<p>Saudi telecom regulator, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has drawn up a list of clerics whose services break the decree, and that they have been sent messages "warning them to comply".<br /><br />Among those breaking the ban are clerics who offer fatwas through text messages, some for as much as USD 3 per message, CITC official Saad Al-Shihri told Saudi Gazette.<br />Regulators have already started barring such services.<br /><br />Sultan Al-Malik, CITC spokesman, told the newspaper that the regulator would block any website that violates the country's regulations.<br /><br />The three website that have been reportedly blocked include the one belonging to a famous Syrian cleric, Mohammad Al-Munajid, and the Al-Qadhi website.<br /><br />Other famous Islamic website like Islam Today, supervised by Shaikh Salman Al-Audah, removed its Fatwa services soon after Al-Munajid's website was blocked.<br /><br />Last month, Saudi King Abdullah decreed that only the powerful government-sanctioned Council of Senior Islamic Scholars could issue fatwas.</p>
<p>Saudi telecom regulator, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has drawn up a list of clerics whose services break the decree, and that they have been sent messages "warning them to comply".<br /><br />Among those breaking the ban are clerics who offer fatwas through text messages, some for as much as USD 3 per message, CITC official Saad Al-Shihri told Saudi Gazette.<br />Regulators have already started barring such services.<br /><br />Sultan Al-Malik, CITC spokesman, told the newspaper that the regulator would block any website that violates the country's regulations.<br /><br />The three website that have been reportedly blocked include the one belonging to a famous Syrian cleric, Mohammad Al-Munajid, and the Al-Qadhi website.<br /><br />Other famous Islamic website like Islam Today, supervised by Shaikh Salman Al-Audah, removed its Fatwa services soon after Al-Munajid's website was blocked.<br /><br />Last month, Saudi King Abdullah decreed that only the powerful government-sanctioned Council of Senior Islamic Scholars could issue fatwas.</p>