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Saudi Arabia Bans Imams From Reading Koran Over Cellphone

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Salah bin Abd Al-'Aziz Al-Sheikh has issued a decision banning imams from reading the Koran in Ramadan night prayers over cellular phones.

Source: Al-Arabiya.net. September 23, 2007

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