The channel’s name comes from Maria al-Qibtiyya, an enslaved Coptic Christian from Egypt who became one of the wives of Muhammad.
Maria TV’s staff includes 30 volunteers and a few dozen women who work there occasionally.
Ofcom stated that the programme's abusive treatment of the religious views and beliefs of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community breached UK broadcasting regulations.
[4] In September 2012, Ahmed Abdallah, the owner of Maria TV, and his son and the channel's chief executive, Islam, were arrested for burning a copy of the Bible during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
Ummah Channel failed to attract an audience wider than its usual Barelvi Sect (Islam).