Archive for the ‘Islamic Censorship’ Category

Alex Aan’s trial begins Thursday Via:- Maryam Namazie Alex Aan‘s trial begins tomorrow, Thursday, with the first prosecution witnesses being called, according to Rafiq Mahmood. Alex is the 30 year old Indonesian civil servant who has been charged with ‘insulting’ Islam in an atheist group in Facebook. Rafiq says: This isn’t just for Alex but [...]

Filming of Egyptian TV series halted  after Islamist students complain of actresses’ ‘indecent’ clothes Filming of an Egyptian TV series at a university in Cairo reportedly was halted after Islamist students protested against “indecent” costumes worn by the actresses, AFP reported. Cairo’s Ain Shams University had given Misr International films, the production company, permission to [...]

Salman Rushdie brushes off call for festival ‘blasphemy’ ban by: Amanda Hodge AN Indian Muslim leader has demanded Salman Rushdie be banned from the country’s biggest literary festival, warning that an invitation to the novelist who endured a fatwa will add “salt to injury”. The vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, one of India’s most influential [...]