issued by “Saudi Arabia’s top judiciary official.” So reports the Associated Press:
The 79-year-old Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan said Thursday that satellite channels cause the “deviance of thousands of people.” …
Al-Lihedan is chief of the kingdom’s highest tribunal, the Supreme Judiciary Council. Saudi Arabia’s judiciary is made up of Islamic clerics whose decrees, or fatwas, on everyday issues are widely respected. Their fatwas do not have the weight of law. In the courts, cleric-judges rule according to Islamic law, but interpretations can vary….
TheNational (United Arab Emirates) reports that the judge later “sought … to play down his comments.” Originally,
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