Muslim clerics consider Facebook Fatwa

Muslim clerics are seeking ways to regulate online behaviour in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex.

Around 700 clerics, or imams, gathering in the world's most populous Muslim nation today were considering guidelines forbidding their followers from going online to flirt or engage in practices they believe could encourage extramarital affairs.

Facebook said Indonesia, a nation of 235 million, was its fastest-growing country in Southeast Asia in 2008, with a 645% increase to 831,000 users – outpacing China and India. [news.scotsman.com] Read more