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Senegal, 135 Tafsir al-Qurtubi, 216
Sephardi: and educational system in Israel, 92; Talmud, 102
pirate radio used by, in Israel, 1, 10, 94–101; Al-Tayyib, Nadir, 222n12
and Shas Party, 92–93, 95, 96, 101, 103, 108; Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth, 169, 182n29
and t’shuva movement, 10, 108 Tehran, 119–120
Serbs, 29–30 Televangelism, 3
Sermon tapes. See Cassette sermons Television: advertising in “®ow” of, 211–213,
SET (Sony Entertainment Television), 259, 269 217, 222n10; advertising on Egyptian televi-
Seth, Swapan, 265–266 sion, 211–217, 219–220, 224n22; advertising
Al-Sha"arawi, Muhammed Mitwalli, 42 on India’s television, 258, 265–267; in Aus-
Shahin, "Abd al-Sabbur, 42 tralia, 196, 198–200; Bourdieu on, 179; Brit-
Shari"a, 31, 167–168 ish television, 170, 212; and call to prayer in
Shas Party, 10, 92–93, 95, 96, 101, 103, 108 Egypt, 214–216, 223n19; and DTH (Direct-
Shiv Sena, 276, 277, 281 to-Home) technology, 264, 267; in Egypt
Siegel, James T., 155, 157 generally, 222n11, 223n15; in Ghana, 297,
Sikkhs, 279 300; in India, 258–259, 263–270, 273–274;
Singh, Yashika, 174, 181n26 in Israel, 93–94, 109n11; and kidnapping
Soares, Luis Eduardo, 69n5, 146n2 of television mogul’s daughter in Brazil,
Sony Entertainment Television (SET), 259, 269 58–59; MTV music video on, 251–252,
“Sonya,” 207–208 252, 265; musalsal on Egyptian television,
South Africa: and African Renaissance move- 223n17, 224n23; preference for radio over,
ment, 175; African Traditional Religion 107; Ramadan Riddles (Fawazir Ramadan)
(ATR) in, 175–177, 177; challenges for tele- in Egypt, 2, 16–17, 207–221, 221n2, 224–
vision broadcasting in, 174–176; Christian 225n25; relationship between knowledge
programming on television in, 169–175, and, 231; in South Africa, 1–2, 14, 166–180;
179; examples of television programs in, super-subjects on, 231, 248–249n9; in Syria,
172–174; Hinduism in, 181n18; Human 222n9; talk show with Öztürk in Turkey,
Rights Commission in, 176; Independent 17, 231–248; in Turkey generally, 17, 227–
Forum for Religious Broadcasting (IFRB) 232, 228–231; in United States, 3, 22n16,
in, 170–172; Islam in, 172, 176, 181n18; Ju- 212–213; and Universal Church of the King-
daism in, 181n18; Media Development and dom of God (UCKG) in Brazil, 52–54, 59,
Diversity Agency Act in, 178; as rainbow na- 67, 110n17; West African beauty pageant
tion, 178–180; reapportionment of airtime on, 142–143, 148nn26–27; Yitzchak’s cam-
for religious groups in, 1–2, 14, 166–180, paign against, in Israel, 103
173, 175, 177, 181n14; Religious Broadcast- Terrorist, 280
ing Panel (RBP) in, 14, 170, 171, 172, 176, Thackeray, Bal, 276, 277, 281
181n13, 182n30; religious freedom in, 168– Time-Warner’s CNN, 259, 264
169, 178; rights culture of, 168, 169, 171, Tomaselli, Keyan, 169, 170, 178, 182n29
176; statistics on religions in, 181n18 Torres Straits Islander Studies, 190
South African Broadcasting Corporation Touré, Toumani, 137, 143, 146n1
(SABC), 14, 167, 169–180, 173, 175, 177, Transparency and journalistic practice,
180n11, 181nn16,26, 182nn29,40 152–162
South African Council of Churches (SACC), 170 Traoré, Moussa, 136–137, 140
Soviet Union, collapse of, 228–229, 263 T’shuva movement, 10, 92–95, 98–104, 106–
Speech, freedom of, 168–169, 178 108, 109n4
Spitulnik, Debra, 166–167 Turkey: AK (Justice and Development Party)
STAR Network, 259 in, 247–248; Alevi minorities in, 230; CHP
Starrett, Gregory, 216, 223n19 (Republican People’s Party) in, 247; con®ict
Stolen Bible, 304–306, 305, 310n7 between Kurdish dissidents and Turkish
Su¤sm, 128n20, 135, 148–149n28, 215, military, 229, 231; Directorate of Religious
216, 275 Affairs in, 229–231, 244–245, 247; Islam in,
Suharto regime, 156, 158 229–231, 241–244; and neoliberalism, 228–
Sunna, 33, 40, 49n4 229, 245; newspapers in, 232; parliament in,
Syria, 222n9 247–248; reading of Quran forbidden in

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