Fatwa forbids Muslims from traveling to Mars

[num123]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57619288-1/fatwa-forbids-muslims-from-traveling-to-mars/

If you were excited about the possibility of taking a one-way trip to Mars in the next decade and you just happen to be an observant Muslim, you may suddenly be out of luck.

The Khaleej Times of Dubai reports that a fatwa committee has forbidden Muslims from taking a one-way trip to the Red Planet. You may recall that the Mars One project aims to send a group of colonists to Mars as soon as 2024, followed by a second group a few years later.

At the moment, there is no technology available that would allow for a return trip from Mars, so it is truly a one-way ticket for the colonists, who may also become reality TV stars in the process.

The committee of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the United Arab Emirates that issued the fatwa against such a journey doesn't have anything against space exploration,Elon Musk's Mars visions, or anything like that. Rather, the religious leaders argue that making the trip would be tantamount to committing suicide, which all religions tend to frown upon.

"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," the committee said.

Professor Farooq Hamada, who presided over the committee, explained, "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 Quran: Do not kill yourselves or one another. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful."

Hundreds of Saudis and other Arabs have applied to Mars One, and the committee suspects some may be interested in the trip "for escaping punishment or standing before Almighty Allah for judgment," according to the Khaleej Times.

The committee stood firm in its belief that this approach would be a waste of time and one very long trip: "This is an absolutely baseless and unacceptable belief because not even an atom falls outside the purview of Allah, the Creator of everything."

In the end, the whole discussion may all be moot, because even though Mars One is moving forward, it's only raised about 80 percent of its initial $400,000 crowdfunding campaign. That's not a huge vote of confidence in an international project that will ultimately need billions to succeed.

 

[Everythingg]

I dont believe any human (muslim or not) belongs in the heavens. Maybe one day after life, we will be free to roam the universe but for now, NOPE.

 

[The Real]

I dont believe any human (muslim or not) belongs in the heavens. Maybe one day after life, we will be free to roam the universe but for now, NOPE.

 

[88m3]

 

[Blackking]

I dont believe any human (muslim or not) belongs in the heavens. Maybe one day after life, we will be free to roam the universe but for now, NOPE.

We are already in the heavens and in space... just on this rock and not on that one.


anyway, I was reading about Earth on wiki a few days ago and it said:

"The planet is home to millions of species of life, including humans"


lol Who the fukk was this written for? Who are they talking to? I would think the 'including Humans' would be obvious.

 

[88m3]

We are already in the heavens and in space... just on this rock and not on that one.

So you're going to let some Arab tell you what you can and can't do?

Is the black power?

What in the hell, breh...

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I dont believe any human (muslim or not) belongs in the heavens. Maybe one day after life, we will be free to roam the universe but for now, NOPE.

Look into my eyes brethren, that's the lies of a reverend, why should you die to go to heaven? The Earth is already in space.

 

[88m3]

Look into my eyes brethren, that's the lies of a reverend, why should you die to go to heaven? The Earth is already in space.

five percenters coming out of the woodwork

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_of_a_Space_Tyrant

The novels are set in a future several hundred years distant at a point where the nations of Earth have expanded into and filled the solar system. Various planets, moons and asteroids within the solar system have political, religious and geographical affiliations similar to those on 1980s Earth. Many events in the series parallel modern-day situations; for instance, Mars is controlled by the countries formerly comprising the Middle East, and they have the largest supply of iron, which is the primary fuel in Anthony's universe.

 

[zerozero]

I think it's a valid ethical quandary. I guessed at their rationale before even reading it

 

[the cac mamba]

thats a shame, i wouldnt mind sending slaimon and sodomillz on a one way jihad

inshallah

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I dont believe any human (muslim or not) belongs in the heavens. Maybe one day after life, we will be free to roam the universe but for now, NOPE.

stay in school, brehs.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I think it's a valid ethical quandary. I guessed at their rationale before even reading it

It is? You can stretch that argument to entail doing anything dangerous.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Crossing the street is an 'ethical quandary'.

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[zerozero]

It is? You can stretch that argument to entail doing anything dangerous.

A one way trip to Mars isn't equivalent to crossing the road, regardless of the facile post above me (well below your standards, Dafunkdoc.) A one-way trip to mars is a literal suicide mission, the only question is how long you're going to survive before croaking. Should people send you on it in good faith? Should you go on it if you have kids? There are a ton of questions such a mission involves.