In various countries, including Indonesia, the mobile game Pokemon Go continues to be bombarded with negative issues and news. Recently, the mobile game by Niantic was even declared an illegal game by the government of Saudi Arabia. However, it turns out that the haram fatwa on Pokemon Go that has been reported by the media today is a hoax. The Saudi Arabian government has denied that they have banned Pokemon Go.

Abdulmohsen Alyas as the representative of the Ministry of Arab Culture and Information has confirmed that there is no haram fatwa from senior scholars related to the Pokemon Go game. The Saudi Arabian government is even currently urging international media to re-verify the news to the relevant ministries. As reported by Indogamers from the CNN page (22/7/2016).

News about the illegal fatwa for the Pokemon Go game circulated on various websites including Reuters. Although it does not directly refer to the Pokemon Go game, the news states that the concept of characters in Pokemon is based on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which is contrary to the teachings of Islam. The fatwa also states that the cards in the game contain religious symbols and deviant organizations such as Freemasonry, Zionists, Shintoism, and many others.

Before the hoax issue regarding Pokemon Go's haram fatwa in Saudi Arabia, there was also news that was no less excited which said that Pokemon means "I am Jewish" in Syriac. Not only that, various characters in Pokemon are also said to have negative meanings such as Pikachu which means "Be Jewish", Charmander which means "God is Weak", and many others. Well, what do you think about the issues that hit this Pokemon Go game?