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Islam Today website blocks fatwa section
The website Islam Today closed its section fatwa section to avoid violating a Saudi edict permitting only senior scholars to issue religious rulings, Arab News reported Thursday (September 9th).
Islam Today's fatwa section contains 500,000 ruling that are no longer accessible to the public. "We apologize that we cannot receive any requests for fatwas until further notice," Islam Today said in a statement on the site.
The site received about 4,000 requests every day for fatwas. The Saudi Telecommunications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) had already blocked some websites such as "Islam: Question and Answer" and Qadinet.
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عاصم الحكيم Posted 2010-09-20
Blocking the site is a gross mistake and it affects the reputation of Saudi Arabia. They have closed the best site for fatwas, while the malicious liberal, secular and artistic sites that show videos and movies, as well as the sites of the TV channels that are owned by some Saudi princes, such as al-Walid bin Talal and Ibrahim bin Talal, are still accessible and active. This sends a message to the Muslims all over the world that we fight against the preaching and Islam, and we encourage immorality and everything that displeases the Merciful One.