MTA 1
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MTA 1 also known as MTA Al Ula (English
: MTA One) is the first television channel
of the MTA International satellite network. It was launched on 1 January 1994. Initially it was named AMP or Ahmadiyya Muslim Presentation. The name was afterwards changed to Muslim Television Ahmadiyya or MTA International. The channel was established by Mirza Tahir Ahmad
. It became the First International Muslim channel to broadcast a host of Islamic programming. After the launch of sister channels, the channel was renamed as MTA1. However, it is still loosely referred to as MTA or MTA International. Its programmes are broadcast throughout Europe
, North America
, South America
and Asia
. It is also available for live streaming via the Internet. MTA1 is run and voluntarily funded by Ahmadis.
The purpose of the channel was primarily to broadcast the sermons of the Khalifa
. It now broadcasts a variety of programs in various global languages for the benefit of the international Muslim Community. Programs include news, sermons, documentaries and even Arabic language
learning for children. Programs are broadcast mainly in Urdu
, but there are several programs in other languages such as English
, Arabic
, Bengali
, Indonesian
, French
, Swahili
and Hausa
. MTA1 is on 24/7 commercial-free with programs for all ages.
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
, the Caliph and worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, delivers the Friday Sermon each Friday from the Baitul Futuh
Mosuqe in London. MTA broadcasts the Friday Sermon Live with up to 5 simultaneous translations, and also provides an online stream. Through MTA therefore, the Imam is able to address not just the congregation, but also the entire world. It gives the Imam a chance to advise all Muslims at the same time on urgent matters that face them.
in these programs answers questions from guests, in sessions that he held throughout the world. Some of the questions include, why do only women in Islam have to cover themselves? How can there be a prophet after the Prophet Muhammad (saw)? What is the future of western society? Are natural disasters a punishment from God? The Caliph’s style of blending deep intellectual knowledge with great humour allows for entertaining and thought provoking programmes, in which he often provides answers to common questions in an entirely new light.
, accompanies Waqfe Nau children in the class in a learning but welcoming environment. There are three types of classes with reference to Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau.
Intikhab-e-Sukhan is a television program on MTA that features popular videos and music-free songs of poetry, known as ‘nazms’. The programme allows viewers the opportunity to interact with MTA by sending messages, which are read out live. The program plays the top most requested nazms of the week, as requested by viewers who can vote online, fax, email, or phone live during the programme. The programme begins with a ‘hamd’, beautiful poems to express love and devotion to God, followed by a ‘na’at’, poems written in praise of the Holy Founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad. Intikhab-e-Sukhan features poetry from some of the most exceptional poets of past and present. These include couplets from the poetry of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and some of his successors. Other poets, such as the outstanding Obaidullah Aleem, also feature regularly. The poetic verses are sung by various singers and accompanied with ‘nazm videos’.
An Interactive program in Urdu which allows viewers the opportunity to ask questions relating to specifically Ahmadiyyat. Some of the questions asked include, concerning the second coming of the Messiah in the latter days, the prophecies, the death of Jesus
and the Finality of Prophethood. The questions can be asked live via phone, fax, text or email.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: MTA One) is the first television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
of the MTA International satellite network. It was launched on 1 January 1994. Initially it was named AMP or Ahmadiyya Muslim Presentation. The name was afterwards changed to Muslim Television Ahmadiyya or MTA International. The channel was established by Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was Khalifatul Masih IV, Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and fourth successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad...
. It became the First International Muslim channel to broadcast a host of Islamic programming. After the launch of sister channels, the channel was renamed as MTA1. However, it is still loosely referred to as MTA or MTA International. Its programmes are broadcast throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. It is also available for live streaming via the Internet. MTA1 is run and voluntarily funded by Ahmadis.
The purpose of the channel was primarily to broadcast the sermons of the Khalifa
Khalifatul Masih
Khalifatul Masih sometimes simply referred to as Khalifah is the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and is the successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian...
