The channel, to be named after the king, will (according to the Communications Ministry) propagate a "message of tolerance and open-mindedness inspired by the Koran and the words and actions of the Prophet Mohammed".
The programs would highlight Morocco's religious values based on the uniqueness of the faith and the Malekite rite which is one of four Sunni schools of religion founded by the Imam Malek who died in AD 795.
A statement issued by the Moroccan press agency MAP said that the new channel's programs would be devoted to the reading and explanation of the Koran and to debates for young people with celebrated Muslim scholars.
The Arab-language service will also have slots in the Berber language of North Africa as well as in French.
During the festival of Ramadan last year King Mohammed VI launched a radio station likewise dedicated to Islam.
Also today:
Israel has invited Morocco's King Mohammed VI to visit the Jewish state.
Israeli President Moshe Katsav issued the invitation at a meeting with an adviser of the Moroccan leader who is in Jerusalem for a conference on Moroccan Jewry.
Morocco was one of three countries, including Tunisia and Oman, that suspended low-level ties with the Jewish state after the outbreak of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. The ties had been launched after an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal reached in 1993.
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