[Syed Masrur]

Dear Readers, supporters and challengers,

May the peace and blessings of Almighty be upon the believers, and may the inspiration and guidance of the Almighty be upon those who seek the truth.

Below is a communication between Channel 4’s production company ‘Hardcash’ with their notice to Shaykh Khalid Yasin to broadcast another programme designed to instigate ‘Islamophobia’ and baseless character assignation of an Islamic personality. You find yourself educated and inspired by Shaykh Khalid Yasin’s response to them, and be able to see for yourself the true motive behind this programme and the production company. Channel 4 will continue to broadcast ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘xenophic’ programmes unless it is legally, financially and morally challenged.

We urge you to first read the response by Shaykh Khalid Yasin (below), and then email a link to this topic to all your friends and family and also post this to all the blogs and forums that you come across. Additionally, copy/paste the template provided below to email a petition of ‘cease and desist’ or the demand to broadcast ‘Live’ and ‘unedited’ interview with Shaykh Khalid Yasin, where they could pose these allegations directly to himself and allow him the platform and opportunity to respond in a appropriate and fair manner.

We also invite you to add your comments and opinion in this topic so that we maybe able to add it to in our counter production to be broadcasted on Purpose TV and Sixteen other channels throughout the world. This will also become a reference point where channel 4 and its production company could see the true view and opinions of their ‘ill’ fated and ‘evil’ motivated media campaign.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. (Malcolm X).

Syed Masrur
Managing Director
www.challengeyoursoul.com

[Syed Masrur]

"Hardcash Productions Ltd" <hardcash@hardcashproductions.com> wrote:
BY FAX, EMAIL AND POST

Private and Confidential

12 August 2008

Dear Sheikh Yasin,

Dispatches TX. 1 September 2008

Hardcash Productions is an independent production company making a programme for Channel 4's current affairs series Dispatches, which is due to be broadcast on 1 September 2008.

The film investigates claims that the Saudi Arabian religious establishment, with the involvement of the Saudi Arabian government, is promoting a theology of intolerance, separatism and extremism around the world and, in particular, in Britain.

As part of the investigation, we have looked into the activities of some mainstream British Islamic organisations which have strong links to the Saudi Arabian religious establishment and government.

As you are aware, in a Dispatches investigation in January 2007 entitled Dispatches: Undercover Mosque, undercover reporters purchased DVDs of your speeches at the official bookshop of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque. These DVDs contained intolerant comments aimed at the beliefs of Jews and Christians, and claims that AIDS was a Western and Christian plot.

At the time, the ICC promised to remove your speeches from the bookshop pending an investigation into the content, but our reporters have returned and found they continue to sell your works. They bought a number of titles by you which continue to contain similar radical, intolerant comments.

In particular, we intend to include within our programme the following comments by you in a DVD entitled "Building a Muslim Community", copyright "One Islam Productions", in which you praise the beheadings practised in Saudi Arabia, saying: "At least I say, we Muslims should have that kind of power all over the world".

You say Muslims all over the world should have the power to implement an extreme version of sharia law, which includes public beheadings, amputations, lashings and crucifixions, saying; "and then people can see, people without hands, people can see in public heads rolling down the street, people can see in public people got their hands and feet from opposite sides chopped off and they see them crucified, they see people get punished they see people put up against the pole ?.. and because they see it, it acts as a deterrent for them because they say I don't want that to happen to me".

We intend to include your comments within the programme in the context of revealing that the ICC/Regents Park Mosque official bookshop continues to sell material which is promoting a radical, intolerant ideology which, amongst other things, promotes an extreme version of sharia law practised in Saudi Arabia. We also note in the film that you learned Arabic in Saudi Arabia.

