Saudis print fatwa against protests

Published on 29/03/2011 15:33

Saudi Arabia is printing 1.5 million copies of an edict by religious scholars outlawing protests as "un-Islamic".

Saudi managed to stifle an attempt to stage a mass protest on 11 March with a large security presence on the streets. The fatwa is to be printed at the request of the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh, who heads the clerics council.