Censorship Oddities?

[Lemonray]

Anyway, one strange censorship I experienced was on an Arab TV station in Qatar. They were showing Master Chef Australia, but the word "pork" was cut out. Like the audio track was literally blank for any space where "pork" would be said. Although most people in those regions don't eat pork (Islam is the most common religion there afaik), I have no idea why they don't want it to be mentioned.

The general reason has to do with the broadcasters/political rulers deciding to censor all that which is haram in the media, for fear that acknowledging pork/alcohol/substances will, somehow, tempt people into wanting those things. It's mostly just religious guilt, after all those nations aren't exactly fans of individualism or personal choice.

In fact, when I went to Dubai, I noticed a lot of general media censorship that covered everything from cigars to humanoid robots. It was weird.