Twitter is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil, Saudi Arabia's top cleric said, in comments that sparked lively debate Tuesday on the microblogging site. "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." "This is why I will repent, and close my account to distance myself from this great evil," one Twitter user wrote with apparent sarcasm. "Respected sheikh, how can you judge something without using it?" another post asked. But a supporter of the sheikh wrote: "I swear the mufti has spoken the truth; the evils of Twitter are many."
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