A satellite dish salesman with a storefront in Brooklyn, New York, was jailed in 2009 because he turned on the ability to watch al-Manar, a station associated w

A satellite dish salesman with a storefront in Brooklyn, New York, was jailed in 2009 because he turned on the ability to watch al-Manar, a station associated with a political party that has made up 10+% of Lebanon's parliament since 2005 (both associated with the Shia organizational group in Lebanon, Hezbollah). https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/nyregion/24cable.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/nyregion/24cable.html Germany, France and other European countries have banned the channel as well.