Twitter 'source of all evil': top Saudi cleric

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The crazy things some of these clerics can come up with when they have nothing to say about many of those in their own region who do evil things.

Twitter 'source of all evil': top Saudi cleric
By AFP
Published: October 21, 2014


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"People are rushing to it thinking it's a source of credible information but it's a source of lies and falsehood,"said Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh. PHOTO: AFP

RIYADH: The microblogging site Twitter popular among both men and women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia is nothing more than “a source of lies” and evil, the kingdom’s top Muslim cleric said.

“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.”

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