Turkish court orders Facebook to block pages Insulting Prophet Mohammad

It has been reported by Huffington Post, quoting Reters, that 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.

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.

The Turkish court order comes after French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's adamancy to continue publishing derogatory cartoons of Prophet Mohammad, that has already caused murder of 12 people in Paris.

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Half of French oppose Charlie Hebdo caricatures

The Charlie Hebdo caricatures of Prophet Muhammad has drawn an almost 50-50 reaction fromt he French people it self. A recent poll  shows that almost half in France believe cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed should not be published. 

It may be added that this clear division opinion appears after the recent attack by gunmen at the offices of Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people in apparent revenge for publishing cartoons of Mohammed - an incident that has led to a fierce defence of France’s freedom of speech laws by politicians, media and millions of French citizens.

The poll found that 42 percent of French people oppose the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, which are considered blasphemous and highly offensive by many Muslims.

Half of those questioned also said they believed there should be "limitations on free speech online and on social networks".

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Growing anger across Muslim world over Charlie Hebdo

Protesters in Chechnya took to streets against Charlie Hebdo - Photo: Reuters / Daily Mail

In the wake of derogatory caricatures about the Prophet Muhammad, there have been widespread demonstrations in the Muslim world against the so called freedom of speech and against Charlie Hebdo.

More than 2,000 Iranians also protested outside French embassy in Tehran urging the ambassador to be expelled, while protesters marched through Grozny in Chechnya carrying posters that read 'Hands off our beloved prophet.'

Protesters gathered in the main market square in Bannu, Pakistan, chanting 'Death to the government of France', before setting fire to dozens of French flags and an effigy of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

It may be added that Russia, which has a large and restive Muslim population and waged two devastating wars against Chechnya in the 1990s, offered its condolences to France after the attack but has warned local publications against reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.

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