- and it is being condemned in Saudi Arabia
- in Egypt the game is being compared to alcoholism, which is forbidden by Islam
- Abbas Shuman, deputy head of Al Azhar-Egypt's top Islamic institution said:
“This game makes people look like drunkards in the streets and on the roads while their eyes are glued to the mobile screens leading them to the location of the imaginary Pokemon in the hope of catching it,”
- the Pokemon franchise was already banned in Egypt by Nasr Fareed, Egypt’s then grand mufti, the country’s highest Islamist official, accusing it of promoting Charles Darwin’s "controversial" theory of evolution.
- in Saudi Arabia the game has been condemned by the Higher Committee for Scientific Research and Islamic Law. They issued a fatwa against the game, describinh it as "possessing the minds" of children while promoting Zionism and gambling.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pokmon-go-declared-forbidden-un-8423109
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
