Mod_perl Stops Working When I Use RewriteEngine On

I have an account on my cPanel server with a cgi script in it wich works just fine under normal circumstances. I setup mod_perl and got it working just fine with the script. I edited the .htaccess file to do a 301 redirect and added the line “RewriteEngine on” and then whenever I try to access the cgi script I get:

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Forbidden
You don't have permission to access………..

If I disable mod_perl or remove the line “RewriteEngine on” from .htaccess it works fine.

In the cPanel error log I have:

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Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden

But in htaccess I already have the line "Options +FollowSymLinks" which is part of the 301 redirect code.