Posted on 11/04/2013 6:08:44 AM PST by Kip Russell
Muslims are forbidden from traveling to Mars: Islamic cleric issues a fatwa against any manned mission to Mars.
Sheikh Ali al Hemki, a member of Saudi Arabia's board of religious scholars, has issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims from traveling to Mars, according to a news report published Oct. 31.
The fatwa is a result of concerns and criticisms coming from Islamic scholars about Mars One, an ambitious attempt to organise a manned mission to the Red Planet. 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.
Sheikh Ali al Hemki claims the mission does not conform to "responsible Muslim" practices.
"These experiments will lead to the destruction of those who try, and so should be done with animals, not people," he said.
The Mars One Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023. The group plans to set up a reliable surface habitat before the first crew lands, with more settlers and cargo following every two years.
Mars One will launch its first unmanned mission to the Red Planet in 2016. Readers can join the global effort by sharing the Mars One vision with friends, supporting the Mars One Foundation and perhaps even becoming a Mars astronaut themselves.
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Peanut and Muslim free Mars.
Well, there goes the NASA muslim outreach! I guess we can chalk it up as ANOTHER one of the usurper's failed initiatives.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Saudi Arabia announces plan to send goat, camel to Mars
“We are in the forefront of diversity for our sexual minorities” the country said in a press release
I don't think so:
How about sending them to Uranus? (Ducking as I write it)
How about a fatwa forbidding these moozlum losers from moving to America?????? Now, that’s one I’d support 100%.
ROFL — somebody got a head-start on your Friday gig!
I've been told Uranus is a secret destination for many.
I think it’s a great deal. They can have this one planet and we can take over the rest of the universe!
“Come on, Cohaagen! You got what you want. Give those people air!”
Looks like I am stuck on Earth with the head choppers.
Fine! Send all those buggers to the planet Mercury instead!
No big surprise here. This is why there are no Muslim characters in futuristic space operas.
Mr. Peabody, set the WayBack machine to 569 AD, find the prophet’s mother, and explain contraception to her... What was her name?
Not trying to be disagreeable, but the Riddick stories are full of them. As a matter of fact, it’s as if they took over the human race, and it’s just the common background.
Well..there certainly aren't in Star Trek; but there aren't any Christians in Star Trek, either. Rodenberry (the creator of Star Trek) explicitly said that by the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation mankind had "grown out" of religion, and that belief in God in the 24th Century was virtually unknown.
When J. Michael Straczynski created the series "Babylon 5" in the '90s, he made it a point to illustrate the religion was alive and well in his version of the 23rd Century, and had characters who were Christian and Jewish. In the background, other characters were occasionally mentioned as being Muslim or atheist.
Interesting tidbit: Roddenberry was an atheist, as is Straczynski, but the latter seems to have a much more realistic view of mankind.
Wierdenberry also claimed to have slept with nearly every female guest on the show
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