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Lal Masjid’s website ,radio station blocked

ISLAMABAD, April 10 The administration of the Lal Masjid announced on Tuesday that it had launched an international website, Lal Masjid.com, after the blocking of their site by the government.

The move comes after the Lal Masjid issued a fatwa against a minister, Nilofar Bakhtiar, pictured hugging a foreigner following a charity paragliding trip in France, and also threatened to carry out suicide attacks.

We have blocked the website of Lal Masjid and also blocked the radio station, Minister Tariq Azeem said. We will block anything that promotes religious hatred, calls for suicide attacks — this cannot be tolerated, he added.

Mr Azeem said the government blocked the website and an `illegal’ FM radio station under laws brought in five years ago.
Source: DAWN
Date:4/11/2007