Had this been an Imam, there would no doubt be threads started on how backwards Islam is and how uncivilised Muslims are etc. As it is, normal people recognise that all communities have in their midsts these minorities who have views which we may not agree with, but which we don't generalise to all who share their faith.
(Oh, and he is apparently smashing up a real Iphone in the pic! )
A leading ultra-Orthodox haredi rabbi has exhorted his followers in Israel to burn their iPhones, and even forbade the sale of such devices to non-Jews.
Rabbi Haim Kanievsky, who is one of the most influential figures among the havedi community, issued a public notice saying that anyone who owns the smartphone should set it ablaze.
In a written response to a businessman reader of the daily Yated Ne'eman, the Rabbi said "it is forbidden to be in possession of [an iPhone] and one must burnt it".
He added that it is forbidden to sell it to a non-Jew "just as it is forbidden to sell a weapon to a non-Jew", despite the entrepreneur's claims that it was crucial to his business.
Many members of the havedi community have "kosher mobiles" that have no internet connection and cannot send text messages.
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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/38745 ... i-jews.htm
Cheers,
Shafique
