[governance] ICANN stumbling on a hornet nest

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

It seems that these religious applications are gaining lots of attention
from the media. I was interviewed by Reuters last week, and the reporter
who interviewed me tried to understand the nature of the sensitivity of
applying for TLDs such as .islam, .halal, and .shia.

The Arab region (Libya, Iraq, Syria...) and the Islamic world (Pakistan,
Kashmir, Afghanistan...) have enough issues to deal with, leave alone
dealing with issues related to the online world.

Fahd

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin at well.com> wrote:

>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Domain-names-spark-dispute-among-religious-groups/articleshow/16130800.cms
>
> Today, more than 6600 complaints for 1931 gTLD applications
>
>
> https://gtldcomment.icann.org/comments-feedback/applicationcomment/viewcomments
>
> *Let's put up a $185K award for the last one !*
>
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