Posted by
Reeson on Monday, January 15, 2007 7:09:18 PM
This is the mentality that is a threat to us, folks. Excerpts from
NewsMax:
A group of Islamic clergy in Saudi Arabia has condemned the letter "X” because of its similarity to a hated banned symbol – the cross.
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which has the ultimate say in all legal, civil and governance matters in the kingdom, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against the "X.” It came in response to a Ministry of Trade query about whether a Saudi businessman could be granted trademark protection for a new service with the English name "Explorer.”
Among the commission’s earlier edicts is the 1974 fatwa declaring that the Earth is flat.