In the news:
“Muslim clerics in the United Arab Emirates have issued a religious order or fatwa banning Muslims from signing on for an upcoming trip to Mars.”
The order came from the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments, which equates such a hazardous trip with suicide. As we all know, Muslims are not allowed to commit suicide. It’s against their religion.
When I read about this fatwa my immediate thought was, “What?!”
Have these clerics heard about Muslims trying to blow themselves up on airplanes, on buses, in crowded places of all types? Because I don’t recall any fatwa about those suicides, not to mention any fatwa against the cold-blooded murder of innocent people. And yet these clerics are so worried about a Muslim going to Mars that they have to issue a fatwa about it. Hello, clerics: Are you aware that there isn’t even a way for a Muslim to travel to Mars? In fact, only two countries can put a human into low Earth orbit – Russia and China, and neither can send a person to Mars.
Meanwhile, here on Earth, the latest terrorism worry is about a Muslim blowing up an airliner with a shoe bomb.
Ah, well, it’s nice to know the General Authority has its priorities straight.
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