THREE Saudi men have been arrested while playing Pokemon Go at an airport in the kingdom, the Saudi online newspaper Almowaten reports.
The three, in their mid-20s, were referred to investigations for using their smartphone cameras to illegally take pictures in the restricted area of the King Abdullah airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the paper said.
It was not clear when the incident occurred or what penalty could apply to them. The Council of Senior Scholars, the kingdom’s highest religious body, this week renewed a 2001 fatwa, or religious edict, that considers the Pokemon game a form of gambling, which is forbidden in Islam.
Saudis arrested playing Pokemon Go
Wait until the rarest pokemon of all appears on top of that giant cube they pray too
The three, in their mid-20s, were referred to investigations for using their smartphone cameras to illegally take pictures in the restricted area of the King Abdullah airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the paper said.
It was not clear when the incident occurred or what penalty could apply to them. The Council of Senior Scholars, the kingdom’s highest religious body, this week renewed a 2001 fatwa, or religious edict, that considers the Pokemon game a form of gambling, which is forbidden in Islam.
Saudis arrested playing Pokemon Go
Wait until the rarest pokemon of all appears on top of that giant cube they pray too
