Pakistan bans Wikipedia over refusing to remove “blasphemous" content.

The fatwa against Salman Rushdie pertained to a specific and not a general ruling, implying that it was only applicable to Rushdie in order to set a precedent. 

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The protests were sparked last week, when two officials commented on the Prophet’s private life in a TV debate.

India finds itself in the throes of a major diplomatic storm in the wake of Islamophobic remarks by the ruling party spokespersons.

Pakistan has been the scene of violent protests after the government apparently backed out of its commitment to expel the French ambassador over the blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in France.

France’s president claims he “understands” the backlash that has been caused by his anti-Islam remarks, but still insists on his support for blasphemy against the religion.