I love how it says "coming soon...inshallah" like "we aren't sure if it's coming soon, maybe in a month, maybe a year, a decade or to tops...hopefully...fingers crossed..."
From what I understand, they haven't demanded the TV station remove the show or anything. They merely want to create their own cartoon that teaches 'Islamic values'. They are free to create whatever cartoon they want.
My main issue is that this BBC article seems to essentially be an advertisement for a subscription based online children's video on demand service.
From what I understand, they haven't demanded the TV station remove the show or anything. They merely want to create their own cartoon that teaches 'Islamic values'. They are free to create whatever cartoon they want.
They are free to create it; whether they ought to be free to air it is another issue Indoctrination of children is no small matter.
They are free to create it; whether they ought to be free to air it is another issue Indoctrination of children is no small matter.
It's on the internet. It's quite hard to police what parents let their kids watch on the internet. Plus, there already exist religious channels on TV, there are many religious schools in the UK and there are loads of religious children's books for sale in shops throughout the UK. Banning this one online website would have little effect.
I think the Bogans might have something to say about this, and it's not going to be awfully polite. These mahometans really don't help themselves, do they?
The article is very misleading, and the title of this thread is simply wrong.
The creator of the new "Islamic" Kids TV show is not claiming that Peppa Pig is unislamic, or is in any way making the link that "we don't eat pigs in our religion therefore we shouldn't watch TV shows containing them either". In fact he says that he and his kids watch Peppa Pig themselves.
Rather, the new show was inspired by the animations and storylines of Peppa Pig, and was created with the additional intention of promoting certain Islamic values (that are universally beneficial for all children) such as having good manners, being good to parents, neighbours etc. (As opposed to the character of Peppa Pig, whom some parents consider to be a "brat")
The fact that Peppa Pig is in fact, a pig, is largely irrelevant.