Website Islam-QA.Com is blocked by Saudi King

[شمله ور خراساني]

RIYADH, September 3 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia has blocked a website of a Muslim scholar, popular for dedicating a major section for issuing fatwas (religious edicts) to visitors seeking religious consultation, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya reported.
The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) blocked access to Islam-qa.com (Islam: Question and Answer) of Saudi-based Syrian Sheikh Muhammad al-Munajjid apparently because of violating a royal order saying only approved scholars can issue fatwas, the network reported Friday on its website.
Earlier this month, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz issued a decree, restricting the issuance of fatwas to only approved members of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars.
The move came after several fatwas issued by independent scholars have triggered heated debates in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
The decree curtailed the appearance of a number of popular clerics in public media. Controversial Royal Court adviser Sheikh Abdul Mohsen al-Obaikan has been reportedly stopped from presenting his daily morning radio show in the wake of the royal decree.
Another live daily show program featuring Sheikh Abdullah al- Rukban, a former member of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, was taken off air for the same reason.
Another popular preacher, Youssef al-Ahmed, was ordered last week to stop giving unauthorized fatwas after he called for boycotting a supermarket chain that employs women as cashiers because it was a violation of Islamic law.
According to Al Arabiya report, many scholars have removed fatwa sections from their websites after the CITC move.


Saudi blocks scholar website after fatwa control decree: report

[Dukemina]

Interesting...

[Haneef]

islam-qa should be blocked by the whle world, bunch of wahabis running around giving fatwas

[Mayana]

Ironic, Wahabis blocking the Wahabi site lol

[Abdul Haq]

That is good, only registered scholars can give fatwas, because it is not just a mere educational matter every so called scholar could do it..

[Abdul Haq]

What makes it interesting?

Lol.. that is some thing creative..

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

Ironic, Wahabis blocking the Wahabi site lol

Salafis are divided into two groups:

1) The palace scholar's association
2) The terrorist glorifying group of exiles

The palace scholars do everything the Saudi royal family tells them. They're the rubber-stamp association for the royal family. That's why the kingdom only wants their voice to be heard and has banned this 'outside' scholars.

The other group consists mostly of men who are either proven criminals or those who are in hiding or on the run. Some of those criminals are Sheikh Faysal, Sheikh Omar Abdul Rehman, Anwar al-Awlaki, Ayman al-Zwahiri and Denver the Last Dinosaur.


While the two groups share the same rituals and theological beliefs, they differ on political grounds. Their favorite past-time is making takfeer upon one another and laughing at Shi'33es.

Almost all the terrorist organizations of the world, save for the Israeli and American states, can be traced back to these jolly men.

[Dukemina]

And then there's the "good" kind that Haneef doesn't believe in :P kidding, what's a Wahhabi? Should we ask sufi's to tell us what Wahhabis are or should we ask amreekans For gods sake why doesn't someone actually ASK the "Wahhabi's" themselves?

The article is interesting cause Saauds wanna control the islamic fatwas too now at first it was just them wanting to control Muslim time (with their big clock) how ambitious.

[Abu Hurayrah]

The website is working,
If someone considers Shaykh Ibn Saleh Al Munajjid as someone who is just making up fatwa's, then there is something seriously wrong with that person.

[Talal]

What makes it interesting?

Good one

[Haneef]

And then there's the "good" kind that Haneef doesn't believe in :P kidding, what's a Wahhabi? Should we ask sufi's to tell us what Wahhabis are or should we ask amreekans For gods sake why doesn't someone actually ASK the "Wahhabi's" themselves?

The article is interesting cause Saauds wanna control the islamic fatwas too now at first it was just them wanting to control Muslim time (with their big clock) how ambitious.

No such thing as a good wahabi, is there a good khariji