Islam Channel Faces Ofcom Investigation Over Extremism and Impartiality Breaches

On 17 March 2025, the Dai­ly Mail report­ed that the UK-based Islam Chan­nel was fac­ing an Ofcom inves­ti­ga­tion for alleged­ly incit­ing extrem­ism and breach­ing impar­tial­i­ty rules. The arti­cle begins:

A UK-based Mus­lim TV chan­nel is fac­ing an Ofcom inves­ti­ga­tion after it was accused of incit­ing extrem­ism and breach­ing rules on impar­tial­i­ty. The free-to-air Islam Chan­nel, which oper­ates out of Lon­don, is fac­ing claims they have praised vio­lent Islamist move­ments, encour­aged hos­til­i­ty against the West and por­trayed ter­ror­ism with sym­pa­thy. In com­plaints sub­mit­ted to the broad­cast­ing reg­u­la­tor, the chan­nel has also been accused of com­par­ing Israel to the Nazi regime, giv­ing air­time to extrem­ists and broad­cast­ing mis­in­for­ma­tion. It has also been said to have, on mul­ti­ple occa­sions, praised the Hamas attacks of Octo­ber 7, 2023, which saw around 1,200 peo­ple killed. The chan­nel, which was found­ed in 2004 by Tunisian activist Mohamed Ali Har­rath, has rough­ly two mil­lion dai­ly view­ers and is said to be watched by 60 per­cent of British Mus­lims. And they could be penalised if Ofcom finds them to have breached their broad­cast­ing code…

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Key Points:

• Islam Chan­nel faces an Ofcom inves­ti­ga­tion for alleged­ly incit­ing extrem­ism and breach­ing impar­tial­i­ty rules.
• Com­plaints accuse the chan­nel of glo­ri­fy­ing ter­ror­ist move­ments and broad­cast­ing anti-West­ern content.
• The chan­nel is said to have praised the Hamas attacks of Octo­ber 2023, caus­ing 1,200 deaths.
• Islam Chan­nel’s founder, Mohamed Ali Har­rath, has a con­tro­ver­sial past, includ­ing accu­sa­tions of ter­ror­ist ties.