It’s difficult to keep up-to-date with the latest fatwas. Here are a couple you may have missed. First, camels:
A leading authority within Saudi Arabia’s hardline form of Islam has condemned camel beauty contests as evil, saying those involved should seek repentance.
Camel pageants have become major events in the desert kingdom.
“Everyone must repent of these acts from which no good can come because of its evils, and they should beg forgiveness from God,” said a fatwa, or religious ruling, issued by Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak and a lesser-known sheikh.
And second:
The Islamic Jurisprudence Council banned the use of the verses of the Holy Qur’an as ringtones for mobile phones because it impinges on the sacred character of the Muslim Holy Book, the Saudi Press Agency reported yesterday.
“It is demeaning and degrading to the verses of the Holy Book to stop abruptly at the middle of a recitation or neglecting the recitation, as happens when they are used as ringtones in mobile phones. On the other hand, recording the verses from the Holy Qur’an in phone sets with the intention of recitation and listening is a virtuous act,” the scholars attending the council said in a statement.
Mick Hartley 
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