JEDDAH: A leading Shoura Council member has called on the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce and Investment to block sites that advocate terrorism and to prevent the sale of electronic games that teach the use of dangerous weapons, violence and crime.
Dr. Faleh Al-Sagheer, head of the Committee on Islamic and Judicial Affairs at the Shoura Council, also called for a review of the official media as well as mosque sermons in order to ensure that youth do not have access to unknown sources of modern communication for information.
He said the media was responsible for preventing, and warning of, dangerous thoughts and ideas spreading through society, and called for improved monitoring and guidance.
He said more than 7,000 mosques with 700 preachers are in the Kingdom and that the large number warrants taking the matter seriously and monitoring sermons to ensure they include only what will benefit members of the public.
“Our country was and is committed to the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, and the enemies of Islam aim to promote distortion of religion by targeting youth,” he said.
He noted that the recent incident of two young men who murdered their mother and attempted to murder their father was part of a desperate attempt by misguided groups and enemies who seek to distort and destroy religion and weaken national cohesion.
He said such criminal acts showed the extent of shared responsibility in preventing and addressing such deviant thoughts and putting a stop to the communication of these ideas through modern media and online.
Friday sermons have a prominent role in warning against such deviant ideas, he said, and preachers today are required more than ever to diversify and prepare their sermons in order to warn of these thoughts and provide sound arguments that link the people and the youth with their leaders and scholars.
Dr. Faleh Al-Sagheer, head of the Committee on Islamic and Judicial Affairs at the Shoura Council, also called for a review of the official media as well as mosque sermons in order to ensure that youth do not have access to unknown sources of modern communication for information.
He said the media was responsible for preventing, and warning of, dangerous thoughts and ideas spreading through society, and called for improved monitoring and guidance.
He said more than 7,000 mosques with 700 preachers are in the Kingdom and that the large number warrants taking the matter seriously and monitoring sermons to ensure they include only what will benefit members of the public.
“Our country was and is committed to the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, and the enemies of Islam aim to promote distortion of religion by targeting youth,” he said.
He noted that the recent incident of two young men who murdered their mother and attempted to murder their father was part of a desperate attempt by misguided groups and enemies who seek to distort and destroy religion and weaken national cohesion.
He said such criminal acts showed the extent of shared responsibility in preventing and addressing such deviant thoughts and putting a stop to the communication of these ideas through modern media and online.
Friday sermons have a prominent role in warning against such deviant ideas, he said, and preachers today are required more than ever to diversify and prepare their sermons in order to warn of these thoughts and provide sound arguments that link the people and the youth with their leaders and scholars.
