Islamic clerics seek to regulate Facebook
May 23rd, 2009 in Online Marketing- Middle EastGulf News
Surbaya: Muslim clerics are seeking regulation for online behaviour in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex.
A spokesman says a meeting of 700 imams in the world’s most populous Muslim nation on Thursday was considering forbidding followers from online flirting they believe encourages extramarital affairs.
Nabil Haroen of the Lirboyo Islamic boarding school hosting the event said an edict is needed “because this online relationship could lead to lust, which is forbidden in Islam.”
Facebook has said that Indonesia, a nation of 235 million, was the fastest-growing country on Facebook in Asia in 2008, with a 645 percent increase to 831,000 users.
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