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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Saudi cleric demands death for TV ''sorcerers'', Islamic Sharia Laws, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic Sharia Laws
Saudi cleric demands death for TV ''sorcerers''

Many of the hundreds of Arab satellite channels have sprung up in recent years specialize in horoscopes and other advice to callers on solving problems that is seen as "sorcery."

In their capacity as judges, clerics of Saudi Arabia''s austere form of Islam often sentence "sorcerers" to death.

Fozan, a member of the Higher Council of Clerics, was responding to a controversy ignited by a Council colleague, Sheikh Saleh AlـLohaidan, who said last week that owners of Arab TV shows should be tried and face death over some shows.

Lohaidan, who is the head of Saudi Arabia''s Islamic Sharia courts, told Saudi radio: "I want to advise the owners of these channels that broadcast programs with indecency and vulgarity and warn them of the consequences ... They can be put to death through the judicial process."

He was referring to comedy shows and soap operas airing in Ramadan, a month of fasting when Muslims are supposed to focus on God. Critics say Ramadan has become an orgy of food and television consumption once the fast ends at sunset.

Fozan said entertainment channel owners should be "banished" but stopped short of advocating the death penalty for them.

http://newageislam.com/saudi-cleric-demands-death-for-tv---sorcerers---/islamic-sharia-laws/d/730


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