Saudi scholars in stormy debate over Koran ringtones

AFP, November, 2007

RIYADH (AFP) — A top Islamic body in Saudi Arabia has hosted a stormy debate about using Koranic verses as mobile phone ringtones, newspapers reported Monday.

"The scholars were divided on the use of verses from the Koran as mobile telephone ringtones," the Al-Hayat daily said, describing what it called "a turbulent debate".

During the six-day meeting of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, 70 Muslim dignitaries ...