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Bangladeshi cleric issues fatwa on Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calls it ‘totally haram’ for Muslims

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The video shared by Bangladeshi cleric Ahmadullah garnered more than two million views.

New Delhi: A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calling it “totally haram” for Muslims.

The cleric posted a three-minute video in which he talked about the mocking of people on Facebook.

Nowadays, we use Facebook’s haha emojis to mock people, said the cleric adding that if someone reacts with haha emojis purely out of fun and the same is also intended by the person who posted the content, then it's fine. However, if the reaction was intended to mock or ridicule people, it’s totally forbidden in Islam, he said.

The video garnered more than 2 million views
The video posted by the cleric Ahmadullah, who has a huge online following on Facebook and YouTube, garnered more than two million views.

“For God’s sake, I request you to refrain from this act. Do not react with ‘haha’ to mock someone. If you hurt a Muslim, he may respond with bad language that would be unexpected,” he said.

Ahmadullah has more than three million followers on Facebook and YouTube and regularly appears on television shows to discuss religious issues in the Muslim-majority nation.

Netizens mock fatwa with ‘haha’ emoji
Thousands of people reacted to his video, with several hundred making fun of it using the ‘haha’ emoji.

Ahmadullah is among Bangladesh’s new crop of internet-savvy Islamic preachers who have drawn millions of followers online, reported AFP.

Religious commentaries on religious and social issues by these new-age Islamic preachers are hugely popular on social media platforms attracting millions of views per video. At the same time, many have gained notoriety for their bizarre claims on the origin of the coronavirus.

A few are accused of preaching hatred, while several have turned into instant celebrities for their fun-filled videos.

https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/bangladeshi-cleric-issues-fatwa-on-facebook-s-haha-emoji-calls-it-totally-haram-for-muslims/775232
 
These random moulvis and our hindutva sanghis continue to outstupid each other
 
Don't give these people undue importance, whichever country and whatever religion they belong to.

They're all after money, airtime, or both.
 
Nowadays, we use Facebook’s haha emojis to mock people, said the cleric adding that if someone reacts with haha emojis purely out of fun and the same is also intended by the person who posted the content, then it's fine. However, if the reaction was intended to mock or ridicule people, it’s totally forbidden in Islam, he said.

His intention was good. He was trying to teach some morals. I do not think he deserve criticism from others for suggesting not to mock others.

If you criticize someone with hateful speech, then it would be understandable, but this guy at least in this video did not try to propagate anything hateful. So I do not understand the hatred that this guy is getting.
 
The video shared by Bangladeshi cleric Ahmadullah garnered more than two million views.

New Delhi: A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calling it “totally haram” for Muslims.

The cleric posted a three-minute video in which he talked about the mocking of people on Facebook.

Nowadays, we use Facebook’s haha emojis to mock people, said the cleric adding that if someone reacts with haha emojis purely out of fun and the same is also intended by the person who posted the content, then it's fine. However, if the reaction was intended to mock or ridicule people, it’s totally forbidden in Islam, he said.

The video garnered more than 2 million views
The video posted by the cleric Ahmadullah, who has a huge online following on Facebook and YouTube, garnered more than two million views.

“For God’s sake, I request you to refrain from this act. Do not react with ‘haha’ to mock someone. If you hurt a Muslim, he may respond with bad language that would be unexpected,” he said.

Ahmadullah has more than three million followers on Facebook and YouTube and regularly appears on television shows to discuss religious issues in the Muslim-majority nation.

Netizens mock fatwa with ‘haha’ emoji
Thousands of people reacted to his video, with several hundred making fun of it using the ‘haha’ emoji.

Ahmadullah is among Bangladesh’s new crop of internet-savvy Islamic preachers who have drawn millions of followers online, reported AFP.

Religious commentaries on religious and social issues by these new-age Islamic preachers are hugely popular on social media platforms attracting millions of views per video. At the same time, many have gained notoriety for their bizarre claims on the origin of the coronavirus.

A few are accused of preaching hatred, while several have turned into instant celebrities for their fun-filled videos.

https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/bangladeshi-cleric-issues-fatwa-on-facebook-s-haha-emoji-calls-it-totally-haram-for-muslims/775232


I understand what he said about using haha emoji in right context..
But that bold part above... does he mean Mocking is bad or the bad language of muslim is bad?
 
His intention was good. He was trying to teach some morals. I do not think he deserve criticism from others for suggesting not to mock others.

If you criticize someone with hateful speech, then it would be understandable, but this guy at least in this video did not try to propagate anything hateful. So I do not understand the hatred that this guy is getting.

His intention was good in that he was criticising people using smilies in a mocking manner, but this is social media...so he got mocked with more smileys. Holy people need to pick their battlegrounds, and Facebook or Youtube are not it.
 
Haha emoji is not just for mocking. It is also used to laugh at something funny (for example, comedy clip).

I hope the cleric will examine it again.
 
Clickbait headline.

He didn't say the emoji in itself is haram, only if it is used to mock someone.

Normally I'm very critical of some of the wannabe moulvis you find today but this guy didn't say anything wrong.
 
Honestly, that's pretty good of him to try and highlight how mocking people is bad (though I don't think that is true for all cases, and I'm sure he doesn't either).
 
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