OnePath Network
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| Country | Australia |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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| Languages | English, Arabic |
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| History | |
| Launched | 2014 |
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| Website | onepathnetwork |
OnePath Network is an Australian Islamic-themed original content video production studio and media outlet based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in 2014 as a not-for-profit organization and da‘wah media network. It publishes videos, articles, news, and interviews, and produced the short film Last Chance.
OnePath network was founded in March 2014 in Sydney as a non-profit by Malaz Majanni as a da‘wah initiative; the goal was to create "values based" video content to counter negative views of Islam and Muslims and to generate news, documentaries, and commentary from a Muslim perspective.[1][2] The network was started with $1M in donations from the Muslim community, and sought to grow by selling advertising aimed at young Muslims.[1][3] It aimed to distribute its content through its website and apps, YouTube, Facebook, and occasionally in other outlets like movie theaters.[1] The project was endorsed by Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, the Grand Mufti of Australia,[4] and in April 2015 Irfan Yusuf endorsed the network in an editorial published in the Sydney Morning Herald.[5]
Guests have included Brian McDonald, the head of the AFP counterterrorism team,[2] and in 2016 they interviewed Oliver Bridgeman, who alleged that he had been trapped in Syria after the Australian Government cancelled his passport.[6][7][8]
In October 2016 the OnePath Network produced Last Chance, a 45-minute film about a young Muslim man tempted into a life of selling drugs and violence, which was shown in movie theaters in Australia.[9][10] By February 2018 the network had made and released around 400 videos.[1]