YouTube takes down Dr Israr’s channel for ‘anti-Jews remarks’
LONDON: The biggest video sharing website -YouTube has taken down official web channel of Islamic scholar Dr Israr Ahmed over allegations of carrying anti-Semitic comments.
However, the followers of the Islamic scholar Dr Israr Ahmed expressed resentment over the initiative and claimed that he was a great scholar of Islam who never preached violence and urged his followers to get education and learn modern technology.
Dr Israr Ahmed’s channel had nearly three million subscribers and his lectures were admired by a large number of people.
You Tube sprang into action after the weekly newspaper Jewish Chronicle published several reports on Dr Israr Ahmed and claimed that British Pakistani Malik Faisal Akram, who took Texas Synagogue hostage, was inspired by lectures of Dr Israr Ahmed. He was killed in a shootout with the law enforcement.
In the latest report, Jewish Chronicle interviewed a Youtube whistle blower Khaled Hassan – a former content moderator for YouTube – who claimed that the technology giant ignored his requests when he flagged up the content, which carried hate towards Jews. On Friday, You Tube said it has removed two channels of Dr Israr Ahmed.
Source: The News
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