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| India-Pakistan |
| NWFP gets the government it deserves... |
| 2003-01-01 |
| Police in Pakistan's North-west Frontier Province have burnt thousands of items considered to be pornographic as part of a drive against obscenity. A public bonfire was organised in Peshawar's Jinnah Park to destroy the material which included Indian and English films, posters, "sex tonics", or aphrodisiacs and medicines. "Oooh! It's a book burning! What good, clean, Islamic fun!" Police officials said cassettes and other material were voluntarily handed over to them by video sellers. The provincial police chief, Saeed Ahmed Khan, said the video sellers have been given a 15 January deadline to hand in all such material. Those failing to meet the deadline have been warned of strict action. "Gimme them tapes or somebody'll burn your shop down!" "Here, take 'em, you bastard!" "Thanks for your voluntary cooperation!" The province saw a dramatic takeover in October elections by the far-right Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of Islamic And very loosely defined "obscenity," at that... The crackdown includes a campaign against gambling, pornographic and unlicensed cinemas, and reinforcement of an existing ban on alcohol. "Stop that unseemly frivolty and mirth! Mahmoud! Hit him!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Indian films? Porn? Oh, I forgot: the women's faces and forearms are shown. Disgraceful! Shameless hussies! Incitement to rape! Of course, only Islamists would beat and rape any woman who dares show a shapely nose. Nice of them to admit they cannot behave in a civilised manner, like any other people. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-02 06:10:14 |
| #1 For an Islamic stronghold, they sure do seem to have an awful lot of demand for porn. Oh, what would the Prophet think!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-01-01 22:35:57 |