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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries

In: Routledge Handbook of Media Law
Monroe E. Price; Stefaan Verhulst; Libby Morgan (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), pp. 253-268

ISBN 978-1-13-885888-6

Signature commbox: 10-Rights-E 2015

Faith-based censorship: the legal and regulatory frameworks -- Faith-based censorship: the religious root -- Role of religious authorities in enforcing faith-based censorship -- The internet as a destructive force -- Fatwas as religious dividing lines on web activities --The Islamic Internet -- Censoring 'Innocence of Muslims' movie trailer -- Intricacies surrounding faith-based censorhsip -- Faith-based censorship contested