Facebook row as Middle East officials ban user 'who insulted Islam'

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    Date: 
    24 March 2010

    All internet providers in the United Arab Emirates have been ordered to block the unnamed user behind the site, after he alleged his claims were supported by verses of the Koran.

    His actions sparked a wave a protest, with many calling on users to boycott the social networking site unless the site was removed.

    After dozens of complaints about the Arabic-language site, titled “God and Prophets”, the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it would ban the user from holding an internet account.

    But that decision was met with more protest from what some viewed as censorship of the internet.

    The user claimed they were an atheist and believed in no God but him/herself, reports in the Middle East claimed.