Pakistan bans Newsweek over Van Gogh article

Pakistan bans Newsweek over Van Gogh article

AMSTERDAM � A court in Pakistan has banned the latest edition of US news magazine Newsweek because an article about murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was said to desecrate the Koran.

BBC reported that Islamic parties objected to the article ‘Clash of Civilisations’ because they said it was biased against Muslims. A judge in Islamabad ordered that all copies of the 22 November issue of the magazine in Pakistan be destroyed.