DHAKA: A pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV channel launched broadcasting in Egypt from its station in Istanbul.

A Turkish media outlet reported, says Today’s Zaman.

The channel, called ‘Rabia’, will have an Islamist vision.

Taking its name from Rabia al-Adawiya Square in Egypt, which turned into a symbol of resistance by the Muslim Brotherhood, the channel’s slogan will be ‘the pulse of freedom’, according to Ehab Shiha, the leader of the National Alliance movement which is struggling for legitimacy against the military regime in Egypt, announced on Facebook in early December.

Given the strained relations between Egypt and Turkey due to Ankara’s strong reaction to the military coup in Egypt on July 3, the opening of a Muslim Brotherhood TV channel in Turkey is expected to cause further tension between the two countries.

Bilateral relations have been at a low since the military regime declared the Turkish ambassador to Cairo persona non grata last month.

BDST: 1758 HRS, DEC 22, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor