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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan censors yank Indian films, lady singers... |
| 2002-09-01 |
| Afghan state radio will no longer carry the songs of female singers and government TV in the capital will stop broadcasting Indian movies, at least if the stations' director has his way. For the first time since the Taliban regime was ousted nine months ago, audio and video entertainment deemed offensive to Islam is being taken off the air. Okay. Time for us to pack up and go. They can have their rathole back, since they like the fact that it's a rathole... Abdul Hamid Mobarez, deputy minister of information and culture, said state media director Mohammed Esuq had taken a ``personal decision'' to yank the movie off the air. The move was not state policy and was not sanctioned by the government of President Hamid Karzai, Mobarez said. Esuq was not immediately available for comment. He was home watching some porn flicks... Mobarez said Esuq had also banned female singers from state-run radio waves, but the radio station had not heeded the ban. ``We don't agree with what Mr. Esuq has done,'' said Mobarez, who heads a special 10-man committee appointed last month by Karzai to review state media and examine how to make it more appealing to the capital's audience. "In fact, we think he's a nut..." ``Mr. Karzai gave us the authority to decide what is broadcast and the director of Kabul Radio and TV will have to (obey) our decision.'' "This is Afghanistan, after all. If he doesn't, we'll shoot him. The only reason we haven't yet is that when we do, somebody will shoot us..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 So Karzai's neo-Talibanis banned Bollywood. Can Hollywood be next? More reasons why the U.S. should have coalesced with India, Russia and China, last September, and not Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. When will people learn? |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-09-01 20:43:30 |