Pakistan has lodged an official protest with the United States over blasphemous representation of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on a Facebook page, with Islamabad's ambassador in Washington conveying sentiments of the nation to the senior American officials.
The page containing sacrilegious material drew a strong reaction from Pakistan and was removed from the networking webiste this morning. Ambassador Hussain Haqqani talked to US Special Representative for the region, Richard Holbrooke, and expressed the sentiments and strong feelings of Pakistani government and people over the issue, an embassy spokesman said.
Holbrooke assured the Pakistani envoy that he understood the Pakistani and Muslim sentiment over appearance of the images, which are offensive to all, the spokesman added. The embassy also sent an official protest to the US Department of State over the holding of a blasphemous contest on the website Facebook, saying it has "immensely hurt and discomforted the people and the Government of Pakistan."
The embassy urged the United States government to "take effective measures to prevent, stop or block this blasphemous contest immediately," pointing out that according to the laws of commerce and business, the website "Facebook" is governed by the legal jurisdiction of the United States.
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