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Fatwa against Pokemon Go ?

Jeddah - "The current version of the game is the same as the old one," Shaikh Saleh Al-Fozan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars was quoted saying by Arab News.

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Published: Wed 20 Jul 2016, 9:53 AM

Last updated: Wed 20 Jul 2016, 2:49 PM

A 16-year-old fatwa against the Pokemon Go game has been renewed. The old fatwa(No.21,758) was issued in 2001. The fatwa considers the game as gambling, a practice prohibited in Islam.
According to the Arab News, the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars, on the website of the General Presidency for Scholarly Research and Ifta, has explicitly renewed the fatwa of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas banning the controversial mobile game.

"The current version of the game is the same as the old one," Shaikh Saleh Al-Fozan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars was quoted saying by Arab News.
Many prohibitions were cited in the fatwa for banning the game including the gambling practices as two of the players compete to gain cards holding different prices. Others prohibitions concern polytheism, worship in many gods, logos, advertising of disbelief, forbidden images and other caveats.


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