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Rabat - The controversial Saudi grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said that Twitter, the micro blogging social media site, is nothing more than “a source of lies” and evil, according to AFP.
Twitter is “the source of all evil and devastation,” the mufti was quoted as saying.
“If it were used correctly, it could be of real benefit, but unfortunately it’s exploited for trivial matters,” Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said on his “Fatwa” television show broadcast on Monday.
The Grand Mufti argued that most of young people are wasting their time using Twitter only for trivial matters, denying the fact that Twitter could be a source of credible information and news.
“People are rushing to it thinking it’s a source of credible information but it’s a source of lies and falsehood.”
This is not the first time, he Saudi scholar criticizes Twitter. Last year, he harshly criticized the social media website Twitter, calling it a “council of clowns” and a place for those who “unleash unjust, incorrect and wrong tweets.”
With more than 2.4 million active Twitter users, Saudi Arabia has the highest number of Twitter users in the region, accounting for 40 percent of all active Twitter users in the Arab world.
