Despite the best efforts of the talented Turkish cyberjihadi Ali Hassan, the original 100,000-member Facebook page is back online with all photos, posts and links intact. Running commentary appears as lively as it was May 20.
The news has been flying fast and furious since Everybody Draw Mohammed Day kicked off May 20. Yet no news may be more important for EDMD proponents than reports that the original 100,000 member-strong EDMD page (update: 110,000) is at Facebook after nearly two full days offline. That downtime was the direct result of Turkish cyberjihadi Ali Hassan's successful hacker attacks on the EDMD page creator's computer, and not Facebook self-censorship as many had speculated. The two mysterious and unexplained takedowns on May 20, which had left the main EDMD page inaccessible, reminded many of the South Park Mohammed censorship by Comedy Central. The reporting was not praising.
The newly accessible EDMD page contains apparently complete archives and posts, as well as with over 12,000 entries. The Jawa Report links a hot-off-the-presses interview with the Administrator of the hacked EDMD Facebook page group. Kudos to Facebook for standing up for freedom of speech, and in the face of withering fire directed at them by most everyone, from angry conservative bloggers to enraged Islamist extremists. On that note, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has asked Pakistan's Foreign Minister to lodge an official sovereign protest with the US Government over the "blasphemous" EDMD Facebook page. Now I'm not 100% sure about this one anymore, but aren't we outside of Lahore's legal jurisdiction?
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