Judges at the high court in Dhaka ordered the telecommunications regulator, home ministry officials and police to block the offending pages immediately. — File photo

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Wednesday ordered authorities to shut down five Facebook pages and a website for blaspheming the prophet (pbuh), the Quran and other religious subjects, a lawyer said.

Judges at the high court in Dhaka ordered the telecommunications regulator, home ministry officials and police to block the offending pages immediately.

These pages contain disparaging remarks and blasphemous cartoons about the prophet, the Islam’s holy book of Quran, Jesus, Lord Buddha and Hindu gods, Nawshad Zamir, a lawyer of the petitioner who brought the case, said.

“They mostly targeted the prophet and the Quran. These pages hurt the sentiments of the country’s majority Muslim population and the followers of other religions. ” —AFP