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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 11:23 AM
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Saudi judge favours killing TV-channel owners for obscenity
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Source: CBC News

A senior judge in Saudi Arabia has declared on state radio that it is acceptable to kill owners of satellite TV channels that air immoral programs.

Sheikh Salih Ibn al-Luhaydan made the comment on Friday in response to a listener who asked his opinion about TV programs that feature scantily-clad women during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to BBC News.

Salih al-Luhaydan is chairman of the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council.

... "The owners of these channels are as guilty as those who watch them," said the sheikh. "It is legitimate to kill those who call for corruption if their evil can not be stopped by other penalties."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/09/13/saudi-judge-tv.html
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