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Saudi Judicial Head Says Islamic Law OK's Killing of TV Broadcasters

By Howard M. Friedman

Yahoo News reported yesterday that the head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Judiciary Council says that it is permissible under Islamic law to kill owners of satellite TV channels that broadcast programs calling for immoral conduct. During Thursday's "Light in the Path" radio program, Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan responded to a listener's question by saying: "What does the owner of these networks think, when he provides seduction, obscenity and vulgarity? Those calling for corrupt beliefs, certainly it's permissible to kill them. Those calling for sedition, those who are able to prevent it but don't, it is permissible to kill them." [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on September 13, 2008 (boomark / email).