Posted on 02/19/2014 8:54:25 PM PST by 12th_Monkey
Fatwa reportedly issued warning Muslims not to make 'hazardous trip' to live on Mars Muslims have been warned in a Fatwa not to go and live on Mars because it would pose "a real risk to life", according to a Dubai news organization. The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment (GAIAE) in the United Arab Emirates said that anyone making such a "hazardous trip" is likely to die for "no righteous reason". They would therefore be liable to a "punishment similar to that of suicide in the Hereafter", the Khaleej Times reported. The Fatwa was apparently issued in response to the proposal from the Dutch company Mars One last year to send four people on a one-way journey to the red planet in 2022. "Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam," the committee said. "There is a possibility that an individual who travels to planet Mars may not be able to remain alive there, and is more vulnerable to death." "Protecting life against all possible dangers and keeping it safe is an issue agreed upon by all religions and is clearly stipulated in verse 4/29 of the Holy Koran: Do not kill yourselves or one another. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful," the committee, chaired by Professor Dr Farooq Hamada, said. Over 200,000 people have applied to be civilian-astronauts on the Mars One mission.
The Mars One website states: "It is Mars One's goal to establish a human settlement on Mars. Human settlement of Mars is the next giant leap for humankind. "Exploring the solar system as a united humanity will bring us all closer together. Mars is the stepping stone of the human race on its voyage into the universe."
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Muslim free, it would be a paradise
You’re mixing up Venus, Saturn and Mars. But your recipe does sound ideal.
No, I know my planets extremely well. But I am happy to correct an error if found.
Mars Surface pressure: 6.36 mb at mean radius (variable from 4.0 to 8.7 mb depending on season)
Earth Surface pressure: 1,014 mb
Mars Surface density: ~0.020 kg/m3
Surface density: 1.217 kg/m3
Mars Average temperature: ~210 K (-63 C)
Earth Average temperature: 288 K (15 C)
Someone said “Venus” and I was describing Venus, not Mars
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