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Date: 1998-06-28
AOL/Zensur durch Mirrors abgeschmettert-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating xx.x.xx.x AOL/Zensur durch Mirrors abgeschmettert Das Up/datum (siehe oben) stimmt so. Wir gebens zu, das haben wir verschlafen: AOL zensuriert auf Druck aus Ägypten eine Site, die sich satirisch mit dem Koran auseinandersetzt. Inzwischen sind die ersten Mirrors schon ans netz gegangen. -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- http://byrden.com/suralikeit http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7143 http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1998/6/26koran.asp -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- 6.26.98 When America Online shuttered a Web site that parodied the Koran yesterday, it was a startling instance of the worldwide reach of Internet censorship. But the aftermath was perhaps even more startling -- showing how hard it is to suppress a communication system that has anti-suppression reflexes. AOL shut down a customer's Koranic-parody site after protests from Egypt. But at least one identical site immediately sprang to life. Then still another site appeared, devoted to discussing the controversy -- and reproducing the original site that AOL closed. Some Muslims in Egypt said they were offended by the parody site because it contained language similar to verses in the Koran, the holiest book in Islam. "This is aggression on the human heritage and sacred values not only of Muslims but of all humanity," said Ahmed Omar Hashem, president of al-Azhar University in Cairo, in an interview with Reuters. Reuters also reported the university was not certain whether AOL was legally responsible but was considering suing the company. AOL refused to name the author or describe the material it found offensive, according to Reuters, other than to claim the site was not "appropriate content." From Cairo, Ahmed Omar Hashem characterized the parody as an unacceptably "frivolous" treatment of holy writings. Calls and e-mails from free! to AOL were not returned. But once identical sites were posted on other servers, everyone on Internet could read the parody and judge for himself or herself. The pressure from Egypt was not without precedent: AOL, CompuServe and other international Internet publishers have been pressured by local and national governments to censor material that might offensive to a few in one country. In a widely noted case, images posted from U.S. computers led to the criminal conviction last month of a CompuServe regional manager in a court in Germany. The prosecution appealed the conviction, arguing it was unreasonable. And even if parody, frivolous or not, is no longer "appropriate content" on AOL, parody of the Koran may have been invited by the Koran itself, which says: "And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it and call on your witnesses besides Allah if you are truthful." (Chapter 2, verse 23) Another word for a chapter of the Koran is Sura. According to one report, the offending site's URL was http://members.aol.com/SuraLikeIt. relayed by Adam Clayton Powell apowell@freedomforum.org -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- TIP Download free PGP 5.5.3i (Win95/NT & Mac) from Arge Daten http://keyserver.ad.or.at/pgp/download/ -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1998-06-28 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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