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Shafaq News-
Baghdad
Iraq’s
Communications and Media Commission (CMC) banned TV personality Farid Majid
from all media outlets operating in the country for 30 days, the regulatory
body announced Sunday, after determining that statements he made on a satellite
sports program constituted “an insult to the divine.”
Majid’s remarks
were made during an April 12 episode of “Kora,” a sports talk program
broadcast on Al-Fatarat satellite channel.
Federal Supreme
Court ruling No. 325, consolidated with ruling No. 331/Federal/2023 —which mandates
the prohibition of content deemed to offend the divine— provided additional
legal grounding for the decision, the commission said.
All visual,
audio, and print outlets, domestic and foreign, operating in Iraq are required
to enforce the ban from the date of the directive. The CMC warned that any
outlet hosting Majid during the 30-day period would bear full legal
responsibility.
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