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Pakistan Blocks YouTube in ‘Sacrilege’ Row
TIMES ONLINE: Pakistan blocked access to YouTube today because of “growing sacrilegious content” on the video-sharing website. It is the latest twist in an escalating international row over Islam and freedom of speech online.

The move came a day after the Pakistani Government responded to a court order by temporarily blocking Facebook over a page advertising a contest to draw cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Everyone Draw Muhammad Day page and several spin-offs invite users to send in caricatures of the Prophet today – infuriating many Muslims who regard any image of him as blasphemous.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority did not say specifically which material on YouTube was deemed sacrilegious, but there are several clips relating to Everyone Draw Muhammad Day. >>> Jeremy Page, South Asia Correspondent | Thursday, May 20, 2010

Kuwait Plans to Block YouTube over Islam Content
REUTERS: KUWAIT - Kuwait has ordered local Internet service providers to block online video-sharing website YouTube over clips that could offend Muslims.

"Since the website displays the Koran in the form of songs sung with the oud (stringed instrument) ... and displays disrespectful pictures of the Prophet Mohammad ... please proceed with immediate effect in blocking the website www.youtube.com," read a copy of a memo obtained by Reuters. Kuwait Plans to Block YouTube over Islam Content >>> | September 22, 2008

YAHOO! ITALIA:
Kuwait vuole bloccare YouTube per contenuti offensivi su Islam >>> Reuters | Lun 22 Set 2008

REUTERS AMÉRICA LATINA:
Kuwait ordena bloquear YouTube por contenidos contra el Islam >>> | lunes 22 de septiembre de 2008

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