A court in Egypt on Saturday ordered the suspension for one month of the YouTube video platform in the country for having the issue of the controversial video about the Prophet Muhammad, reported the Egyptian state news agency Mena . The court ruling obliges the ministries of Communications and Investment to temporarily paralyze the functioning of YouTube on the Internet from this Saturday. According to the agency, the portal-owned U.S. company Google - has not withdrawn that video, despite the existence of previous resolutions demanding an end to its dissemination. In its ruling, the court also considered that YouTube Egyptian " does not respect the faith of millions of Egyptians and ignores the video that generated anger at all Muslims." The dissemination of the tape posted on the Internet last September and allegedly produced in the U.S. prompted large protest demonstrations in the Islamic world and the attack on various U.S. embassies. In that recording, posted on YouTube and about 14 minutes long, scenes from the life of the Prophet, which is presented as the result of an illegitimate relationship, and when it appears having sex with a woman. On 29 January, the Cairo Criminal Court confirmed the death sentence in absentia of seven Copts living in the U.S. and five years in prison for U.S. pastor Terry Jones for the production and dissemination of that video.
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