Next time you are visiting Pakistan, be sure to watch what you are texting on your cell phone. For example, if you tried to send the following message “Don’t forget to lock the back door and pick up my Athlete’s Foot powder. Thx” you’d soon discover your message had been intercepted and blocked under order of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) who have reportedly instructed all Pakistan’s mobile phone companies to block messages containing “obscene” words. 

A letter dated 14 November, apparently written by Muhammad Talib Doger, an official at the PTA, has been leaked to Pakistani media.

It states that mobile phone operators should begin screening the words, provided on a list attached to the letter, within seven days.

"We have received both the dictionary and the memo and we're discussing a way forward," said Anjum Nida Rahman, corporate communications director for Telenor Pakistan.

Some of the choices on the list have baffled Pakistani mobile phone users, many of whom have taken to Twitter to ridicule the move. Syed Adnan Yousuf, tweeting as @AdnanWhy, asked: "Why is 'head lights' banned? What am I missing here?"

Some people have suggested bypassing the ban by replacing words with their number on the PTA's list.

Here’s a partial list of the alleged “obscene” words list:

• Athlete's foot
• Flatulence
• Jesus Christ
• Monkey crotch
• Back door
• Bewaquf (foolish)
• Bakwaas (nonsense)
• Wuutang (a presumed reference to American rap group the Wu-Tang Clan)

Wouldn’t it have been fun to be a fly on the wall when the geniuses at the PTA sat down and came up with this list?

Whether or not you are cheering for or yelling against today's "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," it is critical to take a moment and reflect on the importance of freedom of speech.

On this increasingly popular day, we have harnessed the opportunity to showcase the importance of freedom of speech, and raise awareness without being offensive.

Click here to see how intolerant radical Muslims are by asking – Can Your Religion Take a Joke?

Pass this video on to your friends and family. Take action. Celebrate freedom of speech by raising awareness today.

I am sure most of you have heard about the latest South Park drama. Basically, creators Matt Stone and Trey Park depicted Mohammad in a bear costume in the 200th episode of the show. They said that the joke was that he had to be in a suit because they couldn't portray him otherwise. As it turns out they basically received death threats anyways. Now, the site revolutionmuslim.com that initiated the threats has now been hacked. Sounds too funny to be true? It gets better. Now an organization called "Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor" have announced that May 20th will be Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. In the poster below you can see that their goal is to water down the pool of targets and defend the first amendment. First off all, this is an extremely creative way to stand up for freedom of speech. We should continue to look for creative and smart ways to get our point across. However, is it possible this is going to far? Can we come up with a better way to protect our rights and freedoms without being offensive?

Bus ads in Miami offer support to those interested in leaving Islam. The ads went up and then were quickly pulled down as CAIR claimed they were anti-Islam. After a week of controversy, Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller announce a "major victory for free speech and religious freedom."

Is this sort of advertising anti-Islamic, to say, "Fatwa on your head?" Does it assume that all Muslims live in a situation where their families are threatening them?

Below you can discuss whether or not this bus advertisement is appropriate.