User:Mceder/Al-Manar-Ban

Controversy & Ban
Al-Manar broadcasts have been banned by the goverment of United States, France and Spain for the contents of it's broadcasts.

Al-Amar has not been available in Canada since Intelsat stopped the Al-Amar broadcasts due to the US ban in 2004 - some have interpreted this as a "ban" but the goverment of Canada has not banned Al-Manar from broadcasting.

The Dutch Media Authority "discovered that a satellite owned by New Skies Satellites was carrying Al-Manar and has ordered the company to stop doing so, because the channel did not have the required Dutch licence." Radio Netherlands Worldwide Media Network consider this to be a ban, however no ban has been issued by the Dutch goverment.

"The Spanish authorities banned the retransmission of Al Manar by Hispasat on Wednesday, 30 June 2005 (which effectively prevents its reception not only in the Iberian Peninsula but also in South America)".

It has been claimed by Trish Schuh that these actions were due to the influence of groups like the "Anti-Defamation League, CAMERA.org, American Jewish Congress and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies allied with  AIPAC...  The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)."