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=== Toys ===

* In another truly bizarre move (although perhaps related to Saudi Arabia's censorship of the female form), [[Barbie]] dolls are banned. They are referred to by the government as "Jewish Dolls" or "Zionist Dolls" and are seen as "symbols of the perversion and decadence of the West." Instead, they came out with a replacement named [[wikipedia:Fulla (doll)|Fulla]]. It's mostly the same, except she promotes Muslim values.

* In another truly bizarre move (although perhaps related to Saudi Arabia's censorship of the female form), [[Barbie]] dolls are banned. They are referred to by the government as "Jewish Dolls" or "Zionist Dolls" (perhaps owing to the fact that the Handler family, particularly Barbara whom the dolls were named after, are Jewish) and are seen as "symbols of the perversion and decadence of the West." Instead, they came out with a replacement named [[wikipedia:Fulla (doll)|Fulla]]. It's mostly the same, except she promotes Muslim values. The ban was lifted shortly after though.

=== Video Games ===

* ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'' was banned [[Qurac|for]] [[Acceptable Religious Targets|obvious reasons]].

* ''Pokemon'' is also banned there too. They denounced it as "promoting gambling and zionism". However, that hasn't stopped some of the media from being obtained, according to [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Controversy Bulbapedia], the Pokemon wiki. The main victim was the Trading Card Game.

== Singapore ==