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Muslim anger prompts Pakistan to block Facebook
AP (Via MyWay) ^ | May 19, 2010 | BABAR DOGAR

Posted on 05/19/2010 8:12:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook on Wednesday amid anger over a page that encourages users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

The Facebook page at the center of the dispute - "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" - encourages users to post images of the prophet on May 20 to protest threats made by a radical Muslim group against the creators of "South Park" for depicting Muhammad in a bear suit during an episode earlier this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drawmohammedday; facebook; islam; rageboy
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1 posted on 05/19/2010 8:12:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Where will the next Jihad Jane meet up with her radical boyfriends then?


2 posted on 05/19/2010 8:13:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Simply no sense of humor.


3 posted on 05/19/2010 8:14:58 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I guess I’ll be getting less death threats for being part of the draw Mohammed group.


4 posted on 05/19/2010 8:16:21 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Mr. Mojo

I will not be saddened if the Moslems blow up the entire Facebook system.


5 posted on 05/19/2010 8:18:28 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Mr. Mojo

Just anger? Come on...let’s not block it until they reach outrage.


6 posted on 05/19/2010 8:19:00 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage

Facebook -v- Muzzies,

it’s like watching Notre Dame-v-USC (you don’t want either one to win, so you simply sit for 4 qtrs praying a stadium collapse takes them all out)


7 posted on 05/19/2010 8:24:11 AM PDT by LadyBuck (In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher')
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Muslim Anger”

is there anything about which they are not angry?


8 posted on 05/19/2010 8:26:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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is there anything about which they are not angry?

They do seem defined by the term "thin skinned"...

9 posted on 05/19/2010 8:27:55 AM PDT by GOPJ (Americans..speak of capitalism's glories(rather)than of socialism's greatness. Elena Kagan (thesis))
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To: GOPJ
They do seem defined by the term "thin skinned"...

A quality shared by Obama, not coincidentally.

10 posted on 05/19/2010 8:30:31 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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11 posted on 05/19/2010 8:31:24 AM PDT by Willie Green (Klaatu barada nikto)
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To: PGR88

Yep,their own ignorance,rage, and intolerance


12 posted on 05/19/2010 9:11:46 AM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: Mr. Mojo

Before the Paki government acted, they should’ve checked with Rage Boy.


13 posted on 05/19/2010 9:12:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA (RIP to the country I love...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

LOL So are they keeping it blocked forever? I don’t think the art will be up for only one day?


14 posted on 05/19/2010 9:16:27 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: ScottinVA

Rage Boy is just pissed off because he has 0 Friends.


15 posted on 05/19/2010 9:21:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mr. Mojo

Alright! Tomorrow is Draw Mohammed Day! Can’t wait!


16 posted on 05/19/2010 9:21:47 AM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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To: mnehring

I’m part of that group as well. Glad to see FB not punking out like South Park did.


17 posted on 05/19/2010 9:55:27 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (We need a new underground railroad, this time above ground and based on the facts of liberal slavery)
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To: Mr. Mojo

since all the women wear burquas I imagine there was not much market for Facebook...


18 posted on 05/19/2010 9:57:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Alright! Tomorrow is Draw Mohammed Day! Can’t wait!

Everybody should then make 10 photocopies and mail them to random addresses in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Will be fun to completely shut-down their postal services.


19 posted on 05/19/2010 9:59:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Allahu akbar Allahu akbar!!!


20 posted on 05/19/2010 9:59:11 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (We need a new underground railroad, this time above ground and based on the facts of liberal slavery)
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