Indonesian cleric declares selfies sinful under Islamic law

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These days, many Muslim women take selfies without shame, says cleric.


Popular Indonesian cleric Felix Siauw declared selfies sinful and urged people to avoid taking them, especially women, Quartz reported.

Taking to his Twitter account, the cleric said that those who took selfies were succumbing to pride, ostentation and arrogance.

Referring to women, Siauw said that women who indulged in taking selfies were shameless and unpure.

With over one million followers on Twitter, the cleric tweeted These days, many Muslim women take selfies without shame. There are usually nine frames in one photo with facial poses that are just My Goodness wheres the purity in women?

According to The Daily Mail, he said that selfie-takers were desperate for social media views which made them ostentatious, adding that taking selfies made people feel cooler and that weve fallen into the worst sin of all arrogance.

Of course, this provoked retaliation on Twitter against his messages by many Indonesians. Hundreds of men and women have started posting selfies on the social media using the hashtag #Selfie4Siauw.

Some even took a comical approach by posting selfies with a camel and a great white shark using the same hashtag.

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Much recently, a prominent religious scholar in Saudi Arabia who issued a fatwa against snowmen.

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source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/828859/indonesian-cleric-declares-selfies-sinful-under-islamic-law/

 

[aliahmad297622]

100% Muslim Indonesia great Muslim country

 

[y2sag]

100% Muslim Indonesia great Muslim country

Bhai ji I hv been to indonesia. Its no different then Bangkok. Rather its more creepy...

 

[sarbakaf]

dear also give opinion of 1 million other scholars
why to promote one

 

[Spartacus]

Muslim cleric ;)
1 ) Printing press is sinful and stupid followers avoid to print any book in Muslim area atleast next 250 years.
2) Clock is sinful in the beginning and now no MUSJID you would find without clock.
3) YouTube is sinful ---- On my foot ;)
4) A lot of other things is sinful ;)
5) They have mouth and they have to use their mouth to be in public and no matte on what cost --- again on my foot ;)

 

[Bilal Yousaf Khan]

سیلفی لینا گناہ کاکام ہے

جکارتہ: انڈونیشیا کے عالم نے فتویٰ جاری کیا ہے جس میں کہا گیا ہے کہ سیلفی فوٹو گرافی گناہ کاکام ہے اور بالخصوص خواتین کے لیے تو یہ گناہ اور شرمناک عمل ہے۔

انڈونیشین عالم نے ٹوئٹر پر کہا کہ جو لوگ موبائلز کے ذریعے سیلفیز لیتے ہیں وہ غرورو تکبر اور نمود ونمائش کے مرتکب ہوتے ہیں اس لیے یہ ایک گناہ کا فعل ہے۔ آج کے اس دور میں کچھ مسلمان خواتین شرم و حیا ایک طرف رکھ کر سلیفیزکرتی ہیں۔

ان کا کہنا تھا کہ سیلفیز کرنے والے اور بالخصوص خواتین اس عمل کو اس لیے اختیار کرتی ہیں تاکہ اسے فیس بک پر لگایا جائے تو کیا وہ اس سے اپنی نمائش نہیں کرتیں اور اس طرح کا کوئی بھی عمل اسلام کی سوچ اور فکر کے خلاف ہے لہذا یہ لوگ اس عمل سے بدترین گناہ میں ملوث ہوجاتے ہیں۔

http://www.express.pk/story/322163/​

 

[wajidkhan]

Im sure when you do some thing wrong it always click in your heart until n unless you admit it as wrong and avoid to do same in future, same here if you think saying of molivi sb is wrong/right do research urself before acting over it.

 

[Believer12]

Re: سیلفی لینا گناہ کاکام ہے

ہمیں اسلام کسی انڈونیشی ملا سے نہیں سیکھنا جو فوٹو لینے کو برا سمجھتے ہیں اسی طرح اسلام ملائیشن مولوی سے بھی نہیں سیکھنا جو اللہ کے نام کو صرف مسلمانوں کی ملکیت سمجھتے ہیں ،اسلام سیکھنا ہے تو بانی اسلام نبی پاک pbuhکی سنت سب سے عمدہ طریقہ ہے​

 

[blatant]

no concept of research in SO CALLED MOSLIMS of today.

what the west and indian media dictates in Pakistan is true depiction of Islam APPARENTLY.

so yes, this maulana from indonesia needs to get 100 lashes, right? MOSLIMS OF PAKISTAN!

go and take another selfie. Allah will give you huge ajar in times to come.

btw this reaction is probably coming from same MOSLIMS who consider dance parties as rightful enjoyment, and where singing and dancing is just fine so long as its done within decency !!!!:13:

few scholars have breached this subject in past. but they all should get ISLAMIC LASHES hey!

afterall, pakistan is supposed to be the HEART OF ISLAM! isn't that what is claimed?

