Yet Another Ringtone fatwa

A Saudi-based Muslim clerics' organization has banned the use of Koranic verses as rngtones after a six-day meeting in the holy city of Mecca, a statement said on Thursday, reports the AFP.

"It is forbidden to use verses of the Koran as mobile telephone ringtones because any such use would damage the Koran by their abrupt interruption of the psalm verses or by sounding in inappropriate places," said the fatwa, or religious edict, issued by the Islamic Jurisprudence Council."

Previously:

-- Religious leaders squabble over Koran ringtones

-- A Fatwa Against Ringtones

-- Muslim clerics in India: No Quran verses as cell phone ringtone

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