Turkish Court Plans To Shut Down Facebook

A Turkish court has threatened to shut down Facebook indefinitely if it ignores the directive to block pages deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed.

According to Punch, the ruling came after Turkish prosecutors investigated and found images it considered offensive  on Facebook, following a deadly attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo on January 7.

The court ruled on Sunday that Facebook would be shut down altogether in Turkey if it fails to implement the order, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
In its first issue after the attack by two Islamist gunmen, Charlie Hebdo featured an image of the prophet weeping on its front cover holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign under the heading “All is forgiven”.
The image sparked outrage in some parts of the Islamic world, including Muslim-majority Turkey, where many find the depiction of the prophet highly offensive.
It would be recalled that on January 7, 2015, two gun men stormed into the offices of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and killed 12 people, this was followed by numerous outraged reactions.
The magazine is famous for its provocative images related to politics and religion, and has for quite a time been the target of protests by outraged Muslims and Islamic extremists, after publication of unflattering depictions of Prophet Muhammad.