Sachinism Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 A court in Pakistan has ordered the authorities temporarily to block the Facebook social networking site. The order came when a petition was filed after the site held a competition featuring caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The petition, filed by a lawyers' group called the Islamic Lawyers' Movement, said the contest was "blasphemous". A message on the competition's information page said it was not "trying to slander the average Muslim". "We simply want to show the extremists that threaten to harm people because of their Muhammad depictions that we're not afraid of them," the statement said. "They can't take away our right to freedom of speech by trying to scare us into silence." Correspondents say that publications of similar cartoons in Danish newspapers in 2005 sparked angry protests in Muslim countries - five people were killed in Pakistan. Internet is free in Pakistan but the government monitors content by routing all traffic through a central exchange. Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court ordered the department of communications to block the website until 31 May, and to submit a written reply to the petition by that date. An official told the court that parts of the website that were holding the competition had been blocked, reports the BBC Urdu service's Abdul Haq in Lahore. But the petitioner said a partial blockade of a website was not possible and that the entire link had to be blocked. The lawyers' group says Pakistan is an Islamic country and its laws do not allow activities that are "un-Islamic" or "blasphemous". The judge also directed Pakistan's foreign ministry to raise the issue at international level. In the past, Pakistan has often blocked access to pornographic sites and sites with anti-Islamic content. It has deemed such material as offensive to the political and security establishment of the country, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad. In 2007, the government banned the YouTube site, allegedly to block material offensive to the government of Pervez Musharraf. The action led to widespread disruption of access to the site for several hours. The ban was later lifted. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8691406.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Here's the controversial page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everybody-Draw-Mohammed-Day/121369914543425 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Oh noez, my fake profile has so many paki friends :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Mr Faroukh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wow, that page is pretty extreme. :ohmy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 The page is blocked here in Dubai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 There is a lot of hate shown there. Deserves to be banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 They put a beard on a pig. :dontknow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roshanrocks Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Here's the controversial page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everybody-Draw-Mohammed-Day/121369914543425 jeez, that page is blocked here in dubai :hitler: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 They (the fb grp) are going way OTT. :dontknow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhanu Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 The page is blocked here in Dubai... Woah i didnt even reconizgse u :phehehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 they mean business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evil Mod Consortium Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 They put a beard on a pig. :dontknow: Wonly in Pakistan. Everyone else is putting lipstick on pigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunner Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wonly in Pakistan. Everyone else is putting lipstick on pigs. I like to put my knife and fork on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wicket Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 On or in? :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wonly in Pakistan. Everyone else is putting lipstick on pigs. no, the FB group put a beard on a pig to depict the Prophet :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner_Mania Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 jeez' date=' that page is blocked here in dubai :hitler:[/quote'] Read Post#6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 no' date=' the FB group put a beard on a pig to depict the Prophet :/[/quote'] Whats stopping you from ignoring that stupid page altogether ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Whats stopping you from ignoring that stupid page altogether ? nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Stupid stuff, that. Religion-bashing is stupid. And if its all about "Freedom of Speech", why was the "Da Vinci Code"slammed and banned across the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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