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In March 2010, the Conseil supיrieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), the French broadcasting regulator, instructed Eutelsat, which owns the Atlantic Bird A4 satellite, to stop broadcasting the Islamist Egyptian Al-Rahma TV channel, because of the virulently antisemitic content it frequently aired.  

In March 2010, the Conseil supיrieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), the French broadcasting regulator, instructed Eutelsat, which owns the Atlantic Bird A4 satellite, to stop broadcasting the Islamist Egyptian Al-Rahma TV channel, because of the virulently antisemitic content it frequently aired.  

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(MEMRI TV page for Al-Rahma TV: <ref name=memri-alrahma>[http://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=197).  

(MEMRI TV page for Al-Rahma TV:[http://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=197]).  

In June, 2010, Al-Rahma TV Tried to Deceive French Regulator, After Being Banned from Broadcasting on Eutelsat Satellite.<br> Al-Rahma TV began to broadcast in November 2007, apparently with initial funding from Saudi Arabia. <i>The channel is owned by Sheikh Muhammad Hassan and is directed by his brother, Mahmoud Hassan. Al-Rahma regularly broadcasts blatantly antisemitic messages, including calls to annihilate the Jews. The Jews are portrayed as the offspring of apes and pigs, and as snakes and vipers, and are said to be the worst enemies of the Muslims, after Satan. The Muslims are exhorted to hate the Jews,  independent of the Palestinian issue. On one show, footage from the Holocaust and the liberation of a concentration camp was broadcast, as the show's host, <b><font color=red>Sheikh Amin Al-Ansari, expressed the hope that another holocaust would be perpetrated, this time by the Muslims</font></b></i>.

In June, 2010, Al-Rahma TV Tried to Deceive French Regulator, After Being Banned from Broadcasting on Eutelsat Satellite.<br> Al-Rahma TV began to broadcast in November 2007, apparently with initial funding from Saudi Arabia. <i>The channel is owned by Sheikh Muhammad Hassan and is directed by his brother, Mahmoud Hassan. Al-Rahma regularly broadcasts blatantly antisemitic messages, including calls to annihilate the Jews. The Jews are portrayed as the offspring of apes and pigs, and as snakes and vipers, and are said to be the worst enemies of the Muslims, after Satan. The Muslims are exhorted to hate the Jews,  independent of the Palestinian issue. On one show, footage from the Holocaust and the liberation of a concentration camp was broadcast, as the show's host, <b><font color=red>Sheikh Amin Al-Ansari, expressed the hope that another holocaust would be perpetrated, this time by the Muslims</font></b></i>.

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(Al-Rahma TV often broadcasts venomous anti-Shi'ite messages, as well as anti-U.S. and anti-Western incitement. Programs promoting wife-beating and polygamy have also been monitored on Al-Rahma TV).

(Al-Rahma TV often broadcasts venomous anti-Shi'ite messages, as well as anti-U.S. and anti-Western incitement. Programs promoting wife-beating and polygamy have also been monitored on Al-Rahma TV).

<ref name=memri-alrahma>[http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4360.htm

[http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4360.htm]

<b>Motive? "infidels!"</b>

<b>Motive? "infidels!"</b>