The Saudi daily Al-Riyadh reported on Wednesday that Google began blocking the YouTube pages accessing the movie in the kingdom.

The Saudi daily Al-Riyadh reported on Wednesday that Google began blocking the YouTube pages accessing the movie in the kingdom.

In a move of solidarity, Saudi Arabia has threatened to block YouTube in the kingdom if Google does not respond to a request to deny access to the US offensive film against Islam, the official SPA news agency reported Tuesday.

“Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission has ordered host companies in the kingdom to block this movie from internet users and has also requested Google to block all YouTube links circulating the film,” SPA reported.

“If this request is not met, the commission will block YouTube altogether,” SPA said, also quoting the Saudi telecoms as urging citizens to report any links through which the film can be viewed.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan and Bangladesh have blocked access to YouTube after the video-sharing website failed to take down the initially obscure the offensive film.

The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen have ordered blocking access to all websites carrying the video.

Google has denied access to the videos in Malaysia, Indonesia, Libya, Egypt and India.

The Russian communications minister on Tuesday warned that his country could follow suit.

“It sounds like a joke, but because of this video… all of YouTube could be blocked throughout Russia,” Minister Nikolai Nikiforov wrote on Twitter, about the anti-Islam film.

“If there is a court decision and YouTube does not take off the video, then access will be limited,” he said.