. It now broadcasts a variety of programs in various global languages for the benefit of the international Muslim Community. Programs include news, sermons, documentaries and even Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
learning for children. Programs are broadcast mainly in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, but there are several programs in other languages such as English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Swahili
Swahili language
Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...
and Hausa
Hausa language
Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...
. MTA1 is on 24/7 commercial-free with programs for all ages.
Friday Sermon
See also Friday SermonHadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Mirza Masroor Ahmad
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fifth successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on April 22, 2003, a few days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph for the Ahmadiiya...
, the Caliph and worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, delivers the Friday Sermon each Friday from the Baitul Futuh
Baitul Futuh
The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London has been deemed the second largest mosque complex in Western Europe, behind the Mosque of Rome. Completed in 2003 at a cost of approximately £5.5 million, entirely from donations of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the mosque covers an area of and the full complex...
Mosuqe in London. MTA broadcasts the Friday Sermon Live with up to 5 simultaneous translations, and also provides an online stream. Through MTA therefore, the Imam is able to address not just the congregation, but also the entire world. It gives the Imam a chance to advise all Muslims at the same time on urgent matters that face them.
Question and Answer Session
The late fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Tahir AhmadMirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was Khalifatul Masih IV, Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and fourth successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad...
in these programs answers questions from guests, in sessions that he held throughout the world. Some of the questions include, why do only women in Islam have to cover themselves? How can there be a prophet after the Prophet Muhammad (saw)? What is the future of western society? Are natural disasters a punishment from God? The Caliph’s style of blending deep intellectual knowledge with great humour allows for entertaining and thought provoking programmes, in which he often provides answers to common questions in an entirely new light.
Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor AhmadMirza Masroor Ahmad
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fifth successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on April 22, 2003, a few days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph for the Ahmadiiya...
, accompanies Waqfe Nau children in the class in a learning but welcoming environment. There are three types of classes with reference to Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau.
- Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau: This is with boys and girls under the age of 12
- Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau Atfal: This is with boys above the age of 12
- Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau Nasirat: This is with girls above the age of 12
Intekhab-e-Sukhan
See also Intikhab-e-SukhanIntikhab-e-Sukhan
Intekhab-e-Sukhan is an Urdu program of MTA 1 presenting music free Islamic poetry. The host is live hosted by Mubarak Siddiqi daily on Saturday at 3:pm GMT.- Format :...
Intikhab-e-Sukhan is a television program on MTA that features popular videos and music-free songs of poetry, known as ‘nazms’. The programme allows viewers the opportunity to interact with MTA by sending messages, which are read out live. The program plays the top most requested nazms of the week, as requested by viewers who can vote online, fax, email, or phone live during the programme. The programme begins with a ‘hamd’, beautiful poems to express love and devotion to God, followed by a ‘na’at’, poems written in praise of the Holy Founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad. Intikhab-e-Sukhan features poetry from some of the most exceptional poets of past and present. These include couplets from the poetry of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and some of his successors. Other poets, such as the outstanding Obaidullah Aleem, also feature regularly. The poetic verses are sung by various singers and accompanied with ‘nazm videos’.
Faith Matters
An Interactive program in English which allows viewers the opportunity to ask questions relating to faith in general. Questions asked vary widely in nature.Rah-e-Huda
See also Rah-e-HudaRah-e-Huda
Rah-e-Huda is a Urdu Islamic Dawah TV program broadcasting from Muslim Television Ahmadiyya in the UK. The program speaks about beliefs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sect, sheds light on incorrect notions held by the opponents of the community and responds to the false claims against them...
An Interactive program in Urdu which allows viewers the opportunity to ask questions relating to specifically Ahmadiyyat. Some of the questions asked include, concerning the second coming of the Messiah in the latter days, the prophecies, the death of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
and the Finality of Prophethood. The questions can be asked live via phone, fax, text or email.