A community radio station may face sanctions after it broadcast a chant that contained “jihadi lyrics” that were an “indirect call to action,” a broadcast watchdog has said. Link FM, which is based in Sheffield, broadcast a chant—known as a “Nasheed”—twice during two breakfast shows in December last year. Following the airing, four complaints were made to regulator Ofcom. In a report published on Tuesday, Ofcom said listeners reported the Nasheed was called “Jundallah” which contained “jihadi lyrics” that “promoted terrorism.” Ofcom translated the lyrics of the Nasheed and concluded it was in breach of two of its rules in the broadcast code. In its report, the watchdog said it understood Nasheeds are a “well-established expression of Islamic faith” which have a “benign religious message, and no violent overtones.” It added that a more recent type of Nasheeds, known as the “Jihadi Nasheed” which have a “war-like tone and tenor …
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