(NPR) Pakistani Televangelist Is Back On Air, Raising Fears

Posted by Kendall Harmon

As Pakistan's media has expanded in recent years, there's been a rise in Islamic preachers with popular TV call-in talk shows. And they've had their share of scandal. One famous TV host fled the country after embezzlement allegations. Others are accused of spewing hate speech.

That's the case for Pakistan's most popular televangelist, Aamir Liaquat, who's just been rehired by the country's top TV channel despite accusations that he provoked deadly attacks in 2008.

Read (or listen to) it all.

Filed under: * Culture-WatchMovies & TelevisionReligion & CultureViolence* International News & CommentaryAsiaPakistan* Religion News & CommentaryInter-Faith RelationsOther FaithsIslam

2 Comments
Posted August 19, 2012 at 5:11 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. clarin wrote:

Why is this man called a ‘televangelist’ when he is a Muslim? An evangelist proclaims the Chrisitan gospel. Is the author malign or just stupid?

August 19, 3:00 pm | [comment link]
2. Todd Granger wrote:

I suspect just stupid and lazy.  It’s yet another example of the inability of moderns to take language seriously enough to know what words actually mean.

August 20, 6:10 pm | [comment link]
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