Publication Date:
Wed, 2004-05-26 03:00
JEDDAH, 26 May 2004 — 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. 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 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.
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