Saudi Arabia's top clerics have renewed a religious edict that warns against playing Pokemon - this time as a mobile phone application called "Pokemon Go".
First issued in 2001 when the game was played with cards, the decree says Pokemon violates Islamic prohibitions against gambling, uses devious Masonic-like symbols and promotes "forbidden images."
The edict, or fatwa, has reappeared in a ticker on the home page of the kingdom's portal for official religious decrees.
Saudi-based Arab News reported Wednesday that Sheikh Saleh al-Fozan, a member of the kingdom's council of senior clerics, says the current version of the game is the same as the old one.
