The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter.
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The warning comes as social networking site is increasingly becoming popular among Saudis.
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Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites, and especially Twitter, 'has lost this world and his afterlife'.
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According to the BBC, he said that Twitter was the platform for those who did not have any platform.
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His remarks reflect Riyadh's concern that Saudis use Twitter to discuss sensitive political and other issues.
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The sheikh's comments echo those of the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca in April who used his sermon to warn that Twitter was a threat to national unity, the report added.
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