20 May 2013

Twitter Will Damn Your Soul, Warns Saudi Religious Police Boss

The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has condemned Twitter and all those who use it.

Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said a Saudi who uses social media sites – specifically Twitter - “has lost this world and his afterlife”, the BBC reports.

He added Twitter was “the platform for those who did not have any platform”.

It comes as the country ranks second among the world’s fastest growing countries on Twitter. [Huffington Post UK] Read more