Finally, police in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province raided 23 cinemas and dozens of video stores. (Brickbats).Finally, police in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province North-West Frontier Province, province and historic region (1998 pop. 17,554,674), c.41,000 sq mi (106,200 sq km), NW Pakistan, bounded on the N and W by Afghanistan. Peshawar is the capital. raided 23 cinemas and dozens of video stores, charging them with showing or selling obscene Offensive to recognized standards of decency. The term obscene is applied to written, verbal, or visual works or conduct that treat sex in an objectionable or lewd or lascivious manner. films. The charges surprised the proprietors, since the national censorship Noun 1. national censorship - censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions board had cleared all the movies. But the province is now ruled by a coalition of Islamist parties that have begun enforcing a version of sharia sharia, the religious law of Islam. As Islam makes no distinction between religion and life, Islamic law covers not only ritual but every aspect of life. The actual codification of canonic law is the result of the concurrent evolution of jurisprudence proper and the much stricter than that used in the rest of the country. The province also has banned music and ordered buses to stop mid route at prayer times. |
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