The 15-year-old ban at the Pokémon game was revived, the overall Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars said at the website of the overall Presidency for Scholarly Research and Ifta, Arab News reported on Wednesday.

The old fatwa handled the Pokémon card game, however Sheikh Saleh Al-Fozan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, said it's no different from today’s mobile version of the game.

Both versions encourage gambling prohibited in Islam and adopt the idea of evolution, he said.

“One of an important things that makes man condemn this game is adopting the speculation of evolution developed by Darwin,” the fatwa reads. “Astonishingly, the kids frequently use the word ‘evolution’ outside and inside the game.”

The game could also be blamed for holding various symbols banned in Islam akin to six-pointed stars, “associated with Judaism,” crosses that come from Christians, angles and triangles utilized by many “devious” organizations, including Freemasonry and signs of the Shinto religion.

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