Bans of Playboy and Playboy Indonesia

In many parts of Asia, including China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and Brunei, the sale and distribution of Playboy is banned. In addition, its sale and distribution is banned in almost all Muslim countries in Asia and Africa, such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. However, it is sold in Hong Kong. In Japan, where the genitals of models cannot be shown, a separate edition of Playboy is published under license by Shueisha.

An Indonesian Edition of Playboy launched in April 2006 but the controversy started before the first issue was published. Even the publisher said that the content of the Indonesian edition will be different from the original edition but the government was trying hard to ban it by using pornographic rules since the Indonesian government cannot ban any media. A local Muslim Organization, the Islamic Defenders Front (IDF), is also opposed to Playboy being published on the grounds that it is pornography. On April 12 a group of about 150 IDF members clashed with police and stoned the editorial offices of the magazine. Despite this controversy, the edition quickly sold out.

Playboy Indonesia has since moved from Jakarta- Java to Bali-Denpasar to avoid confrontation as Bali is more of a tourist resort and less has less muslim population.  Up till today August 2006, Playboy Indonesia has still continued to publish its Indonesian magazines. However, the IDF still has not give up its effort of stopping the production of Playboy Indonesia. It has announced that it will try its best to stop the production but in a civilised way.

In 1986, the American convenience store chain 7-Eleven removed the magazine from its stores. The store returned Playboy to its shelves in late 2003.

In book stores throughout the world it is common for Playboy, as well as other adult publications, to be put on a higher shelf than other magazines thus keeping them out of the reach of children.

Playboy was not sold in the State of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005 but has returned as of 2006. Furthermore, due to declining sales, the last edition of Australian Playboy published was the January 2000 issue.

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