If you wish to comment on the above please let us have any comments in writing, to be edited into the broadcast programme, by no later than noon on Tuesday, 26 August. After that time, we will not be able to guarantee that your comments are incorporated.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Smith
Producer
Hardcash Productions

Fax: 0207 253 2761
Email: hardcash@hardcashproductions.com

Copy: Jan Tomalin, Controller, Legal and Compliance, Channel 4
(Fax: 0207 306 8367, Email: JTomalin@channel4.co.uk)
Kevin Sutcliffe, Deputy Head, News & Current Affairs
(Fax: 020 7306 8359, Email: ksutcliffe@channel4.co.uk)
Nigel Abbas, Media Lawyer
(Email: nigel.abbas@btinternet.com, Fax: 0871 661 7061)

[Sh. Khalid Yasin]

14/08/08

Dear Mr. Smith:

I am replying to you only as a courtesy, and not because I am concerned about your intended broadcast. I expect, in fact, I am certain, that your intended broadcast, will contain the usual anti-Islamic rhetoric and soundbites that are designed to provoke an already conditioned public into a fear about the Islamic system, and a fear and contempt for Muslims in general.

As for the constant use of the words "intolerant" and "extremism", I think that you, and your colleagues at Channel 4, or HardCash Productions, have been indelibly and consistently exhibiting the most vehement and malicious religious intolerance and journalistic extremism, of nearly anyone in the entire television industry of the United Kingdom!

Not only are you inaccurate, but you are scandalous, unethical and merchants of jounalistic vomit. Your motives are not morally driven, nor aimed at the intellectualization of your viewers. Rather, you are resorting to the use of cheap sensational journalism, to exploit an unaware and pre-conditioned public, in order to make the "bottom line" profit that sustains your "Channel 4 - HardCore" vomit factory.

Your allegations of my statements on a DVD, titled "Building a Muslim Community", and I must say allegations, because, in every lecture, writing, or communication of any kind, there is something called the "context", which can only be appreciated when someone objectively, sincerely, and intellectually, forms an opinion, after making a comprehensive and thorough examination.

I want to remind you, that capital punishment, including, but limited to: decapitation, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electrocution, and hanging by the neck, has been, and is still resorted to by Governments and States throughout the modern world as both a punishment and a deterrent for criminal behavior in the society. It is not a practice limited to Muslim countries, whether past or present.

Whatever statements I made in that lecture was aimed at reforming the Muslim people, the Muslim society, and the Muslim world, to know that Islam is not merely a system of religious rituals and theological observances, but is a comprehensive system of Law and Justice, legislated by Almighty
God, and adjudicated by the Sovereign Islamic State, when there exists such a state.

Due to historically documented conspiracies between criminal Muslim States and the immoral empirical ambitions of countries like Great Britain (as the United Kingdom was referred to at that time) and the United States of America, the legitimate ambition to have and sustain a Sovereign Islamic State in the world, has been almost completely annihilated and in most Muslim countries today, criminalized.

If you call yourselves educating and alarming the UK society about radical, Saudi-based intolerance and extremism, why are you using my alleged words "to Muslims", "about Muslims" and the reformation and development of their countries and societies, to make your bastardized point? I have visited Saudi Arabia for
Hajj and Umrah, and yes, I have learned some Arabic there, but does that make me a purveyor of what you characterize for your illicit media purposes as a "Saudi - based theology based upon intolerance, separatism, and extremism?

Suppose you or some other "good Christian visited Ireland, and studied their language, would that itself an indictment of your support for what used to be at one time, the very criminal, intolerant, separatist, and
extremist Irish Republican Army? Of couse not! So why the double and blatantly hypocritical standards? I am not, and have never been a supporter or a promoter of Saudi Arabian government policy or
religious rhetoric, and most objective intellectuals in the world of multi-media would know that, except you and your ignorant Islamophobic colleagues.

As for the alleged promise of the bookstore in the Islamic Cultural Centre at the Regents Park Mosque, to stop selling my DVD's based upon your now very infamous "Dispatches Series", titled: "Undercover Mosques", if they made such a promise,(which I have no evidence that they did) that would have been very shameful, cowardly, unIslamic, and unconstitutional!

