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September 22, 2008

Kuwait Blocks Access to YouTube for "Displaying the Koran in the Form of Songs Sung With Stringed Instruments"....

The horror!......

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait has ordered local Internet service providers to block online video-sharing website YouTube over clips that could offend Muslims.

"Since the website displays the Koran in the form of songs sung with the oud (stringed instrument) ... and displays disrespectful pictures of the Prophet Mohammad ... please proceed with immediate effect in blocking the website www.youtube.com," read a copy of a memo obtained by Reuters.

The Ministry of Communications was not immediately available for a comment. The website could still be accessed in Kuwait on Monday.

Islamist and tribal groups managed to increase their grip on parliament in the pro-Western Gulf Arab state's May elections with some deputies demanding Kuwaiti broadcasters show more religious content.

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There's always LiveLeak.

I haven't got an oud, but I could try a wobbleboard ...

Slay the infidels now, sport
Slay the infidels now
Strike terror into their hearts, sport
Strike terror into their hearts

Don't take Christians as friends, Ahmed
Don't take Christians as friends
Same thing is true of the Jews, Mahmoud
You'll end up like them if you do

Unbelievers are the heirs of hell, Shabelle
Unbelievers are the heirs of hell
Make them have fear of allah, Abdallah
Make them have fear of allah

Throw the koran in the bin, Djinn
Throw the koran in the bin
Or flush it down the dunny, Honey
Flush it down the dunny

So we flushed down the dunny, Honey
After we set it alight

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