Which satellite channel is Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan referring to when he issued the fatwa to kill the owners?
Written by al-Ustaz on Sunday, May 27th, 2007 in Media & Journalism.
The headline:
Saudi: OK to kill owners of ‘immoral’ TV networks
The link to the story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201266.html
The link to the audio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwUIezqoNI
The snip:
Saudi Arabia’s top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.
The 79-year-old Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan said Thursday that satellite channels cause the “deviance of thousands of people.”
Many of the most popular Arab satellite networks _ which include channels showing music videos often denounced as obscene by Muslim conservatives _ are owned by Saudi princes and well-connected Saudi businessmen. Al-Lihedan did not specify any particular channels.
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Follow up questions:
Why no mention of the viewers personal responsibility?
Why put the burden on somebody else to keep yourself clean?
Has this leader “hijacked” Islam with his call to murder?
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