Bridges TV Launches in N. America
Wednesday December 1, 2004
This week marked the debut of Bridges TV, the first American Muslim television network. While overseas satellite channels may appeal to immigrant Muslims keeping in touch with "back home," this channel is aimed at native-born and younger generations of American Muslims.
Bridges TV features a wide array of "lifestyle" programming, in English -- such as travel, biography, children, food, health, talk, history, women, culture, films, religious, comedy, news, music and sports. Bridges TV is carried through Globecast Satellite and will launch on Comcast Cable next month.
Learn more about Bridges TV, with programming samples and subscription information at the network's main website.
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January 31, 2009
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I find that TALKING POINTS programming add insights to public perceptions of world events. And, I thank you to invite viewer comments:
It seems prudent that debate for any peace advance in the Middle East first needs both an open and adaptive agreed, regional, and multi-lateral framework and end-game. Lacking these elementary first infant steps has marked the failure of other past peace initiatives; and, complexes necessarily how best to uplift a proposed “two state” solution.
Thus, today’s “two-state” solution remains outside the full circle of a lasting peace. Any “end-game” needs to bridge “mutual respect” to support its regional “framework.” Without “mutual respect” no aspects of international law works. How regional leadership links people to people, family to family, and state to state to an opportunity for peace, which is so rare, is possible. In this view, therefore, a successful “initiative” has both a framework and end-game to serve regionally as a new diplomatic vision, since peace really starts in the home! Thus, it must uplift all to its “win-win” strategy!
Getting from here to there in the debate process seems to miss the needed public participation, dialogue, deliberation, leading to a range of democratic opinions advanced to ballot tabulations, which presented to decision makers lets them know what an informed public thinks is acceptable policy. So how does one build bridges to make remarkable things happen? Bush and Gaza were “historical accidents” for peace. Can regional universities, trade unions, mosques and temples bring opinion together in democratic “debate?” Perceptions need input to build bridges, as to how it may just begin?
HRH King Abdullah II was presented such a proposed “Initiative” and prudently acted. President Obama, worthy of peace, may bring insight into peace: Good things will happen, but it has to include the basic steps for peace in its new political horizon.
I am shocked to my very foundation to understand what is happening in Gaza.
My prayer is that President Obama may bring new lights to shine on Gaza that uplift its people toward cooperation for a lasting peace. My prayer master dreams that its road maps seeks to uplift all the world to see Islam as peace, to invite all religions as a center to build bridges for peace, as a center for opening trade, for offering free, universal public education, and for being exemplary for world peace.
The “end-game” is “peace through tourism.” Its “framework” suggests forming a “Confederation with Israel [as a secured, independent and recognized state] with entities of Palestinian statehoods…for a regional Palestine”, all with a regional joint professional administration.
It is a simple prayer. May it bless all people and bless their world for peace.
Thomas Mustric,
Political Anthropologist for peace
I’m sorry Mr. Mustric, but there will never be peace in Gaza as long as there is Islam in Gaza. For those of you who think that Islam is the religion of peace you are mistaken. You only need to look at the actions of Muzzammil Hassan (Founder and CEO of Bridges TV) to see the true face of Islam. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/us_nm/us_bridgestv_murder
“Every American politician is in lockstep with Israel. … If they vote against, then the Jewish lobby will put a lot of money behind the candidate against them in their districts in the future. I have news for the Muslim community. All American politicians are in the pocket of the Jewish lobby today because they control a lot of money, and they spend a lot of money in politics.”
This is a text from “Words Matter.” It is similar in context to Talking Points.
I have to Agree with Duane, it it hard to defend Islam. I understand that Christianity went through a terrible phase (The Crusades and countless holy wars) but that was when people were ignorant and easily manipulated. Sadly, that is the state of affairs in most Islamic controlled areas today.