Religious censorship targets the other: states block minority faiths, rival sects, and apostasy

Take the domains each country blocks NATIONALLY in the Citizen Lab religion category (confirmed across >=3 independent networks) and a sharp pattern appears: states don't block 'religion', they block the religious OTHER — minority faiths, rival sects, and apostasy, each mapped to the country's own official creed. Iran (Shia theocracy, 45 sites) blocks SUNNI Islamic sites (ahlesonnat, almeshkat, almoslim), Bahá'í content, and atheism (atheistalliance.org). Saudi Arabia (Sunni, 9) blocks SHIA theology (aqaed.com) and Christian outreach (light-of-life.com). Russia (2) blocks jw.org — the Jehovah's Witnesses. Turkey (4) blocks Gülen-movement sites (rumiforum) targeted since the 2016 coup attempt. Indonesia (10) blocks ex-Muslim/Islam-critical sites and hardline content alike. Each government aims its religious filter outward, at whoever sits outside the sanctioned orthodoxy. CORROBORATION: Russia's Supreme Court banned the Jehovah's Witnesses as 'extremist' in April 2017, liquidating 395 congregations and blocking jw.org (HRW, USCIRF) — exactly what Voidly sees; for Iran, USCIRF documents systematic targeting of Bahá'ís, Christians, Jews AND Sunni Muslims and notes authorities 'restrict access to thousands of websites, particularly those addressing religious minority groups' (USCIRF, Freedom House) — matching Iran's Sunni/Bahá'í-heavy 45. HONEST CAVEATS: REL-tagged domains only (a floor; per-domain affiliations are the clearest examples, not an exhaustive audit); China near-absent as a MEASUREMENT ARTIFACT (GFW=anomaly), not tolerance — its Falun Gong/Uyghur/Christian suppression is extensive but doesn't surface in the confirmed layer; 'religion' blurs into politics (Gülen, JW framed as counter-extremism — which is the point). Live: /v1/measurement/category-leaders?category=REL.