Afghanistan bans cable television on religious grounds
The Afghanistan Supreme Court has temporarily banned cable television after complaints by religious leaders that broadcasts were offensive to Islam. It’s not clear when services might resume. The ban adds to an earlier ruling prohibiting the broadcast of foreign films.
Chief justice Mawlawi Fazel Hadi Shinwari says cable broadcasts in several districts of the Afghan capital had offended religious leaders, prompting him to impose the ban.The plug was instantly pulled on transmissions in Kabul after Mr Shinwari’s ruling late Monday in response to an appeal of a ban last month on cable television in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
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“Mullahs and religious representatives in the district of Kabul have complained against the broadcast of pornographic and anti-Islamic films on cable TV channels,” he said.
– ABC, Afghan court bans ‘offensive’ cable television.