It’s over, but it isn’t (update)
- September 3rd, 2009
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The board of Channel Islam International has decided to take KhatPit off-air.
A positive outcome is that the podcasts will be made available on the CII website (on this link) and those who’ve been following the series will come to hear how all events unfold towards a resolution that provides valuable lessons for all.
This isn’t a frivolous show that panders to the base. It uses humour and satire to draw-in, engage and ultimately educate. As with all dramatic narratives; there is plot, character development and a denouement. A means to an end. We have not written without purpose.
Our detractors have judged us unfairly, focusing on those elements that we intended to include for purposes of authenticity and a sense of realism. We just put a mirror up there; it’s too bad some people have to duck from their reflections.
Despite the sheer frustration at what I feel is mobbish tunnel-hearing, I am heartened by the support received from those who’ve listened to the show with an open ear.
Read Saaleha’s (co-writer and essentially brainmother of this project) post here.
There are plans to go independent with this production. Will keep you all updated.
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it was so real (you guys really hit the nail on the head)!
i was quite irritated when it was taken off but u cant please every1:( i must listen to the pod casts! thanks again for making them available for us…
you guys did a fantastic job with da show. Y dnt u do videos and upload on youtube. 4get narrowmindedness
Its the head buried in the sand approach to life. Sally and Sally, I am really sorry but you are ahead of your time. The reality is that there are social problems in our community that we dont want to recognise or acknowledge.
We can live in this abstract world where drugs, sex, rape, and general debauchery is what happens to other people or we can choose to say we need to solve OUR problems now.
It is a shame that your show was removed. As one of the people stated above that somehow these people in CII dont seem to want to get the youth involved and deal with issues that are pertinent to them.
Their programming is geared towards their listeners who are very close minded but its about time that they change
I hope you realise that this doesn’t detract from the hard work you girls have put in and there are some people out there who will appreciate it.
Oh No. I was really disappointed to hear this yesterday evening and to be quite honest, small-mindedness amongst the Indian community is still very much there.
I not only found it enterntaining but also very apt to what is happening in our homes today. If the narrow-minded community members cant see this than I dont know anymore. Nobody listens to the preaching that goes on regarding these issues. In this way it made these issues more close to home and the message clear.
For the record – I loved it and am sad that they have decided to end it so suddenly….
Glad about the podcasts though
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Like I told you Saaleha, it’s not the quantity of people who support the show, it’s the ‘quality’.
This really sucks, I hope that you guys will get reward for the work you put in somehow. Maybe this will become a cult hit. All the best shows are always canceled.
@saaleha, who holds the copyright for the shows. i.e can it be distributed via itunes/ramadan.co.za ?
i say we start an underground islamic radio #, who needs radio… can broadcast on the net.!
Sjoe! I’m astounded. And seriously heartened by these responses. But the mental cogs begin to rumble anew and an idea has certainly just taken root
Perhaps CII and it’s listener base are what the world was to Galileo.
Perhaps if Galileo said that the world moved…
As a fervent supporter of CII, I am astounded by their “tunnel vision”
I’m with Naeem on this one, if they don’t realise we are the next generation, bound to take over where they left off, or better yet, come up with alternate sources of media (watch this space, Im sure the creators of naasihadesign will come up swinging)
what I meant to say, is we’re the people they’re catering to now, and you know what they’re failing dismally. To have some one put in so much effort and have it canned (albeit the current assuage is after Ramadaan) is just ludicrous.
As some one who works in community radio, Here’s alittle insight to how they work. It’s not that there was an overwhelming condemnation of the show, but certain “key” individuals who have a lot of pull with funding had an issue with it.
Ugh, I am mad mad MAD. Like I said to the other Saaleha, I’m sure you could do the entire show as podcasts. The likes of me would prefer it! then I can listen at my convenience and not some obscure-inbetweenish-time!
I’m sorry you guys were let down! they will lose a number of listeners because of this.
You have to ask yourself….who listens to Cii anyways? 5 people? I certainly didn’t intend listening to it, would have considered tuning in via DSTV only just to hear Saaleha and Saaleha’s hard work.
I get the impression that the listenership is a very very closed minded bunch.
that’s a real shame, as Saaleha said some don’t like the reflection.
What is a shame is that these voices don’t speak up when there is real un-Islamic corruption happening in their midst.
Sofi – Give it a listen it’s good.
I love the accents, they sound so normal to me not foreign at all his Saffan Osmosis is beginning to affect me.
lesson learnt: – media professionals, journo’s, copywriters, – dont waste your time offering pro bono services for Channel Islam International.
Saaleha & the ‘other’ Saaleha have put in tons of hours and this is the thank you.
I’v also made a note to never entertain them for any projects, funding, etc.
Channel Islam International is not a radio station for the youth, but rather for old Indian people who have nothing better to do than listen during the day. They are a sexist, racist and hypocritical bunch of old men obsessed with Indian (and not necessarily Islamic) cultural values.
They push away the young Muslims with their arrogant attitudes, and later bemoan the fact that the young people would rather listen to another radio station that doesn’t shove bigotry and negativity down their throats at every available opportunity.
I dont understand our muslim community, who always attack something that is popular!
I’ll miss it…
It’s off-air but all the podcasts will be made available on this link:
http://www.ciibroadcasting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=121:khat-pit-corner&Itemid=161&layout=default
piss taking. i promise i will give it the credit it deserves by listening to it soon. x
ps well done to all of you involved in setting up the whole thing – like i said on twitter, its not in vain.
I used to watch a show called Shariah TV in the UK, around 10-ish PM and it was also hardcore stuff but very real and honest questions about life in this contemporary world. They were very open minded and the Mufti’s and authorities answered very well. I think South Africans still feel this need to hide from what stares them in their faces every day. It’s disgusting. Just one more on my list of reasons…
@Nafisa: Ah well, that’s the ways of the board I guess. I’ll break my brain trying to fully understand.
@Bilal: I sometimes think people ask questions like that on purpose, just to see how far they can push or else, they’re really just dof and can’t think for themselves. On the pre-iftaar show yesterday, someone asked if money stolen via jaadu was haraam. Ja, wtf indeed.
Have you heard some of the questions on the late night Ask-a-Mufti show? Hard core stuff
I don’t understand this holier than thou attitude. If they have a problem with the content, how does it make it ok to broadcast after Ramadaan? Will the content be good enough then?
They should have moved it to later slot, like 10pm and said its adult content so the kids wouldn’t get ‘corrupted’.