Bangladesh blocks Facebook over prophet drawings (AP)

Bangladeshi Muslim protesters shout slogans as they burn a Swedish flag during a protest against social networking website facebook for holding a competition on caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 28, 2010. According to news reports, Swedish artist Lars Vilks has angered many Muslims by drawing highly blasphemous caricature of the Prophet. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)AP – Bangladesh has blocked the social networking website Facebook over a page urging people to draw images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, joining Pakistan to become the second South Asian nation to ban the popular site over religious concerns.

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