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Holy man issues edict against Saudi big turbans
2009-03-02
A Saudi religious scholar has issued an edict calling for the prosecution of a royal tycoon and another Saudi businessman, accusing the men of being as dangerous as drug dealers because the TV channels they own broadcast films. The edict issued by Youssef Al-Ahmed, a government employee, is unusual in that it publicly chastises two such prominent Saudi figures by name - Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Waleed Al-Ibrahim, a brother-in-law of the late King Fahad and owner of the Dubai-based MBC Group media conglomerate. It also comes about six months after the former head of the kingdom's highest tribunal said it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show content deemed immoral. He did not name anyone specific.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Y'know, I'm not sure. There may be some "restructuring" necessary in the global Dar-ul-Sunni, because lately the Dar-ul-Shia seem to be hogging the spotlight, and the Iranian mullacracy's Da'wa shock troops (Hamas and Hezb'Allah) are making their statement the old-fashioned, Big Mo-approved way - at the points of their swords.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-03-02 11:13  

#3  Any bets on his projected survival?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-03-02 10:11  

#2  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is hardly a holy man...he's the prince who's bin buying off America's leading universities. He owns Georgetown and Harvard outright - he has John Esposito's nvts in a jar over his fireplace and Noam Chomsky on speed dial.

He's one of the premier Da'wa specialists in the West, especially among the chattering classes, and it's interesting that Back Home in Ol' Araby may be souring on him.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-03-02 08:50  

#1  It is long past time that wealthy Saudis should have discovered that "turbulent priests" are rarely missed.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-03-02 07:30  

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