Russian Court Bans Controversial Anti-Islam Video

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A Russian court has banned the offensive anti-Islam video that portrays the Prophet Mohammad as a womanizer, Reuters reports

Moscow’s Tverskoy Court ruled that the crude video, which was made in the United States and portrays the Prophet Mohammad as a fool and a womanizer, was “extremist”…

 

Under legislation that goes into effect on November 1, Internet sites carrying content banned in Russia will be placed on a register, after which Internet providers will have one day to block access…

 

Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, one of the opponents of the new law, said last month that the video could be used as a pretext to close down YouTube.

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