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Govt blocks 19 sites related to radicalism

The Communications and Information Ministry has instructed Internet service providers (ISP) to block 19 sites deemed related to radicalism, an official said on Monday

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Mon, March 30, 2015

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Govt blocks 19 sites related to radicalism

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he Communications and Information Ministry has instructed Internet service providers (ISP) to block 19 sites deemed related to radicalism, an official said on Monday.

Ministry spokesperson Ismail Cawidu said the order was based on a request from the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT). '€œThe BNPT has analyzed the sites and considered them to contain radicalism,'€ he said as quoted by Antara news agency.

The 19 sites are arrahmah.com, voa-islam.com, ghur4ba.blogspot.com, panjimas.com, thoriquna.com, dakwatuna.com, kafilahmujahid.com, an-najah.net, muslimdaily.net, hidayatullah.com, salam-online.com, aqlislamiccenter.com, kiblat.net, dakwahmedia.com, muqawamah.com, lasdipo.com, gemaislam.com, eramuslim.com and daulahislam.com.

Ismail said the ministry was open to input and urged people to report to the ministry if they found sites with radical views.(idk)(+++)

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