UAE Imams Crack A Fatwa Against Mars Travel

Far out!

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NOT the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment

A fatwa issued by Gulf imams has ruled it is un-Islamic to promote or be involved in a a one-way trip to the Red Planet.

According to reports in the Khaleej Times, a fatwa committee under the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the UAE, prohibits Muslims from being involved in such a journey as it would pose “a real risk to life” and is tantamount to suicide.

The report emerged after more than 500 people from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries were said to have signed up for a spot on the Mars One mission.

The Mars One mission aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the red planet.

Crews of four will depart every two years from 2024 following an initial unmanned mission in 2018. The mission would use a worldwide reality television show to raise the estimated $6bn required to send the team to Mars and give them a chance of survival.

“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.

Unless of course Israel somehow makes it to Mars. Then we’ll see a fatwa imploring Muslims to reach Mars and claim they were there first.

But in all seriousness, I can totally respect the rationale of the fatwa here. I’m all for not killing yourselves or murdering another.

I’d just like to see the whole concept of killing being alien to Islamic scholars.

12 thoughts on “UAE Imams Crack A Fatwa Against Mars Travel”

  1. “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.”
    But putting on a suicide belt and *guaranteeing* your death is OK?

    1. In general, suicide is prohibited.

      But if it’s in the noble cause of Jew-killin’, then it’s more than OK, it’s highly praise-worthy.

      Hope I’ve managed to clear that up for ya!

      1. Thereligionofpeace.com puts its as “suicide is prohibited, martyrdom is not.” Since the intent of suicide bombing is not to kill yourself because you’re sick of living, but rather to “be slain in battle,” as the Koran guarantees paradise for those who “slay and are slain” fighting the infidels, then it’s OK.

        IMO it’s below even the human sacrifice of the Aztecs, because the intent is not to just “sacrifice” yourself, but also to kill others in the process.

  2. “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.”
    But putting on a suicide belt and *guaranteeing* your death is OK?

    1. In general, suicide is prohibited.

      But if it’s in the noble cause of Jew-killin’, then it’s more than OK, it’s highly praise-worthy.

      Hope I’ve managed to clear that up for ya!

      1. Thereligionofpeace.com puts its as “suicide is prohibited, martyrdom is not.” Since the intent of suicide bombing is not to kill yourself because you’re sick of living, but rather to “be slain in battle,” as the Koran guarantees paradise for those who “slay and are slain” fighting the infidels, then it’s OK.

        IMO it’s below even the human sacrifice of the Aztecs, because the intent is not to just “sacrifice” yourself, but also to kill others in the process.

  3. Norman_In_New_York

    A flying saucer from Mars hovered over the UAE until one of the crew members said, “Beam me up. There is no sign of intelligent life down there.”

  4. Norman_In_New_York

    A flying saucer from Mars hovered over the UAE until one of the crew members said, “Beam me up. There is no sign of intelligent life down there.”

  5. Saeb Erekat was unavailable for comment, having claimed just days earlier that his ancestors were on Mars long before Curiosity ever arrived.

  6. Saeb Erekat was unavailable for comment, having claimed just days earlier that his ancestors were on Mars long before Curiosity ever arrived.

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