PUTRAJAYA: The National Fatwa Council has ruled that contests based on short messaging service (SMS) which contain elements of gambling are haram (forbidden) to Muslims.
Such SMS contests, said council chairman Datuk Dr Ismail Ibrahim, are actually also disallowed by civil law and forbidden to non-Muslims, too.
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