September 17, 2008
News post
RIYADH — Under Islamic law, household mice and their cartoon counterparts — including Mickey Mouse — must be killed, according to a Saudi Arabian cleric.
Muslim cleric Sheikh Muhammad Munajid has claimed that the mouse is “one of Satan’s soldiers” and makes everything it touches impure. He warned that depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, and Disney’s Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable.
The cleric, who was a former diplomat at the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC, was asked to give Islam’s teaching on mice during a religious affairs programme broadcast on al-Majd TV, an Arab television network.
According to a translation prepared by an American press monitoring service, Mr Munajid said: “The mouse is one of Satan’s soldiers and is steered by him.According to Islamic law, the mouse is a repulsive creature. How do you think children view mice today, after Tom and Jerry?”
.“Mickey Mouse has become an awesome character, though it should be killed in all cases.”
- The Daily Telegraph
>> haha... Poor Mickey n his friends... Bet they never imagined they would be religious sacrifices.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 11:05