Two Saudi clerics have said that Muslims should not watch, work for, or advertise on the new U.S. funded Al-Hurra [3] satellite channel. In a written fatwa, Sheik Ibrahim al-Khudairi said the channel was "founded by America to fight Islam, and to propagate massive decay to Americanise the world." Al-Hurra, which means the free one, is the latest Arabic-language media project run by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. According to U.S. officials, the channel, which will cost U.S. taxpayers about $62 million this year, seeks to counter the anti-American "hateful propaganda" seen in the Muslim world.