Malaysian Ban on Muslims from Using FaceApp 😐

Malaysia has prohibited Muslims from altering a photo of one’s face using the face-swapping app FaceApp. “The use of FaceApp is akin to encouraging the tendency of changing God’s creation even though it is not done through physical means. Hence prohibition is needed to curb the tendency to change God’s creation through the sadd al-zariah principle (blocking the means),” the Federal Territories Mufti office said in a statement posted on its website. The Mufti’s office also added that the app’s gender-swapping feature, may lead to confusion as to one’s true identity and that using the app to change the face to make it younger or older could also mislead people from the truth, adding that people can’t predict what they will look like in the future, as they are not meant to know what the future holds.

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Source: Malaysia bans Muslims from using FaceApp

Location: Malaysia