Christmas is coming and the goose aint getting fat.
Pakistan’s telecommunications authority pulls the plug on YouTube.
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Pakistan blocks YouTube website
Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam.
Its telecommunications authority ordered internet service providers to block the site until further notice.
Reports said the content included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have outraged many.
But one report said a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays Islam in a negative light, was behind the ban.
“They asked us to ban it immediately… and the order says the ban will continue until further notice,” said Wahaj-us-Siraj, convener of the Association of Pakistan Internet Service Providers.
“Users are quite upset. They’re screaming at ISPs which can’t do anything.
“The government has valid reason for that, but they have to find a better way of doing it. If we continue blocking popular websites, people will stop using the internet.”
Other countries that have temporarily blocked access to YouTube include Turkey and Thailand.
In order to be fair and balanced. Here is what the fuss is all about.
The famous Danish cartoons.
And Gert Wilders, the man with the plan.
Geert Wilders Speaks: Anti-Koran Film (Part 1 of 2)
(Part 1 of 2) _ An extended interview with popular Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders on his upcoming anti-Koran film for Dutch television. Also discussed - Muslim immigration, tolerance and democracy.
Geert Wilders Speaks: Muslims & Tolerance (Part 2 of 2)
Update:
Pakistan lifts YouTube ban; jihadis breathe sigh of relief! @ Michele Malkin
What goes around, comes around. After earning a notorious reputation in the blogosphere for stamping out videos critical of Islam and the Danish cartoon debacle because they contained “inappropriate content” and threatening to suspend accounts of anti-jihad video creators, YouTube got gagged by Pakistan over…a video critical of Islam and the Danish cartoon debacle. The news today is that Pakistan has lifted the restrictions.
LOL! DhimmiTube
Courtesy of Howie over at Jawa.
What can I say the man is a genius!
Lastly the Taliban wants to join in on the fun and games.
Can You Hear Me Now? @ Jules Crittenden
The Taliban threatened Monday to attack mobile phone facilities in Afghanistan, alleging that the technology was being used at night to pin-point the Islamic rebels’ hideouts.
H/T Larwyn
Tuesday Open @ Nuke Gingrich
Original timestamp: February 24, 2008 @ 20:11
6 responses so far ↓
1 Caricaturas de Mahoma: los musulmanes insisten en una legislación “contra el insulto religioso y por el respeto mutuo de las religiones” « Spanish Pundit (II) // Mar 5, 2008 at 8:20 am
[…] YouTube Banned in Pakistan Citing Outrage Over Geert Wilders and Danish Toons [updated & bumped] Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam.Its telecommunications authority ordered internet service providers to block the site until further notice. […]
2 Velvet Hammer // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:19 am
Oops! They (Reuters) did it again! LOL
Through BlogBurst Reuters has published this post, which as you can see contains all of the mo toons!
And not just once, but three times!
The Chicago Sun-Times has too!
3 Paul Higginbotham Sr. // Mar 10, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Never call yourself an infidel, it is not conducive to victory over the facist nature of Islam. The beheading that must take place, is the beheading of the Koran from It’s Islamic peoples. If your neighbor is a friend and he is Islamic, then his son may read this book and become a scholar, which is exactly the obverse to Christianity. Paul
4 Fitna? or No Fitna? // Mar 24, 2008 at 10:07 pm
[…] YouTube Banned in Pakistan Citing Outrage Over Geert Wilders and Danish Toons “Above all else, the Devil cannot stand to be mocked.” Still Waters Run Deep Feeding Frenzy No More Tantrums Submission: The Death of Art in the Free World […]
5 Muslims Against Sharia // May 21, 2008 at 1:23 am
DhimmiTube declines request to remove terrorist-produced videos
YouTube has refused a request from US Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) to remove all videos sponsored by terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, contending that most of them don’t violate its community guidelines.
Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Monday called on the Google Inc subsidiary to remove video content produced by terrorist organizations that showed assassinations, deaths of US soldiers and civilians, weapons training, “incendiary” speeches and other material intended to “encourage violence against the West.”
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/05/youtube-declines-request-to-remove.html
6 Youtube downloader // Jun 18, 2008 at 1:27 am
Pakistan government is stupid.
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