30 March 2011

Saudis print fatwa against protests

Saudi Arabia is printing 1.5 million copies of an edict by religious scholars outlawing protests as "un-Islamic".

Saudi managed to stifle an attempt to stage a mass protest on 11 March with a large security presence on the streets. The fatwa is to be printed at the request of the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh, who heads the clerics council. [Scotsman] Read more [via National Secular Society]