-Caveat Lector- Egypt issues 'Millionaire' fatwa http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1418000/1418258.stm By Frank Gardner in Cairo Egypt's highest religious authority has condemned the local equivalent of the popular British game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' The Supreme Mufti's office in Cairo has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, calling the game show sinful and a form of gambling. The fatwa quotes from a verse in the Holy Koran which calls on all Muslims to avoid gambling as an abomination and Satan's handiwork. The show - known in Egypt as Who will Win a Million? - is one of several phone-in programmes now running on prime time Egyptian Television. Sinful gambling A trailer shows the presenter standing in front of the pyramids at Giza while men carry suitcases of money around in the background. Dial up a number, answer the right questions and you could be one of the lucky contestants and win a million Egyptian pounds. That translates into about $250,000, but for the religious authorities the figures are irrelevant. As far as they are concerned, it's all sinful gambling because competitors have to spend money on phone calls without knowing if they will win or not. Gambling is forbidden in Islam, and although Cairo's smarter hotels have their own casinos only non-Egyptians can use them. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
