A small step in the direction of common sense, following up on this story. From The Register, with thanks to Richard:
Yahoo! has reversed its decision to stop people registering Yahoo! IDs which include the letters “allah”.
The Reg was contacted yesterday by a reader – Ed Callahan – who was having trouble registering his mum – Linda Callahan – for a Verizon email address – provided through a Yahoo! portal.
But Yahoo! got in touch with us this morning to say it is now accepting Yahoo! identities which contain the letters “allah”. The Callahans will be overjoyed.