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Arabia
Al-Fowzan Denies Al-Jazeera Fatwa
2004-05-26
Sheikh Saleh Al-Fowzan has denied foreign press reports that he issued a fatwa against watching the Doha-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel. “The report is totally false,” Al-Riyadh Arabic daily quoted him as saying.
Maybe he should issue a fatwah against telling big lies?
The German news agency and some websites carried a religious edict attributed to Fowzan in which he allegedly said Al-Jazeera was a Zionist channel.
"The place is crawlin' with Jews! Everybody knows that!"
“The fact is that when I was asked about satellite channels in general, I said it was better to avoid them. I have not mentioned the name of Al-Jazeera. I have prohibited watching only those channels that spread indecency and immorality and create division among Muslims,” the scholar told the Arabic daily.
"I only forbade the ones that have titties on them!"
Posted by:Fred

#1  What's the penalty for falsifying a fatwa?
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-05-26 8:18:22 PM  

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