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Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wierdest-title-i've-posted-in-awhile dept.

damnal writes "Yahoo's ban on "Allah" in users names, has been reversed. The ban was instituted due to a number of people registering for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate. Yahoo's comment on the reversal: "We recently re-evaluated the term 'Allah,' and users can now register for IDs with this word because it is no longer a significant target for abuse.""

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  1. Re:Finnaly by FidelCatsro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks , it honestly was not flame-bait .
    If read with appropriate Underscores it says
    All_a_horse_has_to_do_is_soap_up_a_cow
    But I guess any Jewish Person making a joke about Islam right now is perhaps a hot potato .
    Though I am religious(but not in a nutty anti-scienceway) since Al-ah is derived from El a Name of G-d I would not take the pee out of it.

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