Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued a royal order confining fatwa (issuance of religious edicts) to members of the Senior Ulema (Religious Scholars) Commission and those permitted to issue fatwas. In the royal order issued today, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques said this order excludes unannounced individual private fatwas on the issues of rituals, dealings and personal matters. The royal order banned tackling any subject that is considered of strange views or obsolete. The royal order said any one violating this arrangement will be punished.
