Posters try to ban colour cell phones

Not something handset manufacturers will want to hear. Cellular News reports that posters have been appearing in walls in Jerusalem calling on "Torah fearing Jews" not to buy or sell mobile phones that have colour screens. The posters are signed by several orthodox Rabbis. "It is thought that the campaign is based on the fact that the handsets have access to the internet, which is frowned upon by selected Jewish sects".

"The influential Belz Hasidic sect imposed a ban on internet access to its members in October 2000 due to the existence of pornography on the internet". [ Cellular News ]

emily | 5:20 PM | SMS and Religion |
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