Bangladeshi cleric issues fatwa on Facebook emoji

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A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric with a huge online following has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook's 'haha' emoji to mock people.

Muslim Bangladeshi cleric Ahmadullah has more than three million followers on Facebook

On Saturday he posted a three-minute video in which he discussed the mocking of people on Facebook and issued a fatwa, an Islamic edict, explaining how it is "totally haram " for Muslims. "But if your reaction was intended to mock or ridicule people who posted or made comments on social media, it's totally forbidden in Islam," Ahmadullah added.

 

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