Sudanese website accused of "insulting faith, morals" by the

by the BBC's monitoring service

Sudanese website accused of "insulting faith, morals"

Text of report by pro-government newspaper Akhir Lahzah on 13 November

Akhir Lahzah's battle to shut down the sudaneseonline website that
insults faith and morals has been transferred to parliament where the
Media, Information and Communications Committee yesterday discussed
the issue as part of the agenda of its periodical meeting. The meeting
that was chaired by acting chairman, Muhammad Hamid al-Balah,
discussed Akhir Lahzah newspaper's demand to shut down the website
because it contained tremendous insults to Islam, virtuous morals and
Sudanese society's customs.

The head of the communications department of the parliamentary
committee, Abdallah al-Ardab, said the meeting had resolved to arrange
a meeting during the next few days with the National Telecommunication
Corporation to investigate the negative effects of allowing the
website to continue to be viewed in Sudan. Al-Ardab added that the
committee had assigned his department to gather more information about
the website to inform a decision in its regard and to make
recommendations to the state's executive authorities.

Source: Akhir Lahzah, Khartoum, in Arabic 13 Nov 07

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