 

[yahya.khan]

this is just an opinion of one man out of thousands.accept it or reject it (with logic)
its not issued by Indonesian govt.

 

[Conservative liberal]

I was talking to an indonesian friend of mine over this, he was amazed to hear this news. He was surprised that how this news appeared in international media. There are many good things going on in indonesia, but media will only bring out spicy news.

 

[alimula]

Re: سیلفی لینا گناہ کاکام ہے

Nabi(saw) is not founder of Islam but True Messanger of Allah... and Nabi(saw) nvr tok selfie....:13:

ہمیں اسلام کسی انڈونیشی ملا سے نہیں سیکھنا جو فوٹو لینے کو برا سمجھتے ہیں اسی طرح اسلام ملائیشن مولوی سے بھی نہیں سیکھنا جو اللہ کے نام کو صرف مسلمانوں کی ملکیت سمجھتے ہیں ،اسلام سیکھنا ہے تو بانی اسلام نبی پاک pbuhکی سنت سب سے عمدہ طریقہ ہے​

 

[Chaudhry_1960]

لوجی اب انڈونیشیا کے ملا بھی بول پڑے , لگتا ہے اسلام جیسا مکمل اور خوبصورت مذھب غلط اور انتہائ جاھل قوموں پر اتار دیا گیا ذرا سوچیں اگر اسلام کسی تعلیم یافتہ مغربی ملک میں آیا ہوتا تو آج کہاں ہوتا,

 

[atensari]

[h=1]Facebook being used to blackmail Pakistan girls[/h]Karachi: As Facebook and other social sites are growing day by day in Pakistan, an important Asian country, hundreds of girls are being blackmailed by the social networking sites forcing them to limit activities to their homes and even to commit suicides.According to the reports of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) available to The News Tribe, Pakistan largest independent news website, cyber crimes are rampant across the country specially a number of educated, respectable and distinguished girls are being blackmailed.“About 99 percent of complaints are being lodged by girls that their accounts are hacked and profile picture edited,” FIA sources revealed.“After that indecent pictures are uploaded on Facebook and other social websites,” they added.“Hackers also develop fake accounts in the name of these girls and after that use vulgar language while communicating with family members and friends of such girls.”According to a survey report, there are more than 20 million Internet users in Pakistan and 5 million people use Facebook and other websites.“FIA’s cyber crime wing receives 70 percent of complaints regarding Facebook,” the sources said and added that hundreds of girls are compelled to leave their education and attracting job after being blackmailed through hacked Facebook accounts.A popular daily reports that five hackers were arrested on charges of blackmailing of innocent and educated girls via Facebook.Many edited indecent videos and pictures have been recovered from their possession.Most of incidents of blackmail occurred after culprits failed to get engaged with any girl or breaking up engagement with that girl.“As a revenge they hack the accounts to teach a lesson to that girl and her family,” the FIA officials noted.Many girls have been rusticated from their educational institutes and colleges after their fake porn movies and pictures were developed and uploaded on internet.According to FIA Cyber Wing Sindh, efforts are being put up to arrest culprits involved in blackmailing of relatives of government officers; so far only a couple of culprits have been apprehended.In a scenario where the social networking sites have changed lives of people of Pakistani and other countries, it has also affected lives of millions.In countries like United States, United Kingdom, India, European states and last but not least Pakistan, Facebook has been termed as a security threat emerging as a tool to blackmail people and even risking their lives.“The major reason behind this growing trend is unavailability of effective laws of Cyber Crime in Pakistan leaving common people at the helm of criminals,” they said.“Personal data like details, pictures and videos which are uploaded on different social media sites including Facebook is being used wrongly and everyone should be cautious while uploading his or her personal bio data.”

 

[Karachi boy]

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These days, many Muslim women take selfies without shame, says cleric. STOCK IMAGE

Popular Indonesian cleric Felix Siauw declared ‘selfies’ sinful and urged people to avoid taking them, especially women, Quartz reported.

Taking to his Twitter account, the cleric said that those who took selfies were succumbing to pride, ostentation and arrogance.

Referring to women, Siauw said that women who indulged in taking selfies were ‘shameless’ and ‘unpure’.

With over one million followers on Twitter, the cleric tweeted “These days, many Muslim women take selfies without shame. There are usually nine frames in one photo with facial poses that are just – My Goodness – where’s the purity in women?”

According to The Daily Mail, he said that selfie-takers were desperate for social media views which made them ostentatious, adding that taking selfies made people feel ‘cooler’ and that we’ve fallen into the worst sin of all – arrogance.

Of course, this provoked retaliation on Twitter against his messages by many Indonesians. Hundreds of men and women have started posting selfies on the social media using the hashtag #Selfie4Siauw.

Some even took a comical approach by posting selfies with a camel and a great white shark using the same hashtag.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/828859/indonesian-cleric-declares-selfies-sinful-under-islamic-law/

 

[Karachi boy]