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The (Pornographic) Empire Strikes Back Following the widespread interest in the Peterporn sex videos scandal involving Nazril Irham aka Ariel, Luna Maya and Cut Tari, Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring was looking forward to pass a decree to ban pornographic websites from being accessed within Indonesia before Ramadan starts. But like a scene from Star [...] Saudi Sheik Aedh al-Garni’s Says “No” What should Muslim women who normally cover their faces do when laws are introduced to make it illegal to do so, as may happen in countries such as France, Belgium, and Spain? A Saudi woman living in France put this question to popular Saudi cleric Sheik Aedh al-Garni, whose writings are [...] Indonesia To Shut Down Pornographic Websites One of the consequences arising out of the Peterporn sex videos scandal is that Indonesians will soon find it difficult to download pornographic materials from the internet. But how is the government going to ban foreign pornographic websites? And who will draw the line between art and pornography? Minister Said Pornographic Websites [...] Council of Europe’s Resolution And Its Implications Just as countries in Europe are rushing one after the other to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has unanimously passed a resolution warning that governments that do so would be denying women “who genuinely and freely desire to do [...] Same High Court Judge Who Ordered The Ban Now Orders Its Lifting It has now been almost 2 weeks since Facebook was banned in Pakistan for hosting a Facebook Page called “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day”. Now the same High Court Judge who ordered Facebook banned in Pakistan has reversed his stand. Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry ordered the [...] American Cartoonist Apologizes For Offending Muslims American cartoonist Molly Norris shot to fame when her idea to make May 20 the “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” was hijacked by someone who created a Facebook page of the same name without her knowledge. But this is the fame that Molly Norris would rather not have, for she has now [...] While the public is aware of the Allah issue associated with the Roman Catholic’s newspaper, The Herald, many may have forgotten about another case that could be coming to trial soon, unless the authorities reached an out-of-court settlement with the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) church, a move recommended by Kuala Lumpur High Court (Special Powers and [...] The High Court in Malaysia has just ruled that a government ban on the Roman Catholic’s publication, The Herald, for using the word “Allah” is unconstitutional. Judge Lau Bee Lan said the Home Minister’s decision to ban The Herald is illegal, null and void. In effect the judge agreed with Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Murphy Pakiam, [...] |
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