Saudi Arabia: Cleric issues fatwa against journalists and writers

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"(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 22 September 2008 CPJ press release:

SAUDI ARABIA: Cleric issues fatwa against journalists and writers

New York, September 22, 2008 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about an edict issued Saturday by a top Saudi Muslim cleric, who said that writers who challenge or criticize religious sheikhs should be fired from their jobs, flogged, and jailed."