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Saudi fatwa pans 'immoral' TV
Top judicial official says satellite network owners should face trial, even death, for 'bad programs'
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA–A senior Saudi official said yesterday owners of satellite TV networks that show "immoral" content should be brought to trial and sentenced to death if other penalties don't deter them from airing such broadcasts.
Appearing on government-run Saudi TV yesterday, Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan, the chief of the kingdom's highest tribunal, the Supreme Judiciary Council, was trying to mitigate his original decree that it should be permissible to kill television network owners.
Al-Lihedan's fatwa was broadcast last week during the daily Light in the Path radio program in which he and others pass rulings on what is permissible under Islamic law.
A caller asked about Islam's view of the owners of satellite TV channels that show "bad programs" during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, which began two weeks ago.
"What does the owner of these networks think, when he provides seduction, obscenity and vulgarity?" al-Lihedan said. "Those calling for corrupt beliefs, certainly it's permissible to kill them."
Al-Lihedan, 79, did not name a particular TV channel or programs in the radio show, which was taped a couple of months ago.
Yesterday, he said his "advice" was aimed at owners who broadcast witchcraft, indecent programs, shows that mock scholars or the religious police, and comedies that are not appropriate for Ramadan.
A prominent cleric condemned al-Lihedan's edict, saying it encourages terrorism and allows "the enemies of Islam" to portray the faith as one that favours murder. Top judicial official says satellite network owners should face trial, even death, for 'bad programs' ... more -
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