Anti-Islam film: YouTube blocked in Pakistan

By Shahid Abbasi Sep 17th, 2012 ( 36 Comments )

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Technology Monday blocked Google‘s YouTube, a video sharing website, for not removing trailers of Sam Bacile’s Innocence of Muslims’, a film insulting Islam and Prophet.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had directed the IT Ministry to block Youtube over the video sharing website’s failure to remove the anti-Islam film. The block will remain in place until the anti-Islam film is removed.

“Blasphemous content will not be tolerated at any cost,” PM Ashraf said.

Earlier, Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered authorities to block 700 YouTube video links of the anti-Islam movie which criticised Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).

The apex court earlier had asked the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block links to the movie which triggered anti-US agitation across the world.

Sources told UK-based bilingual news website’s correspondent that YouTube earlier had refused to accept PTA’s demand of removing objectionable video links as Pakistan government does not have such agreement with YouTube.

Meanwhile, YouTube still accessible in Pakistan through different proxy sites.

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Zohan

unban the damn youtube
malik waqar

many intelligent persons said that it is a very good infotainment website.i agreed that its a useful website but suppose if a person(abuse,slap) YOU, and his family is also witness of incident and the family also knows that his person has done mistake,instead of giving justice to you they are laughing at you…what are you going to do?????????are you going to hug the other family members because they have not slapped you…..the government has taken good step and banned the website until they removes that video….because they have done to this our PROPHET(P.B.U.H).on PROPHET(P.B.U.H) we can not negotiate a word……think muslims think
- Zohan
  
  lol do you know idiot that google dont give a fuck about this ban in pakistan lol you better know
Mustafazazai23

i hate you people open u tube plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz u disgusting
Mattsmith070799

who caes they can go make more IEDs and kill themselfs for no reason
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Khalid Rana

pls anyone remove that film and give people to chance downlod the ether things.like songs & decomentry videos .Khalid Rana
adnan

tum logon ki maaon aur behnon ki choot ma yeh munafiqat ka islam daalun!!
Bilal_name

Malala incident happened just because youtube is banned, they knew no one will defend on youtube. They will make Pakistan’s face more black. See comments written below. Our govt is just insane.
- Bilal_name
  
  our govt and people both are insane. Really brainless monkeys.
http://www.facebook.com/killereyes42 Masoom Jan

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Roflol

Loled a lot at the idiotic comments below, keep it up guys xD
Usman_2

Fuk YOUTUBE.. FUCK GOOGLE . N FUCK ALL THOSE WHO R AGAINST THIS BANNING ISSUESSS.
- Anti-Hypocrite Pakiz
  
  No FUCK YOU,YOU TYPICAL HYPOCRITE PAKI BLACK AND PALE SKINNED FUCK!…PIGS LIKE YOU PLACING STICKER OF ISLAM WILL NEVER BE TRUE MUSLIMS…PAKI HYPOCRITE FUCK
Usman_2

Banning youtube is a perfct decision. n those who r usin sm kindov unblokin youtub softwares r MUNAFIQS (BIG TIME)
- Zohan
  
  you fucking illiterate dont rape english
http://www.facebook.com/anzalna.bukhari Anzalna Bukhari

don’t c the the video that is solution for this banning youtubehing
- http://www.facebook.com/killereyes42 Masoom Jan
  
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http://www.facebook.com/anzalna.bukhari Anzalna Bukhari

banning youtube is not the solution v can just do that is that v should not watch the video to c what’s in it soo that it deletes it self
guest

Blocking youtube is NOT the solution. And why block google downloading and other apps? These are useful resources for students. Wrong decisions by our gov.
- Nidz
  
  they didnt block google or anything…just some painful sites…u care abt useful sources…gosh! giv a fck who humiliate our dignity. i can bear everything useful been banned if it givs a fck to haters.
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Pakistani

Please ban all Google Applications and Products, as You tube is owned and managed by Google.

Ban should be permanent.

I hope people who are “Roshan Kheyal” can wake up from slumber and re-assess their direction.

So much for co-existence with Christians and Hindus.
- opa
  
  thats just racist and stupid
  - http://www.facebook.com/killereyes42 Masoom Jan
    
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Saeqa Ahad

Banning YouTube is not a solution. Govt must insure that no such site will do it again because its the matter of basic rights of Muslims. Concern authorities must block these type of irresponsible sites permanently.
- guest
  
  and how are they supposed to do that?
A T

good decision. keep it up. YouTube violating its policy to allow such film because its harassing 1 billion Muslims around the globe.
Sirinai

Flag the video you dumb asses. and unblock youtube…
- Nadeem
  
  Your language indicates your address
- Pakistani
  
  Fuck Off you monkey slaves
  - abdullah
    
    No you “fuck off”, unblock youtube because it contains a “bad video”. What what about the millions, no hundreds of millions other videos on the internet as well as pictures on the internet having the same content, i used to watch my lectures and tons of useful stuff on youtube. Your idiotic and pathetic rage completely childlike. Having no common sense and blind rage is the reason this video got so much popularity in the first page. I know a solution. Take your router and just throw it out of the window. That will shut your stupidity.
- http://www.facebook.com/killereyes42 Masoom Jan
  
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  - Masoom Jan ka Baap
    
    lun pe charho tum baray ae it expert
Kmursaleen

lets see if they will allow youtube to have pro nazi agenda hail hitler
Kmursaleen

fuck youtube