,pointing out that Vision's"relativism""comes across as hypocrisy"."Since its inception,
Vision TV has shown a pronounced liberal bias,"the Post editorial reads.The editorial cites the episode in 1995 when well known US Christian evangelist and pro-family activist Jerry Falwell threatened to pull his programming after Vision censored his comments on homosexuality and "gay marriage.""…The channel's own original programming has been dominated by schismatic Catholics (those who favour female ordination, for instance,)and United Churchers who question the divinity of Christ or who favour gay marriage,"said the Post's editorial.Professing the doctrine of religious toleration,the broadcaster claims to hold a neutral,non-judgemental viewpoint on various religious doctrines.But many traditionally minded Christians have
complained of Vision's longstanding opposition to traditional Christian religious belief.A small selection of programs that have angered Catholics have featured homosexual priests blasting Catholic teaching on sexual purity and notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler soliloquising on his"struggle"for legalised abortion.Despite the fact that the Catholic Church has paid the broadcaster over $700,000 a year to produce its Daily Mass program,one of its most popular shows,these programming policies have continued.Last year Vision produced the big-budget miniseries"The Secret Files of the Inquisition"perpetuating some of the most notorious anti-Catholic "black legends".Despite numerous complaints,however,Vision has never issued any retraction or apology to conservative evangelicals or Catholics.
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