Iqraa TV

Iqraa is a Saudi Islamic religious television channel, launched on 1 Rajab 1419 AH, 21 October 1998, within the Arab Radio and Television network (ART), and founded by the businessman Saleh Abdullah Kamel. ^{1 2} The channel calls itself Islam's first ambassador in visual media, under the slogan "for all people". ¹ Its name is the first word of the Qur'an revealed to the Prophet in Muslim belief, "Read". ²

The channel addresses the whole family, with programmes set aside for children, women, young people and adults on matters of faith and daily life. ¹ It says it seeks to meet viewers' everyday problems from an Islamic perspective with a modern vision, and to present the moderate face of Islam to the West. ² Its programmes, many filmed at the Misk studios in Cairo, include Muhammad al-Arifi's Da' Basmatak, Saad al-Buraik's Khudhu 'Anni Manasikakum, Jasem al-Mutawa's The Happy Family, Mahmoud al-Masri's A Night in the Prophet ﷺ's House, Mustafa Hosny's Khada'uka fa-Qalu and Abla al-Kahlawi's Khayr Nisa' al-Ard. ¹ Its international output includes The Market, on finance from an Islamic perspective, featuring the owner Saleh Kamel, and programmes for Muslims in the West such as Muslim Minority and The Role of the Masjid in the West. ²

The channel began in Arabic and aired its first English-language programmes in August 2011 through Iqraa International, which says its mission is to teach non-Arab Muslims. ² It was carried on Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird, and from 2012 became available in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand through the internet service myTV. ^{1 2}

The channel announced that it would end its satellite broadcasts, which stopped from 1 January 2025; it continues online and on social media. ¹ It has Wikipedia articles in four languages. ¹

• Arabic Wikipedia, «قناة اقرأ الفضائية», revision 74657203. ¹
• English Wikipedia, "Iqraa", revision 1331315328. ²