Pakistan found the Nov. 22 issue of Newsweek had some content in it offensive to Islam; to wit, verses of the Koran appearing on a semi-naked woman's body.
The story was about the murder of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker, who was murdered for blaspheming Islam.
An excerpt from the AP story:
Pakistani authorities have banned an issue of Newsweek magazine for publishing material they said was offensive to Islam, local media reported Friday.
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A government official in Islamabad had ordered the "forfeiture of all copies of the weekly Newsweek of November 22," the state-run agency Associated Press of Pakistan reported, quoting Tariq Mahmood Bajwa, a government official in the capital, Islamabad.
The edition published "objectionable remarks which (were) tantamount to desecration of the Quran," Islam's holy book, the agency said. The report said authorities were considering legal action against the magazine but gave no details.
The action didn't come before nearly all the copies of the Nov. 22 issue had already been sold, said a security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.