Facebook has found itself in hot water with a second country in a matter of days, as a result of ‘objectionable’ material posted on the site about the Prophet Mohammed.

Authorities in Bangladesh have placed a block on the social networking site over the content, an official of the country’s telecoms regulators said on Sunday.

It is believed that the ban, which came into effect the previous day, would be temporary.

Bangladesh became the second Muslim country in a matter of days to take down Facebook, after a court in Pakistan earlier ruled a competition on the site to draw an image of the Prophet was offensive, and blocked access.

The Bangladeshi government acted following protests in the capital, Dhaka, against images on the site which, aside from the Prophet, also included likenesses of several of the country’s political leaders, including the Prime Minister and leader of the opposition.

A man was arrested and questioned by police in Dhaka on Saturday over the images.

But in a TV interview, professor of computer science at Bangladesh’s Shahjahal University of Science and Technology, Mohammed Zafar Iqbal, urged the immediate lifting of the ban, because of the possibility of counter-protests by Bangladeshi youths.