Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Amid renewed controversy over a fatwa by Kuwaiti cleric Othman Al-Khamis regarding images of women on social media, Saudi academic and writer Turki Al-Hamad commented on a tweet about Al-Khamis , considering that the problem lies in the “talkers of God”.
The controversy resurfaced again last week on social media platforms on Thursday’s Othman fatwa “that women are not allowed to post their photos, even if they cover their hair” on communication platforms such as “Instagram”, “Twitter” and “Facebook”. It wasn’t the first time the controversy over this fatwa has appeared on his YouTube channel since 2014.
The fatwa spread again in the media last week amid the interaction of many people between supporters and opponents of the opinion on Thursday, and the report of the Kuwaiti electronic newspaper “Al Majlis” stated that “tweeters begin to remove the their images interacting with the Thursday fatwa, whose authenticity CNN could not verify in Arabic.
And between the attack on Othman Al-Khamis’ opinion and his defense, Al-Khamis supporters published a photo of him accompanied by the phrase “Your problem is with God and not with Sheikh Othman”, in defense of his opinion. the writer Turki Al-Hamad commented: “The problem is not with God at all … the problem is with those who speak for God.” The problem is with the signatories on behalf of the Lord of the Worlds.
Here are some of the tweets for and against Thursday:
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