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News and Events => Political and Legal News => Topic started by: DriftingCrow on September 26, 2013, 07:31:02 PM

Title: Pakistan Blocks The Country’s First LGBT Website Because It Is Un-Islamic
Post by: DriftingCrow on September 26, 2013, 07:31:02 PM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/pakistan-blocks-the-countrys-first-lgbt-website-because-it-i
Author: Tasneem Nashrulla Source: BuzzFeed

Pakistan's Internet watchdog blocked www.queerpk.com, the country's first LGBT website, because it was deemed to be against Islam, reported the Agence France-Presse.

"We blocked the website under the law because its content was against Islam and norms of Pakistani society," said a spokesman for the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority.

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You might remember the first discussion of the website from a prior news post (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,146676.msg1203611.html#msg1203611).