(National-UAE) An investigation has been launched into a UK charity that funded television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator.
The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born Zakir Naik.
Mr Naik’s television stations, Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu, were this month fined £300,000 by the UK’s media regulator OfCom for broadcasting hate speeches and incitement.
Both stations surrendered their licences last November and their broadcasts no longer air in the UK.
The Charity Commission on Friday opened a statutory inquiry into IRFI over concerns about its administration.
