Fatwa Against Man Sa Yarbah Al Malyoon
In 2001, Egypt's Grand Mufti issued a fatwa stating that the show Man sa yarbah al malyoon ("Who will Win the Million?"), modelled on the British show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, was un-Islamic. The Sheikh of Cairo's Al-Azhar University later rejected the fatwa, finding that there was no objection to such shows since they spread general knowledge.
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