Saudi Arabia rejects ‘Pokemon Go’

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Saudi Arabian clerics, who warned against playing Pokemon games in the past, are renewing those calls in the face of the unprecedented popularity of “Pokemon Go.”

The clerics reissued the fatwa, or edict, on the website of the General Presidency for Scholarly Research and Ifta Wednesday.

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