Wrong to issue fatwas on the Internet, says Saudi imam
The imam of a mosque in the Muslim holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia has said that it is wrong to issue fatwas or religious edicts on the Internet.
“It is wrong to think that from the Internet, science can be revealed and Sharia [Islamic law] can be developed,” said Sheikh Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, the imam of the al-Qubba mosque in Medina.
“One cannot use these means to issue fatwas,” he said. during the transmission of the first Saudi channel dedicated to the dangers of al-Qaeda propaganda on the Internet.
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