Paki Judge Forbids Facebook
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN - Islamic lawyers in Lahore to file papers giving the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) until May 19 to ban the website known as Facebook, a social network on the Internet.
Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority secretary to reply until Wednesday (today), on a petition seeking a ban on Facebook, which is holding a competition of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Islamic Lawyers Movement filed the petition through Chaudhry Zulfiqar advocate, who stated that a competition was announced on Facebook on April 20 which would continue until May 20, asking all the members of the website to create their caricatures to participate in the competition.
Zulfiqar said under the law no practice against Islam could be allowed in the country. He told the court that the website, having various features against the injunctions of Islam, is banned in various countries.
Zulfiqar submitted that there were 45 million users of Facebook in Pakistan, adding that the PTA was responsible for its spread in Pakistan. He said the PTA has already blocked various websites in the country but was reluctant to ban Facebook. He said students and various segments of the society have already started protests in the country, which could be harmful for the public property. He requested the court to issue directions to PTA to put an immediate ban on the use of Facebook in the Pakistan.
Some residents in Karachi, feel this attention only increases the awareness of the subject and causes more problems. Others express deep concern over this type of reaction, saying over reaction to these types of attacks against Islam, the prophet, peace be upon him, Quran and so on are best handled by presenting Islam and what it teaches in the most positive of ways.
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[reply May 18, 9:02 PM - Karachi, Pakistan] - This the emotional folly of Muslims just gives them the free advertising they want..
[reply May 18, 9:03 PM - Detroit, MI] - International News picks this kind of thing up and these creeps get millions of dollars worth of free advertising - way to go Pakistan!
[reply May 18, 9:05 PM - Alexandria, MI] - this is a disgusting contest and I am glad they shut down Facebook. They should shut down anything like this. Our prophet, peace be upon him, is the greatest man who ever lived and deserves better than this, especially from our Muslim brothers and sisters...
[reply May 18, 9:05 PM - USA] - Big deal. Muslims commit all kinds of crimes and now they complain about cartoons - look out Mickey Mouse!
[reply May 18, 9:11 PM - Pakistan] - Social networking is something like international communication and it is filled with people around the world. Blocking the entire website is not the answer we were looking for. Let's use some real thinking and not over react, just my opinion.
[reply May 18, 9:15 PM - Los Angeles, CA USA] - You Moslems have no problem making cartoons against Jesus. So grow up.
[reply May 18, 9:29 PM - Washington, DC USA] - No. Not ture we do not make pictuers of any prophets even our ownselves. pictures are haram. you need to know islam.
[reply May 18, 9:31 PM - Omaha, NB USA] - Pictures or cartoons don't make a religion or break it. Too sensitive of response.
[reply May 18, 9:35 PM - USA] - for crying out loud, can't people just be quite and have peace????? Stop this stuff
[reply May 18, 9:39 PM ??] - We Muslims need to have our own voice in the western world, in plain English to get the real message of Islam out there for everyone - both the Muslims and the non-Muslims. These issues need more open discussion and less wild reactions. (just my thinking out loud)
[reply May 18, 11:12 PM California] - I think we should all boycott Facebook or any website that is attacking Islam. We muslims need to spend more time with learning our deen from proper sources and not waste so much time on the Internet. I hardly use even emails. Just my opinion, Allahu 'Alim.
[reply May 19, 1:04 AM Alaska USA] - I hate anything that is causing the problmes for msulims and these people should be put down for it.
[reply May 19, 3:17 AM Birmingham - UK] - It is about time Muslims grow up and learn to ignore these attempts to take over the narrative of what Islam is all about. These people are only trying to promote their games and we are just falling into the same trap every time, over and over. Our prophet [pbuh] told us a believer does not get bit by a snake twice. Time to wake up MUSLIMS!
[reply May 19, 5:22 AM Dubai, U.A.E.] - I am from Pakistan and for too long we have just fallen into these traps set by the british or americans or whoever. they just come along with something and we fall for it. i say 'let the facebook thing drop' keep our patience.
[reply May 19, 6:10 AM Florida, USA] - Why do we keep getting these attacks like this? Why is Islam always the punch line to these jokers? Let's just stop talking about all of it.
[reply May 19, 7:20 AM Atlanta, GA. USA] - We have to speak up and let our voices be one on this issue and other issues too. We have been divided up too long. This is just another way to divide the muslims.
[reply May 19, 8:11 AM San Fernando, CA. USA] - Ban Facebook? Sure, why not? It isnothing but people showing themselves off and pictures of sisters without hijab, astaghfiruallah! Stop using Twitter, FAcebook, Myspace, AOL all of them . we don't need this crap.
[reply May 19, 12:01 PM Pakistan, Karachi] -
..all Muslim countries should ban facebook, some things have more harm than benefit so it’s better to avoid them, and our lives will still be fine without social sites like this.
I don’t think of any other action other than banning the site, to protest this type of a bad contest and if we think that remaining on that site we can
.. I don’t think that anyone who indulges in making cartoons just to hurt others would ever have wanted to learn anything about that religion because if you want to know, you wish find out, then your attitude is not so bad.
We Muslims can never do anything like this for Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) and Prophet Moses (Peace be upon him) and other prophets (Peace be upon them all), our due respect for them as they are all Allah’s Prophets/Messengers.
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just do as the prohet did..ignore them,,,they will regret what they did surely.