battle has been taken online. It started in Pakistan where Muslims
brethren have decided to boycott Google.
Muslims in Nigeria too have now joined their Pakistani brethren,
circulating messages encouraging other Muslims in the country to
boycott the popular search engine. The messages are circulated through
Facebook, Blackberry, etc. Also included in the message is a long list
of other alternative search engines which can be used instead of
Google.
According to them, the offence of Google is that "Google has refused
to stop showing this fitna movie that made fun of our Prophet
(sallallaah 'alayhu wa sallam) even at the request of the White House
under the excuse of freedom of speech!!!" They continued: "Know that
if Muslims stop using Google search engine for one week they will lose
millions of dollars!! So, Muslims and non Muslims please support us in
this boycott!!"
Meanwhile, some experts have been wondering whether this move is a
smart one, especially on the part of the Pakistanis who are believed
to do a lot of business through Google – as a matter of fact, a lot of
them are believed to make their living through online businesses which
they market using Google tools.