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Websites Blocked in Pakistan

All of the nine websites, including Facebook, Yahoo and YouTube, are now back up and running in Pakistan after being banned for hosting blasphemous material thought to be deemed offensive to Muslims.

Last month a court in Pakistan temporarily blocked the social networking website Facebook and other sites for allowing the running of a competition called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” Judge Mazhar Iqbal said “it displayed material against the fundamental principles of Islam”. The ban was eventually lifted after Facebook backed down and removed the offending pages.

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