Saudi cleric bans people from taking pictures with cats

A prominent Saudi cleric has banned
people from taking pictures posing with
cats , claiming it is "too Western" to do
so.
Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fazwan
made the comments on a TV
broadcast.He claimed that being
pictured next to cats, dogs or other
animals isn't allowed in the ultra
conservative Islamic country.
According to the Sheikh, the ban is in
place to stop people from taking part in
the "trend to be more Western".
Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fazwan, a
member of the Saudi Council of Senior
Scholars, said in the broadcast that he
was told about “a new trend of taking
pictures with cats has been spreading
among people who want to be like
Westerners", reports Newsweek.
He replied: “What?! What do you
mean pictures with cats? Taking
pictures is prohibited. The cats
don’t matter here.“Taking pictures
is prohibited if not for a
necessity. Not with cats, not with
dogs, not with wolves, not with
anything.