Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Turkey’s Dianat (religious affairs) Department has been given the right to seek to ban anti-Islam websites according to a bill passed by the parliament, internethaber reports.
According to the new law, all the websites with anti-Islamic and sacrilegious contents will be blocked. This also includes websites which put Quranic publications online without permission from the publishers.
The Dianat Department can sue the websites’ owners and the court will give orders to block the websites.
Some secular parties have criticized the law claiming it is against Turkey’s Constitution and would lead to political and religious censorship.
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