Comments on: Saudis to Bar Some from Issuing Fatawa http://xrdarabia.org/2009/11/13/saudis-to-bar-some-from-issuing-fatawa/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Halimah bint David http://xrdarabia.org/2009/11/13/saudis-to-bar-some-from-issuing-fatawa/comment-page-1/#comment-25241 Halimah bint David Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:42:53 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9242#comment-25241 Bismillaah I am so happy that they are doing some sort of ban on certain people from issuing fatwa. Allah is the greatest. Ignorant so called ulema should not speak on religious matters at all. Their lying fatwas cause the ignorant Muslims to put their own lives and those of others in jeopardy. Hopefully, the scholars will be able to prevent thousands of deaths and other harms through this ban, inshaa Allaah. Bismillaah

I am so happy that they are doing some sort of ban on certain people from issuing fatwa. Allah is the greatest. Ignorant so called ulema should not speak on religious matters at all. Their lying fatwas cause the ignorant Muslims to put their own lives and those of others in jeopardy.
Hopefully, the scholars will be able to prevent thousands of deaths and other harms through this ban, inshaa Allaah.

]]> By: Me http://xrdarabia.org/2009/11/13/saudis-to-bar-some-from-issuing-fatawa/comment-page-1/#comment-25148 Me Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:25:51 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=9242#comment-25148 Well let's look at what can embarrass the al-Sauds. 1- trivial fatwas against things like pokemon and cameraphones get reported over international media 2- unreasonable fatwas that seem to go, for example, against women also get reported 3- political speech/fatwas of all forms (except praising them of course)...and this is what they're after in any case, they are curtailing speech (business as usual) and implementing an 'officialness' or monasticism to islam which is rejected in islam. the Haj is actually for muslims to exchange views and influx of non-al-Saud followers is, for them, a security risk. the thing is they brought the problems of 1 and 2 onto themselves by restricting 3...which was always restricted. 1 and 2 used to be allowed to give preachers something to talk about. Well let’s look at what can embarrass the al-Sauds.
1- trivial fatwas against things like pokemon and cameraphones get reported over international media
2- unreasonable fatwas that seem to go, for example, against women also get reported
3- political speech/fatwas of all forms (except praising them of course)…and this is what they’re after

in any case, they are curtailing speech (business as usual) and implementing an ‘officialness’ or monasticism to islam which is rejected in islam.
the Haj is actually for muslims to exchange views and influx of non-al-Saud followers is, for them, a security risk.
the thing is they brought the problems of 1 and 2 onto themselves by restricting 3…which was always restricted. 1 and 2 used to be allowed to give preachers something to talk about.

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