Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 30, 2010 @10:45AM from the try-syndication dept.

lbalbalba writes with a BBC story about Bangladesh following Pakistan in censoring Facebook. "Bangladesh has blocked access to Facebook after satirical images of the prophet Muhammad and the country's leaders were uploaded. One man has been arrested and charged with 'spreading malice and insulting the country's leaders' with the images. Officials said the ban was temporary and access to the site would be restored once the images were removed. It comes after Pakistan invoked a similar ban over 'blasphemous content.' ... Thousands of people joined anti-Facebook protests in Bangladesh on Friday demanding the site be blocked over the contest. A telecomm regulator there said, "Facebook will be re-opened once we erase the pages that contain the obnoxious images." And how do they propose to do that?

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Re:Start their own by Maestro485 · 2010-05-30 14:17 · Score: 1, Flamebait

No, it should be called DurkaDurkMuhammadJihadBook.com

And their mascot is a guy in a bear costume.
Re:Here's a better idea by LingNoi · 2010-05-30 15:17 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Islam doesn't revoke any one's fundamental rights by asking them not to draw pictures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), you can still draw whatever you want, just leave him alone.
You really need to grow the fuck up and realise that the only reason this draw muhammad competition exists is because muslims have been trying to censor western countries. Really, I don't understand how muslims can get offended over such ridiculous pictures.
Muslims the world over could have just laughed it off and focused your energies towards helping others and being a good examples. Instead you all fell for the bait and proved what de-evolved monkeys you really are.