JAKARTA: A Indonesian Muslim cleric posted a tweet in which he declared selfies sinful under Islamic law.
He posted series of tweets in which he explained why it is sinful under Islamic law. Siauw wrote these days many Muslim women take selfies without shame. There are usually nine frames in one photo with facial poses that are just where’s the purity in women?
Siauw also said, “because selfie-takers are desperate for social media views, they were being ostentatious, and because taking a selfie makes people feel ‘cooler’, we’ve ‘fallen into the worst sin of all – arrogance.”
Following his tweeter post there was a huge Twitter backlash against his messages by Indonesians. Hundreds have posted selfies on the social media site using the hashtag # Selfie4Siauw.
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