Back قناة المنار Arabic قناة المنار ARZ Аль-Манар Byelorussian Ал-Манар Bulgarian Al-Manar Catalan Al-Manar (Fernsehsender) German Al-Manar Spanish شبکه المنار Persian Al-Manar Finnish Al-Manar French
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| Type | Satellite television network |
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| Country | |
| Availability | 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 | Arabic, French, Spanish, English |
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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 was designated as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity", and banned by the United States on 17 December 2004.[4]
On 22 June 2021, the official Al-Manar website domain as well as dozens of other Arab news network domains related to Iran, Lebanon and Syria were shut down by the U.S. government for spreading disinformation and in cooperation with the U.S. government, Al-Manar is banned from multiple U.S based media platforms which include YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit etc.[5]
Al-Manar TV spreads calls for the destruction of Israel and anti-Semitic incitement.[3] It has also been banned by France[6] Spain,[7] and Germany,[8] and has run into some service and license problems outside Lebanon,[9] making it unavailable in the Netherlands,[10][11] Canada,[12] and Australia,[13][14] while 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.
- ^ Nasser, Cilina (23–29 December 2004). "Al-Manar in the dog house". Al Ahram Weekly (722). Archived from the original on 3 August 2013.
- ^ "US Seizes Dozens of Iranian, Terrorist-Sponsored Anti-Israel Media Outlets". Algemeiner. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "France pulls plug on Arab network". BBC News. 14 December 2004.
- ^ Commission of the European Communities Commission document SEC (2006) 160 Archived 8 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ "Germany bans Hezbollah television station Al Manar". Fox News. 21 November 2008.
- ^ "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.
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