May.01.2007 When I think tolerance, I think Muslims
From Boing Boing, Facebook shut down a group for Muslim homosexuals due to complaints from the Saudi, Egyptian, and ubiquitous and vague “Arab” governments.
The governments of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab regimes have complained to Facebook about the group “Arab LBTG” (Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Gay) saying it goes against Islamic code of conduct. They threatened to ban Facebook if their countries’ users still had access to it. After Facebook received the complaints, they contacted the group’s owner and demanded that the group be closed. After the owner refused, Facebook then closed the group themselves.
Poor Muslim men. It’s not like they have many organic places to pick up other guys. No bars for them called the “Hi-Jack-Er” (that’s a masturbation joke, FYI…it was hard making a good terrorist gay sex pun), their cells are probably less than tolerant of gay men, and the Mosque is just not appropriate. Really, the Internet is the last beacon of light for the modern homosexual Muslim man.
And there’s a certain off-putting irony about companies like Facebook kowtowing to pressures. It illustrates how far the Internet has come when an Internet company that was started by a 21 year-old and was designed for college kids to post drunken pictures of themselves and offers an option to search just for “Random Play” is now banning groups as a result of political pressure from Arab countries. Anyway, something to keep an eye on. Internet accountability kids…the next big thing.
UPDATE: Gay Muslims are figments of your imagination…as is the banning of their groups. According to Gawker’s commenters, this was a hoax. I guess that’s the difference between our commenters and theirs. Theirs quickly solve rumors, mine say things like “cars chasing greys.” Point: Gawker.
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