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.
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