Ruh Roh! Another Porn Banning!
 

Whatever shall we do??

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080519/...as_internet_dc

Hamas bans pornographic websites in Gaza Strip

Mon May 19, 12:27 PM ET

GAZA (Reuters) - Islamist group Hamas has told the main Palestinian telecoms company to block access to pornographic Internet sites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said on Monday.
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Gaza's Ministry of Communications said in a statement that telecommunications firm PALTEL has agreed to block Internet users in the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave from viewing adult websites starting this month.

"The aim of the move is to protect the Palestinian community from cultural pollution and to protect the young generations from the misuse of the Internet through viewing pornographic sites," Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nono said.

An Internet provider in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas seized in June after routing President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah forces, estimated that about 400,000 Gazans surf the Web and said almost half of them were aged 18-35.

Attacks against video stores and Internet cafes have increased over the past two years. Some of the attacks had been claimed by radical Muslim groups who say such places run contrary to Islamic values.

Other Muslim countries such as Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia also control access to some political, social and pornographic websites.

PALTEL could not immediately be reached for comment.

(Writing by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Editing by Avida Landau and Ibon Villelabeitia)

I'm glad I don't live there....those fuckers are crazy.

damnit. all of my joins came from there. well, not all, but at least, well, 0 of them.

its easiter to ban it then come up with reason why they dont have them.....there out of fresh water..food..gas..batteries...soap..etc etc

"Taher al-Nono" - what an appropriate name

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

He called porn "cultural pollution"!!!

While he does have a point there (hehe), maybe they should work on the other forms of pollution in Gaza first, such as this:

http://www.mena.gov.ps/part3/Image22.jpg

...and the mental pollution that brainwashes people into becoming suicide bombers:

http://samueljscott.files.wordpress..../04/hamas2.jpg

ADG

yup its hard to force religion down the gullet of informed people

it will start with porn & move onto news from outside their sources

Well I guess those guys should actually keep an eye on other problems than who's jacking off to what..

Hahaha! :1orglaugh

would have thought porn woudl be the last priority.. but hey..

Arab Street Hookers for life baby!

Funny :thumbsup

i guess some person here got a point :):):)

Right, like that must be the cause of all of the Middle East's problems.