Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Saudi Committee of Senior Scholars has said that chatting online through social networks falls under the forbidden ‘khulwa–therefore it is Haram. The devil would be present when women talk to men”, he stated
According to Saudi daily al-Eqitisadiya, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Saudi Committee of Senior Scholars, said that chatting online through social networks falls under the forbidden “khulwa” (a religious term describing a situation where a man and a woman are alone in a private area).
Saudi social media users took to the Internet to express mixed reactions regarding his statement.
