Saudi judge says it's OK to kill some TV execs

[Phx_Dem]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.

The 79-year-old Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan said Thursday that satellite channels cause the "deviance of thousands of people."

Many of the most popular Arab satellite networks, which include channels showing music videos often denounced as obscene by Muslim conservatives, are owned by Saudi princes and well-connected Saudi businessmen. Lihedan did not specify any particular channels.

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.

More at:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/09/13/20080913SaudiTVFatwa0913.html

[Orrex]

1. Dupe - But worth repeating!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3486888&mesg_id=3486888

[DJ13]

2. I hope they consider Fox News immoral

[aquart]

3. Would that include ABC...because there are a few there....

If we could cut off the heads of some TV moguls....bad thing? Really? What if we made a primetime show of it?