Twitter 'source of all evil': top Saudi cleric
"If it were used correctly, it could be of real benefit, but unfortunately it's exploited for trivial matters," Sheikh Abdul Aziz al Sheikh said on his "Fatwa" television show broadcast late Monday.
Twitter is "the source of all evil and devastation", the mufti said.
"People are rushing to it thinking it's a source of credible information but it's a source of lies and falsehood."
Saudi Arabia adopts a strict version of Sunni Islam, including a segregation of the sexes, that influences all aspects of life in the Gulf kingdom.
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The grand old mufti's Grand Wisdom or lack thereof lies exposed to all and sundry. Thought control, no freedom of expression in addition to existing physical controls - is re-introduction of slavery his grand muftious philosophy?
Isn't religious fanaticism a bigger source of evil?
He's sponsored by Facebook !
He is right there were no problems and evils before Twitter came into use. All the evils would be gone if Twitter is banned. Just like all evils are gone from Pakistan after we banned You Tube. Grand Mufti cannot be wrong and we have to follow him blindly without questioning.
babajee we people enjoy evil let us be there...!!
Saudi clergy and the modern world are north poles apart!
Since he said it on TV show called Fatwa, so is it considered Fatwa now and banned to use Twitter in Saudi Arabia? What else can you expect from a cleric? Someone needs to point out to him it is not Twitter, it is people who lie. And there is no way to regulate that.