Muslim Community Radio (
call sign 2MFM) is a
community radio station based in
Bankstown,
New South Wales,
Australia
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, and broadcasts to Sydney on a citywide licence. It is a
volunteer-run organisation and is funded mostly through listener support.
History
The station is linked with
Darulfatwa - Islamic High Council of Australia
Darulfatwa - Islamic High Council of Australia was established in 2004 by the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects, Australia as an "independent and moderate, symbol of hope for Australian Muslims". It is supportive of Sufism.
Darulfa ...
. The station first broadcast under a temporary licence during
Ramadan
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and
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijja ( ar, ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة, translit=Ḏū al-Ḥijja, ), also spelled Zu al-Hijja, is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. It is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, one in which the ''Hajj, Ḥajj'' (P ...
beginning in 1995 and then added a weekly Friday broadcast in 1997. A full community broadcasting licence was granted on 24 May 2001. In 2011, the
Australian National Imams Council requested that the radio station not have its licence renewed due to ties with
Al-Ahbash and because of its promotion of "sectarian fringe views".
However, the
Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Austr ...
granted a five-year license in 2011, which drew criticism from Islamic groups.
Programming
Muslim Community Radio broadcasts primarily in Arabic and English. It also offers a multicultural and multilingual service, broadcasting in Indonesian, Turkish, Urdu and in the Iraqi dialect. The station covers Islamic religious teaching and
festivals along with educational and cultural programming.
See also
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List of radio stations in Australia
This is a list of radio stations that broadcast in Australia.
The first digit of the callsign represents the state or territory: 1 – ACT, 2 – NSW and ACT, 3 – VIC, 4 – QLD, 5 – SA, 6 – WA, 7 – TAS, 8 – NT.
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References
External links
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Radio stations in Sydney
Community radio stations in Australia
Islamic radio stations in Australia
Radio stations established in 1995
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