Summary Twitter is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil, he said.
RIYADH (Dunya News/AFP) – Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh on Tuesday claimed that the microblogging site Twitter is the “source of all evil”, Dunya News reported.
The microblogging site Twitter popular among both men and women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil, the kingdom s top Muslim cleric said.
"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 late Monday.
Twitter is "the source of all evil and devastation", the mufti said.
"People are rushing to it thinking it s a source of credible information but it s a source of lies and falsehood."
Saudi Arabia adopts a strict version of Sunni Islam, including a segregation of the sexes, that influences all aspects of life in the Gulf kingdom.
