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Pakistan bans 'The Da Vinci Code'

Published Sunday, Jun 4 2006, 20:31 BST | By Peter Stiff
Pakistan has banned The Da Vinci Code following calls from both Christians and Muslims.

Screenings and possession of the film has been prohibited by the country's Ministry of Culture.

"The film is sacrilegious to all religions, that's why we did this," the ministry's secretary, Jalil Abbas, said.

Police in the Islamic country have been ordered to conduct raids and confiscate pirated copes of the film.
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