from the where-free-speech-meets-the-road dept.
|| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 07, @13:20 (Censorship) ||
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/07/1651256 |+——————————————————————–+

Nom du Keyboard writes “The New York Times is reporting that [0]Muslimgroups are attempting to censor Wikipedia because of images of Muhammad contained in the article about him. ‘A Frequently Asked Questions page explains the site’s polite but firm refusal to remove the images: “SinceWikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group.” The notes left on [online petitions against the page] come from all over the world. “It’s totally unacceptable to print the Prophet’s picture,” Saadia Bukhari from Pakistan wrote in a message.”It shows insensitivity towards Muslim feelings and should be removed immediately.”‘”
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