Iranian cleric calls Facebook 'un-Islamic', membership a 'sin'

[Banana]

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An Iranian ayatollah has said that the social networking service Facebook was un-Islamic and being a member of it a sin, the ISNA news agency reported Saturday.

In Iran, it is common for senior clerics to be asked about their stance on certain social issues and whether these issues are compatible with Islamic norms.

Their answers are regarded as a form of decree.

ISNA on Saturday broadcast coverage of the response of Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi-Golpaygani, a senior cleric, to the question about Facebook and Iranian membership in the social networking service.

"Basically, going to any website which propagates immoralities and could weaken the religious belief is un-Islamic and not allowed, and membership in it is therefore haram (a sin)," the ayatollah replied.

"Only the use of websites propagating religious criteria and not leading to any kind of ethical immoralities is of no problem," he added.

According to official figures released last October, 17 million Iranians have a Facebook account, despite heavy restrictions and filtering imposed by the government.

Due to the popularity of Facebook with younger generations, observers believe that the number of real Iranian Facebook users could be much higher than 17 million.

Iran has a population of 70 million, of which than 60 per cent is under the age of 30.

Over 5 million websites are reportedly blocked in Iran, but Iranians use proxy software and virtual private networks (VPN) to access them.

Iranian officials have, for over three decades, been waging what they call a "battle against the invasion of Western culture."

This has led to blockades of "immoral" internet sites and banned Western music and movies. However, pirated versions of those are easily available on the black market.

The country recently established a cyberpolice unit to better police the internet and even plans to introduce its own national internet, though this has been postponed several times.

Iranian cleric calls Facebook 'un-Islamic', membership a 'sin' - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

[Crive]

who is the ayatollah !
allways saying ayatollah said said !
why people are getting use to these kinda crap talking and in the end of the day we have tons of news without source

i wonder how Reuters and haaretz and all those Zionist media define brain washing and deception !!!

btw Facebook is another spying machine based on social network i find hundreds of bots replaying using weird profile pic
kinda feels like im talking to robots all the time,hearing same thing same rage level same belief .

[somebozo]

I call the Iranian cleric as Unislamic and Heretic..does that make a celebrity?
These kind of statements serves no purpose than some consumption by public idiots!

[Arian]

I call the Iranian cleric as Unislamic and Heretic..does that make a celebrity?
These kind of statements serves no purpose than some consumption by public idiots!

Original Post By somebozo

Well, it depends somebozo. I mean some people ask them on their personal webpages about such things and they say their opinion as a response. As the article says "In Iran, it is common for senior clerics to be asked about their stance on certain social issues and whether these issues are compatible with Islamic norms.". Probably someone has asked him on his website about his opinion regarding facebook and he has said that, to write an article about that and publish it on the internet is not so professional.

[RazPaK]

I don't know about un-Islamic, but I definitely don't use it.

[loveicon]

facebook is already ban in Iran


PS: Do you think my avatar represent the current situation between Iran and NATO+US

[Uchiha]

Aw why re the mullas all asleep in the forum these days? Really feel like arguing with some idiot

[cheekybird]

facebook is already ban in Iran


PS: Do you think my avatar represent the current situation between Iran and NATO+US

Original Post By loveicon

hope they dont ban it in pakistan,its a good way to keep in touch with family n friends all over the world,n yes ur avatar kinda represent the the current situation between iran and nato+us....IRAN HAS GUTS!!!!

[joekrish]

What would he have to say about PDF? Anyways just one persons view its left to the larger group who follow the religion to decide.

[dawud123]

I call the Iranian cleric as Unislamic and Heretic..does that make a celebrity?
These kind of statements serves no purpose than some consumption by public idiots!

Original Post By somebozo

what is wrong with you somebozo. Ayatollah did not use the word facebook. He gave a general statement.

"Basically, going to any website which propagates immoralities and could weaken the religious belief is un-Islamic and not allowed, and membership in it is therefore haram (a sin)," the ayatollah replied.

How you call this unislamic.

[gambit]

what is wrong with you somebozo. Ayatollah did not use the word facebook. He gave a general statement.

"Basically, going to any website which propagates immoralities and could weaken the religious belief is un-Islamic and not allowed, and membership in it is therefore haram (a sin)," the ayatollah replied.

How you call this unislamic.

Original Post By shamsheri

The Internet itself promotes immoralities. The Internet is un-Islamic.

[Arian]

The Internet itself promotes immoralities. The Internet is un-Islamic.

Original Post By gambit

well, there are websites which promotes Islamic moralities too. You can listen to the Koran online for example, that wouldn't be un-Islamic gambit. lol

[dawud123]

The Internet itself promotes immoralities. The Internet is un-Islamic.

Original Post By gambit

"The Internet itself promotes immoralities". This is your view.

[Hussein]

The Internet itself promotes immoralities. The Internet is un-Islamic.

Original Post By gambit

ban is nothing to do with religion.
facebook, twitter, satellite channels (US Iranian channels or US channels for exemple) are banned because they believe that people could live in Iran disconnected ... and just hear the fars news propaganda and the TV that is terribly bad since Ahmadinejad: since Ahmadinejad you have regularly on TV some of the most stupid mullahs explaining really stupid things that even a 10yo kid thinks it is stupid. TV is promotion of stupidity.
yahoo google all is forbidden as well. it is nothing to do with immoralities but avoid any foreign info coming inside Iran.
But of course they know people have family in USA or Europe, they know people give calls, they know people take planes... well all of this is so much laughable but they keep on this pressure anti democratic.
Check all newspapers in Iran: reformist newspapers are closed, no possible critic journalism... welcome in Iran

[Arian]

yahoo google all is forbidden as well. it is nothing to do with immoralities but avoid any foreign info coming inside Iran.

Original Post By Hussein

Yahoo and Google are not forbidden Hussein.