A famous Bangladeshi cleric has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji.
Ahmadullah has a huge online following, he has more than three million followers on Facebook and YouTube.
However, earlier this week, he posted a three-minute video in which he explained the mocking of people on Facebook and issued a fatwa against it through an Islamic decree, explaining how it is totally forbidden for Muslims.
“Nowadays we use Facebook’s haha emojis to mock people,” said Ahmadullah. Interestingly, the video garnered more than 2 million views. “If we react with haha emojis purely out of fun and the same was intended by the person who posted the content, it’s fine.
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“But if your reaction was intended to mock or ridicule people who posted or made comments on social media, it’s totally forbidden in Islam,” Ahmadullah added.
“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 in a video.
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Many people have reacted to his video, with several hundred making fun of it using the ‘haha’ emoji.
