Al-Manar

Al-Manar
	Logo used since 2016
Type	Satellite television network
Country	Lebanon
Availability	Middle East; Europe; Asia; Africa; America; Webcast
Motto	Station of the resistance
Headquarters	Haret Hreik, Beirut
Owner	Hezbollah; (Lebanese Communication Group)
Launch date	4 June 1991
Picture format	4:3 (576i · SDTV)
Official website	www.almanar.com.lb

Al-Manar (Arabic: المنار, romanized: al-Manār, lit. ''The Lighthouse'') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the political party Hezbollah,^[1] broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon.^[2] The channel was launched on 4 June 1991 and it is a member of the Arab States Broadcasting Union. The station is considered one of Hezbollah's most important global propaganda tools and reaches around 50 million people.^[3]

Al-Manar TV spreads calls for the destruction of Israel and anti-Semitic incitement.^[3] It is banned in the United States, France, Spain, and Germany, and has run into some service and license problems outside Lebanon,^[4] making it unavailable in the Netherlands,^[5]^[6] Canada,^[7] and Australia,^[8]^[9] although it has not officially been banned in any of these regions.

^ Germany bans Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV Channel Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 21 November 2008, Ya Libnan
^ Elise Labott and Henry Schuster (2006). "Lebanese media outlets' assets blocked". CNN.
^ ^a ^b BR, Sabina Wolf. ""Al-Manar TV": Islamistische Propaganda über deutsche Server". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ "Commission of the European Communities" (PDF). Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Iranian commentator reacts to Dutch ban on two satellite TV stations Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006
^ Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Two Islamic TV stations banned in the Netherlands Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006
^ "Banning Al-Manar TV in North America and France(Chat session with Mohammad S. Dalbah)". Islam online. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006.
^ ABA News Release NR 135/2004 22 October 2004 ABA investigation into Al Manar programming on TARBS Retrieved 15 August 2006
^ "Cable broadcaster under investigation by ABA". ABC Australia. 14 November 2003.

[yalibnan-1] Germany bans Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV Channel Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 21 November 2008, Ya Libnan

[CNN-2] Elise Labott and Henry Schuster (2006). "Lebanese media outlets' assets blocked". CNN.

[:0-3] BR, Sabina Wolf. ""Al-Manar TV": Islamistische Propaganda über deutsche Server". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[4] "Commission of the European Communities" (PDF). Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

[Netherlands1-5] Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Iranian commentator reacts to Dutch ban on two satellite TV stations Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006

[Netherlands2-6] Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Two Islamic TV stations banned in the Netherlands Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006

[Canada-7] "Banning Al-Manar TV in North America and France(Chat session with Mohammad S. Dalbah)". Islam online. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006.

[ACMAINTER-8] ABA News Release NR 135/2004 22 October 2004 ABA investigation into Al Manar programming on TARBS Retrieved 15 August 2006

[Canada2-9] "Cable broadcaster under investigation by ABA". ABC Australia. 14 November 2003.

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