Posted on 02/19/2014 11:28:10 AM PST by Olog-hai
A Fatwa has been issued against living on Mars by clerics who say that trying to set up home there would be un-Islamic.
The fatwa—or ruling—was issued by the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment (GAIAE) in the UAE after the Mars One organization announced that it would try and establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.
The committee argued that an attempt to dwell on the planet would be so hazardous as to be suicidal and killing oneself is not permitted by Islam. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Ya sure . . . no masses of kafir to slay in the way of Allah.Muslim leaders issue a fatwa against anyone living on MARS as there is ‘no righteous reason’ to be there
In related news, the value of land on Mars has reported tripled in the last 24 hours.
Well, there goes Sheila Jackson Lee’s chances.
I am sure Imam Obamessiah and his Muslim NASA will be very pleased.
But killing others is ok (even if they are Muslims) . . .
Oh, I see, it’s OK to kill yourself in a suicide bombing but not OK to loose your life on Mars.
Oh, I see, it’s OK to kill yourself in a suicide bombing but not OK to loose your life on Mars.
NASA is going to pull out of Mars missions now.
The world would improve 1000 percent if we sent the Muslims to Mars.
I’m sure the Mooslim clerics will clarify this position if the infidel lives on Mars. Then it will be fine to go to Mars to blow themselves up... In the name of Allah, of course.
IN SPACE
NO ONE
CAN HEAR
YOU
FATWA
What is there is more of the mystery meteor that they worship in Mecca?
“...killing oneself is not permitted by Islam.”
Huh? Say what? So, those homicide bombers? Islam is a cancer on humanity and needs to be excised.
These are the brains who designate which hand to use when you ....
Any wonder why Muslims have made Zer0 progress since the 7th Century?
How’s about The MOON????????????????????????
Obviously the journalist misinterpreted Sura 4:29.
This fatwa is unenforceable. So a moslem goes to mars and gets chased down for his sins?
Is this an offical NASA position. I know they were supposed to do some outreach crap to moslems.
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