Saleh al-Fawzan was given attention in Western media again in May 2016 after he declared taking photos prohibited in a video published by MEMRI on April 17 , 2016 . According to The Independent , " Speaking in a televised broadcast , Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan was asked about " a new trend of taking pictures with cats " which " has been spreading among people who want to be like the Westerners " . The sheikh initially appears incredulous , asking : " What ?! What do you mean pictures with cats ? " He then declares : " Taking pictures is prohibited . The cats do n't matter here . " When asked again about the " new trend " , he says : " Explain this trend to me . Taking pictures is prohibited if not for a necessity - not with cats , not with dogs , not with wolves , not with anything . " Arabian scholars Hala Al-Dosari ( fellow of Radcliff Institute at Harvard ) and Abdullah Alaoudh ( senior fellow of Georgetown University and son of Salman al-Awdah ) claim Saleh al-Fawzan is treated like a father figure by MBS . A month before the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi , al-Fawzan put out a fatwa calling for killing of critics of the Saudi state
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Saleh Al-Fawzan