SAUDI ARABIA: 'Pure' Islamic alternative to YouTube launched

Los Angeles Times ^ | 9/6/09 | staff

[Nachum]

In a move to preserve religious and moral values in cyberspace, a group of unidentified Saudis have launched a "clean" Islamic alternative to the leading video-sharing site YouTube.

Naqa means "pure" in Arabic. The website offers a collection of edited and Islamically "clean" clips from YouTube under the banner, “Participate with us in a clean website."

Site administrators censor video clips that express critical views of the government, Islamic scholars and members of the Saudi royal family.

[Nachum]

Pure horse sh*t

[lmr]

I’ll bet they don’t take down the Jihadi sniper and IED videos that will certainly be posted.

Wait... Youtube doesn’t do that, either.

So much for a ‘clean’ website.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Psst:

Don’t tell them. It’s actually a Mossad operation.

[james500]

Tell me about it...Maybe they’re stupid enough to put up some facebook pages too.

[prisoner6]

Eill they keep "Hot for Words"? Howsabout "Red State Update"?

prisoner6

[MetaThought]

It will be clean and safe for all those Jihadist videos. Clean and safe from all those heathen exposed female faces! *gasp*

[tet68]

So, what? It’s just a blank screen?

[MarineBrat]

[Question Liberal Authority]

Site administrators censor video clips that express critical views of the government, Islamic scholars and members of the Saudi royal family.

So it will be exactly the same as regular YouTube.

[OldSpice]

This is because the Muzzies get toasted on YouTube, unless they disable or moderate comments on their videos.

Look up Pat Condell and Peter Kuriakose on YouTube. They both destroy the faith of Muslims with their own Islamic theology.

[sheik yerbouty]

They have a technical breakthrough! Their videos will reek of goats!

[Dallas59]

Burka Girls Gone Wild!

[Pining_4_TX]

This is funny, considering that the royal family has a reputation for living on the wild side when they are out of the country.

[Tamar1973]

I guess I won't have to worry about them creatively editing my cooking videos since "In keeping with Saudi Arabia's strict religious and moral codes, music videos and clips featuring women are also banned."