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Saudi Arabia: Religious Police Declares War On BlackBerry Use

The Saudi religious police has decided to end young people's use of BlackBerrys for negative purposes.

Religious police spokesman in Riyadh Turki Al-Shalil said that anyone misusing a BlackBerry in this way will be punished according to law.

Source: Islamonline.net, February 8, 2010

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