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Al-Rafidain TV (Arabic:قناة الرافدين) is an Iraq-based Arabic television channel broadcasting from Istanbul, Turkey where its headquarters is located. [1] Launched on 10 April 2006 on Nilesat , the channel is owned by Sunni Arabs and has an anti-Western agenda and supporting Association of Muslim Scholars .
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Bilad al-Rafidayn, an Arabic term for Mesopotamia Rafidain Bank , the largest bank in Iraq Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, the name for Al-Qaeda in Iraq
The channel was renamed Youth Channel (Qanaat Al-Shabaab) on 17 July 1993 and broadcast subtitled Western movies and music videos before the 2003 invasion. Foreign programmes were censored to remove strong language, sex and violence so programming would be suitable for all ages.
Meanwhile, Sunni channels present the latest advances by the insurgents as part of an uprising against what they call "al-Maliki's army." [16] According to western media, Al-Rafidain TV is particularly supportive of the cause of the "revolutionaries" and "mujahideen" who it says are fighting to liberate the country. [16]
The idea was pushed forward by the Turkmen Rescue Foundation, Yazidi Independent Supreme Council and the Al-Rafidain Organization. [17] The project was proposed in line with Iraq's 2005 Constitution, which gives minorities the right to autonomy or self-administration in sub-units of territory (Chapter 1; Sections 5, 112, 115 and 116).
Hamdan was born in Baghdad in 1973, and finished his studies in Baghdad and Tehran. He studied sociology at University of Tehran. Then he Worked as a teacher, writer, translator, journalist and a researcher in Iranian affairs.
The first newspaper to appear in the United Arab Emirates was Al-Ittihad, considered the first proper Arabic-language newspaper in 1969, followed by Al Khaleej, the first Arabic daily, in 1970. Other papers had been printed and circulated before that time, but because of print and publication issues, Al-Ittihad is still considered the first ...