Pakistan
Telecom Authority bans ‘offensive’ text messages
including the use of ‘Jesus Christ’
A Pakistani Christian leader has attacked
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) who is
reported to have told mobile phone companies to begin
blocking text messages containing “obscene” words
including “Jesus Christ.”
The
PTA has reportedly ordered operators to begin screening
text messages by November 21, 2011.
Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman, British
Pakistani Christian Association, has told the ASSIST
News Service that one of those “offending” words is
“Jesus Christ.”
“The inclusion of the name of Jesus
Christ within this list of offensive words is another
example of the intense hatred that resonates within
Pakistan towards Christians,” stated Chowdhry.
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and Satan barred from text messages in Pakistan