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Yahoo! Bans "Allah" in Screen Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-things-go-to-far dept.

szembek writes "According to The Register it seems that Yahoo! is banning the use of the string "Allah" in all screen names. The issue apparently became apparent when Linda Callahan attempted to use her surname in her screen name. The following link has an interesting list of terms that Yahoo does allow, and ones they don't."

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  1. Those poor Islamic countries by MikeRT · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I swear, they have the utmost respect for other religions and always live the higher standard everyday. Their media couldn't possibly be one of the most hateful in the world.

  2. Re:Jesus Christ! by mad.frog · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not to disagree with your point, but there's plenty of justification in the Christian Bible to justify killing-in-the-name-of. Mostly in the Old Testament, to be sure, but keep in mind that the punishment prescribed by Leviticus for breaking most of the Ten Commandments was death by stoning (and last I checked, no branch of the church has officially repudiated these sections as being inaccurate).

    http://www.free-minds.org/bible.htm