Example #[infinity] of why religions are so ridiculous: Pakistan shuts down Facebook over a page that promotes "Draw Mohammed Day."
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority issued the order a day before "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day," scheduled by a Facebook group with the same name. "Obviously it (the blocking of Facebook) is related to the objectionable material that was placed on Facebook. That is why it is blocked," said Khoram Ali Mehran of the telecommunication authority.
Check out Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! on Facebook. No reason not to — aside from defying the will of Allah and being damned for eternity, along with having your throat slit as a godless infidel. (Seriously…death threats have been made by Islamic crazies._
I thought of submitting my own caricature of Mohammed, since this is prohibited by a few supposed hadiths (sayings) of the prophet, and I like defying religious conventions.
But I'm a lousy artist.
And on the Facebook page I found a drawing by someone who shares my artistic sensibilities. So I'll share this drawing of Mohammed as my contribution to the cause of laughing at religious fundamentalism.
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Oh, no! Now Pakistan has blocked You Tube also. (Along with some Wikipedia pages and newspaper links.)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196773/pakistan_extends_web_site_ban_to_include_youtube.html
How are Muslims devoted to watching sexy Beyonce videos going to survive? I imagine there’s a lot of praying to Allah going on right now. “Please bring back my You Tube.”
South African cartoonist Zapiro has drawn Mohammed and it has been published in The Mail and Guardian.
There has been reaction, discussion, court and a follow-up cartoon.
Drawing on http://richarddawkins.net/articles/473065-south-african-cartoon.