On April 12, Pakistani forces arrestedSaad Rizvi, the head of the recently outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), who called for civil disobedience unless the French ambassador is expelled – a reaction against what he considered blasphemous depictions of the Prophet in French media outlets.
An Egyptian Ramadan TV series, Al Tawoos (literally, peacock), is investigated by the country’s media regulatory body over complaints that the show contains indecent language offensive to family values.