A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block a number of pages deemed
insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, threatening to stop access to the
whole social networking site if it does not comply, local media
reported.
The order made by the court on Sunday
followed a request by a prosecutor, state broadcaster TRT reported. No
one from Facebook was immediately available for comment.
It
was the latest move to crack down on material seen as offending
religious sensibilities in the largely Muslim nation, where the
government of President Tayyip Erdogan is seen pursuing an
Islamist-leaning agenda.
Earlier this month,
prosecutors launched an inquiry into a newspaper which reprinted parts
of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in the wake of an attack by
Islamic militants on its offices in Paris.
(Reporting by Gulsen Solaker; Writing by Jonny Hogg
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