Firstly, because that bookstore is privately owned, and secondly, because it is the constitutional right of every person in a free and democratic society like the United Kingdom, to express any view they wish, so long as it is not politically seditious, inciting hatred, promoting violence, maligning or attacking any lifestyle or religion, or seeking to commit or conspire to commit, any act of terrorism. I can say without the least
reservation - I have never, and will never knowingly support or advocate any such behavior!

Why doesn't "Channel 4, and your HardCore", "Hard4Cash" Group, collaborate and review some of the hundreds of magazines and periodicals that are sold on newstands and bookstores all over the United Kingdom and Europe, promoting and endorsing, pornography, gambling, pedophilia, bestiality, violent sports, mercenary activities, bigotry, and other forms of unsocial behaviors? Why... because, the simple fact is that it freedom of speech, even though most of it is clearly immoral and socially destructive!

You and your colleagues are not only hypocritical and exploitive bigots, you are audacious liars and opportunistic media vermin, who have never allowed anyone whom you attack, the chance to respond on your actual television platform, which is the subject of my concluding remarks. You has cleverly invited me to respond in writing, to what you will be broadcasting by television. What you don't say, is that you will pick and choose from even that written response, to try to find further flaws and ammunition for your "stealth attack" and character assassination!

It doesn't really matter, what part you choose to mutilate, the response in it's entirety will be broadcast on seventeen television platforms around the world, and made available to hundreds of magazines and periodicals, for their comparison edification. I will utilize my relationship with these media platforms to counter your evil intent.

In addition to that, I am challenging "Channel 4 and Hard4Cash (or HardCore) Ltd. to an unedited open-ended interview, to discuss my views and responses to their media productions, past and present! If you do not accept, hundreds of millions viewers will be aware of your one-sided, prejudicial campaigns against Islam and Muslims!

I await your response, whatever it may be...

Shaykh Khalid Yasin

Chairman
Purpose Media Group

[Admin]

Assalam aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

We urge all members & readers of this topic to fill out the following template with your name and send to the following emails:

hardcash@hardcashproductions.com
JTomalin@channel4.co.uk
ksutcliffe@channel4.co.uk
nigel.abbas@btinternet.com

Email template:
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Subject: Shaykh Khalid Yasin & Islamophobic programmes
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Dear Hardcash production,

I, the undersigned, call on hardcash production, to cease and desist your continuous development of Islamophobic and Xenophobic programmes. Furthermore I demand that hardcash production broadcast a Live and unedited interview with Shaykh Khalid Yasin, where you can pose these allegations directly to the Shaykh and allow him the opportunity to respond in an appropriate and fair manner.

Best regards,
<your name>
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Only together as a muslim mass can we act as an authority and demand our voice to be heard.

The program that was aired:
UnderCover Mosque: The Return. 1/5
UnderCover Mosque: The Return. 2/5
UnderCover Mosque: The Return. 3/5
UnderCover Mosque: The Return. 4/5
UnderCover Mosque: The Return. 5/5

your brother in Islam,
Administrator of ChallengeYourSoul.com

Waleikum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

[s.latif]

asalamu 'alykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

This is not the first time channel 4 is making an anti-islamic documentary and all such documentaries have been extremely biased and are aimed at inciting haterd towards Islam and Muslims.

This is the religion of unity and we must stand up for our brothers and sisters against these fallacies! Channel 4 even chooses to air this documentary at the begining of Ramadan in order to create discord amongst muslims so we must take a stand in the name of Allah and strive hard against them. There is even more reward for such good deeds in the blessed month of ramadan.

May Allah give the muslims strength and keeps us steadfast upon this religion.

[ArabianMyth]

Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wabarakatahu,

Subhan Allah! What a surprise, Channel4 doing another documentary which aims to discourage people from using their own minds with regards to Islam!!! This is their pathetic attempt of attacking this religion by using material that not only do they misunderstand, but blatantly take out of context....

Its ok, alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!! Allah (swt) will protect this religion as this is His true religion... and an idiotic, time-wasting Channel 4 documentary will never change this! People will STILL be reverting to Islam, the Ummah will CONTINUE to protect this religion and Islam will NEVER die!!!!!!!!


