Pokemon Go and fatwas

A Pokemon Go player in Kuantan seen engrossed while playing the game on Sunday. - Bernama pix

THE worldwide mobile game phenomenon, Pokemon Go was finally released in Malaysia over the weekend.  

Just a day before, the Federal Territories mufti announced that the Islamic Legal Consultative Committee in the Federal Territories had decided in a meeting that Muslims were prohibited from playing Pokemon Go. It would appear that a fatwa has been issued on the game.