Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police, has gone public with a renewed attack on the use of social media sites, particularly Twitter. He warned citizens that the use of sites like Twitter guarantees that the user “has lost this world and his afterlife.”
Social media sites are a growing rage for Saudi citizens and a headache for the government. Like other repressive governments, the Kingdom sees these sites as threats in allowing free speech and association.
The imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca in April has also denounced the use of Twitter as anti-Islamic and a threat to national unity. He declared Muslims on Twitter to be “fools.” It appears less foolish to denounce a social media site as an offense to God.
The Kingdom is particularly concerned with how Twitter has been used to keep people informed of human rights activists who have been tried for the crime of free speech. Leaders on the Web have been detained while others have been charged with apostasy and other crimes for statements made on these sites.
The more that repressive government seek to ban Twitter the more they remind us of the value of this resource as a force for freedom around the world.
Source: BBC
So nice to see that Atheists are such racist, hate filled individuals. Guess I’ll stick with my religion.
How’s that Islamopandering working out for you?
One of the saddest things I find about our human race is that so many spend their lives fearing death, that they never get a chance to live.
If Saudi govt would start acting in accordance with the Quran and not merely supporting their govt and social tradition, they would have NOTHING to fear from social networking sites. Instead, they impose their rules and customs on people and then punish them for daring to question it. Had the Saudi govt stuck to the straight path, they would welcome the revelation of the truth, but they have a shame for the truth they are living because they know that they have strayed from what they claim to base their faith upon and it is an embarrassment because it is SHAMEFUL behavior on their part.
Oh dear! What if I tweeted a picture of my breakfast? Pork sausage, ham, bacon, and Freedom Toast! Ima gonna go to dat der heck place!
Rise up Islamic Citizens….. their ‘heaven’ is just another version of Hell!!!!
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Muhammad didn’t have nukes, planes or guns either. This man will burn in hell himself. People don’t like me using Twitter either. My account has been hacked twice.
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Now, find that in the Koran, I dare you!
@Amy
Pretending the voices in one’s head derive from an unsubstantiated sky-tyrant, and then imposing those beliefs upon others by way of public legislation or threats, is insane, actually.
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