{"id":1139,"date":"2015-06-30T04:40:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T04:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1139-kuwaiti-information-ministry-shuts-down-wesal-tv-station\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T04:40:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T04:40:14","slug":"kuwaiti-information-ministry-shuts-down-wesal-tv-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1139-kuwaiti-information-ministry-shuts-down-wesal-tv-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti Information Ministry shuts down Wesal TV Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;\">closing down the offices of Wesal TV Station<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11108\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/images_2015_06_29_3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/images_2015_06_29_3-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/images_2015_06_29_3-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kuwaiti Information Ministry has closed down the offices of Wesal TV Station accused of fomenting sectarian tension, after at least 27 worshipers were martyred in an attack on Imam Sadiq Mosque.<br \/> Wesal TV has long been accused of broadcasting programs against Shia Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">The move followed a tweet of the channel inciting to blow up mosques and husseiniyahs in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>closing down the offices of Wesal TV Station Kuwaiti Information Ministry has closed down the offices of Wesal TV Station accused of fomenting sectarian tension, after at least 27 worshipers were martyred in an attack on Imam Sadiq Mosque. 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