Daily Archive: May 9, 2012

Pop Goes Islam: Islamic Youth Channel 4Shbab 0

Pop Goes Islam: Islamic Youth Channel 4Shbab

The controversy surrounding an Islamic styled music channel for Muslim youth.
In 2009, Egyptian entrepreneur Ahmed Abu Haiba launched the world’s first-ever Islamic music channel. Based in Cairo, 4Shbab branded itself as “Islam’s Own MTV”. But after an initial strong start, a backlash set in. Despite winning awards, Abu Haiba increasingly had to defend his channel and its programmes against claims that it was “unIslamic”.