however, the application was subsequently pulled from itunes four days later, and two days after that, google announced that the al-manar app had been removed from google play. maha abouelenein, head of communications for the mena at google, subsequently stated that "we remove applications that violate our policies, such as apps that are illegal or that promote hate speech" although she added that "we don’t comment on individual applications – however, you can check out our policies for more."