Fatwa forbids Muslims from traveling to Mars

Examiner.com ^ | Nov 1, 2013

[Portcall24]

Wonderful news. We can remove the x-ray machine at the boarding gate without fear of terrorists getting on the mission.

[Farnsworth]

Now have another reason for wanting to go to Mars.

[DoodleDawg]

So if a Muslim is on the Mars mission then how are they going to locate Mecca so they know what direction to pray?

[Kip Russell]

So if a Muslim is on the Mars mission then how are they going to locate Mecca so they know what direction to pray?

Well, as a practical matter they just have to look up in the sky and find the brightest blue-green point of light...that will be Earth.

Just as a bit of trivia, I once read that from Mars one could see our Moon as separate (but much fainter) point of light, just next to Earth.

[tractorman]

Too bad they don’t all go to Mars instead.

[Paladin2]

I claim that weapons beyond those available to ‘Ham-mad are haram.

[DManA]

And no time travel. Time travel is an abomination.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Curious, as the length of a day on Mars is approximately the same as that on Earth.

I thought perhaps the issue was days that last 326 hours. They’d all starve to death during Ramadan in that case.

[DManA]

Going to the sun is fine for a good Muslim. As long as they do it at night.

[LibLieSlayer]

I want to live on MARS!

[UCANSEE2]

“Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it’s cold as hell
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did “

[UCANSEE2]

Too bad they don’t all go to Mars instead.

Ever have a chance to read THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES - "The shoe on the other foot" ?

[Kip Russell]

I want to live on MARS!

Sorry, applications are closed.

http://www.mars-one.com/en/faq-en/21-faq-selection/241-can-i-apply-to-become-an-astronaut

[Vigilanteman]

Send them to Venus instead.

1. It's the women's planet.
   
2. Therefore, they are more likely to meet their 72 virgins.
   
3. It rhymes with penis.

[qam1]

The mission has drawn applications from more than 200 thousand people worldwide. 477 Saudi citizens have applied for the mission, and six have so far been accepted.

So does that mean 6 people out of all 200,000 or 6 Saudis out of the 477 Saudis that applied??????

If the latter I would suggest to whomever is putting this together to visit a prison before buying into this "Diversity is Strength" nonsense.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Not to mention the surface temp is 800 degrees F.

[JoeProBono]

[KarlInOhio]

If only such a fatwa was issued in the 7th century about leaving the Arabian peninsula.

[onedoug]

NO MUSLIMS

Works for me.