Oh! Pubg Banned in Indonesia

Indonesia Muslim Group Slaps Fatwa On Popular Mobile Game PUBG

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) was slapped with a fatwa by an Indonesian Muslim group who say it insults Islam and makes addicted players violent.

Jakarta, Indonesia: 

A hugely popular but brutal online game was slapped with a fatwa Wednesday by an Indonesian Muslim group who say it insults Islam and makes addicted players violent.

The religious edict, issued in conservative Aceh province, comes after officials in Iraq and Nepal banned PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) over fears it incited real-world violence. In India, Gujarat, too, has banned PUBG.

The Aceh chapter of Muslim-majority Indonesia's powerful Ulema Council called on local residents to ditch PUBG, and said the local government should consider an outright ban.Breaking the fatwa would not result in sanctions, it said, but the group's national chapter has also been mulling a similar call to ditch violent games.

The edict in Aceh would apply to other violent games, but the Council did not say which.

Our fatwa says that PUBG and other similar games are haram (forbidden) because they can trigger violence and change people's behaviour," said Faisal Ali, deputy chairman of the Aceh Ulema Council.

"It also insults Islam," he told AFP, without elaborating.