Wa alaikum asalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatahu.

[Iam Muslim]

Hard4cash

all they want is money so by lying thats how they get

Al-Islam is the Truth . they can not do anything to Islam or the its followers. and they can not do anything Sheikh KHalid Yasin

[ALLAH HU AKBAR]

As salaam U alaikum, I t is sad that we are as a religion that promotes peace have to be slandered by people who have absolutely no education/knowledge of what Islam is all about, it's about love, peace and tolerance. Like Shykh khalid Yasin, you will have to be really strong at heart and objective enough to accept things and the unfortunate thing is that these people that write all this vomit (perfectly described) because they take no iinitiative to educate themselves about our beautiful and unique religion and way of life and becuase of this, they cause turmoil throughout the world.

Inha-Allah, I am sure that the entire Ummah will be behind you 100% and Insha-Allah with our dedication to our deen we will succeed.

Jazakallah
Mumtaz Rahman
Durban, South Africa.

[jannatu]

ASAK

I posted a question months ago about this program and asked what was Br Yasin's view on that program. You have my vote 100% because of your unbiased, non judgemental, non-nationalistic way you spread Islam. It is clear and concise and exctly the way Allah SWT tells those who say they believe in him and the last day to spread the word. (There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (pbuh) is his last and final messenger. Whats new anyway!! The Qur'an is testamony to the way Ch4 are behaving. Not everyone is in fear but they are in fear because despite all their propaganda Islam is still being established on this land. And all those who want to believe that Islam was spread by the sword and violence, it is obvious that through Br Yasin it is not the case. At my place of work they ask did I enter Islam through marraige (my husband). I smile and say no! I read and thought about my life and my role in it. I needed change and Islam offered that.

Majority of mankind are followers and like the conspiracy theory's that had spread throughout the world. "MANY HAVE ACTUALLY BELIEVED THE HYPE".

I will be back later disseminate the links as requested and my vote of support.

WAS
Jannah

[youcef]

I send the mail to the 4 addresses,

your brother in islaam, from belgium ;)

[safah]

salam brother.
i also have emailed all four ..
dont worry brother,we are all with you..
islam lives for ever.

[shaf]

Salaam
I sent the mails as well. We r all with u.
They want to spread hatred and disunity especially at the begining of Ramadan. Knowledge and educating our ppl is the key. We should all be united in this cause and continue to pray for Allah guidance.

Shaf
Guyana

[student_dawah]

As Salaam mualaikum

I had sent email to the Hard4Cash as well as to Channel 4 their reply is as follows
My Subject was (Stop Voilance!)

Out of Office AutoReply: Stop Voilance!
Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:19 PM

From: Jan Tomalin

To: osman mustafa

I am out of the office at the Edinburgh Television festival, returning to the office on Tuesday 26th August. I will be checking emails intermittently. If your message is urgent please contact Angela Falconer at afalconer@channel4.co.uk who will refer you to another lawyer
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[jannatu]

ASAK

As promised by the mercy and blessings of Allah (swt) I have left my support to the 4 email addresses, and copied the link to as many contaacts as posible. All is in the hands of Allah and may he guide and protect this ummah from the evil of, and, amongst mankind and jinn.

I SHALL NOT BE WATCHING IT. BUT WILL IF I CAN GET A COPY AT A LATER DATE - DEFINATELY NOT DURING RAMADAN.

Your sister in Islam
Jannah

[umukhadijah]

asalam aleikum

subhanallah may allah give us muslims sabar and as we know islam is spreding every coner of ther world as Allah promised and this people dont wana admit it we soon gona take the power, the flag of islam will rule the world wether they like it or not !
even if they put a stop on selling the cds n dvds still islam will grow, and subhanallah these people fear us we are like lions to them, and we always gona be strangers(gurabaa) to them becose islam speaks the reality!!

muslims!!!!! victory is ours. be prepared