The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has declared that Twitter is an appalling waste of time, mind, and soul. O give us a break, you have so many other issues there that Tweeter should not be your major concern. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh mused that anyone who uses Twitter “has lost this world and his afterlife.” Sadly we never heard such a strong reaction from this man when it came to terror acts on 9/11 or more recently in Boston but Twitter censorship seems to be a priority for The Kingdom of Saudi.
It may well be that the Sheikh’s biggest concern is that so many of his people are now enthusiastically posting uncensored thoughts on Twitter and his regime is losing control. Maybe as the head of the religious police he should learn to pray more? Or what about building some churches in the region?
Saudi Arabia is said to be the fastest-growing tweeting nation. While it is hard not to disagree with the fact that Tweeting is a complete waste of time, it is hard to take anything seriously from a nation that still finds amputation for theft an acceptable practice and even has problems with a woman driving a car alone. You have many issues in Saudi Arabia Sheikh al-Sheikh and sadly it will take more than 140 characters to fix them. Tweet that!
