India and Pakistan blocks film clip on Prophet Muhammad
September 14, 2012
Source: MM Network
By: Media Mughals
The film clip on Youtube mocking Prophet Muhammad has been blocked both in India and Pakistan following the violence in Libya and Egypt.
The Internet Service Providers in India have confirmed of the sites being blocked in India. Following the orders from the government the controversial film trailer has been blocked. Similarly an order from the Ministry of Information and Technology in Pakistan had ordered for the blocking of the trailer from Youtube.
Further Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, also said on Tuesday in a Twitter message that the YouTube video would be blocked in the country, though the video-sharing site would not be blocked.
India and other countries are taking decisions to block the trailer through local Internet service providers, as Google has said the video, which is widely available on the Web, is clearly within its guidelines and so will stay on YouTube.
In the fear that the controversial video would spark communal violence the Indian government has ordered for the blocking of the site.
The protest against the trailer has already created anti US stir in the Arab Country and also taken the lives of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
The authenticity of the full film, "Innocence of Muslims" has been called into question since the embassy protests began, but the trailer has continued to circulate on the Internet and by Thursday had 1.3 million views on YouTube.
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