After going after Booze, Bikinis and Pyramides, Egypt Islamist MPs now want to ban porn sites

After going after Booze, Bikinis and Pyramides, Egypt Islamist MPs now want to ban porn sites.(BM).Cairo: Egypt’s ultra-conservative al-Nour religious party said on its Facebook page on Monday that the party’s MP Younis Makhioun has put forward a request for an “urgent briefing” to ban pornography websites from the Internet in Egypt.The request is expected to be discussed shortly in Egypt’s lower house.The news saw praise and condemnation alike from Egyptians as many commentators showed support and urged for the ban to be passed, while others objected on the loss of personal freedoms.Others feared that it would not stop at pornography sites, but would go on to crackdown on other websites conservatives believe go against their creed.
Statistics and reports conducted regarding the use of the Internet to view pornography material suggest that every second 28,258 people around the world are watching pornography online.
Almost $3,075.64 is spent on these websites at that time.
Shockingly, a new adult film is being produced every 39 minutes in the United States alone.
In 2011, Egypt landed in the number five spot globally in searching for “sex” online, joined by Algeria and Morocco also in the top 10, according to Google trends. Number One was Sri Lanka, Followed by Nr. 2.Pakistan, Nr.3. India and Nr.4. Vietnam.
Arabic language is used second only to English as the language of search choice for adult content online.Read the full story here.