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Twitter is for “promoting lies”: Saudi Mufti
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| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin Jan 29, 2012 02:46am |
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| News Date | Sunday, January 29, 2012 08:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti (religious chief) has launched a virulent attack on the social networking site Twitter, saying it has become a platform for promoting lies, newspapers in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Sunday.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, in a Friday prayers sermon, was referring to what he described as countless Fatwas (Islamic edicts) by Muslim scholars from Saudi Arabia and other countries.
He said those scholars are promoting false allegations, issuing erroneous fatwas and attacking venerated religious and social personalities.
“This website has become a platform for trading accusations and for promoting lies used by some just for the sake of fame…this is a very dangerous practice which must be avoided by real Muslims,” he said.
“There are well know means for constructive criticism but Twitter and other websites which publish lies and distortions are dubious means which should be avoided by good Muslims…we should not listen to this website or make it our main source of information and knowledge…”
Sheikh Abdul Aziz urged Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police-- the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice-- to crackdown on users of Twitter website, adding that there are several other “good and useful” websites which can be seen by Muslims. |
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