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.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
As in...Yvonne Craig?
He got to sleep with Batgirl?
To be perfectly honest, my reaction to this is "Good for him!"
he’s a perv
should have been zotted
There’s no point for Moslems to colonize Mars. Moslems are all about destroying civilazations by by subjagating them.
They must wait a few hundred years for Western civilizations to develop an actual viable planet on Mars (if that ie really possible), then they will want to move in and destroy as much as possible while either converting or killinng the infidels.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.