…has now admitted Pakistan into its midst, after a Facebook group called for members to ‘Draw Mohammed’.

Pakistan now joins Syria, China, Vietnam and Iran – albeit temporarily.

The group, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!, calls on its 43,000 supporters to draw the Prophet today.

The ban, issued by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, will last until 31 May.

However, a number of Islamic lawyers have indicated the group as sound reasoning for a comprehensive suspension.

Ironically, the group’s objective resides in free speech – though it seems to have broached the fine line between freedom and offense:

[The group] hurt us very badly, very seriously. They should have regard for sentiments of Muslims, and they should not repeat such displays. They should know that if they are going to do such activities, certainly their business will suffer. [Source]

(As an aside, when I tried to find the Facebook page it returned no results, save for a group requesting its removal – Facebook admin possibly beaten Pakistan at its own game of censorship?)

On a lighter level, Tweet theories are already running rife that it is the United States behind the blackout, as “They want to track Osama. If there’s no recent activity on his profile, they know he’s in Pakistan.”

Yup. Osama must be beating his cave walls in frustration as his Farmville plot descends into chaos and his Fishville inhabitants go belly-up.