Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has formally contacted YouTube andrequested to restore religious scholar Dr. Israr Ahmed’s channel.
According to PTA officials, PTA has written a letter to the YouTubeadministration and asked the video-sharing platform to unblock Dr. IsrarAhmed’s YouTube channel.
Official sources revealed that the unilateral shutdown of Dr. Israr Ahmed’schannels, a prominent Muslim scholar, raises questions about the arbitrarylimits of online expression. The closed Youtube channel included videos ofDr. Israr Ahmed explaining Islamist discourse including Quranic teachingsand lectures on the implementation of the Islamic system in the social andcultural field etc. Such videos are only intended for the purpose ofeducating the viewers, sources added.
PTA in its letter stated that Dr. Israr Ahmed is a prominent Muslim scholarand his lectures are for education purposes and cannot be included in hatespeech.
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The biggest video-sharing website, YouTube had taken down the official webchannel of Islamic scholar Dr. Israr Ahmed over allegations of carryinganti-Semitic comments.
