Instagram Deletes Gay Muslim Comic Strip After Indonesia Protests

A comic featuring gay Muslim characters has disappeared from Instagram after officials in Muslim-majority Indonesia threatened to ban the social media platform from the country entirely, reports The New York Times,

“The Instagram account, @Alpantuni, first appeared in January with the tagline,'” the Times reported. ” Its Indonesian-language comics addressed gay identity and religious bigotry, and depicted men with their shirts off and in bed together, though never fully nude.”