Muslim Clerics Issue A Fatwa Against Flying to Mars

There are some stories that are too rich not to share, this is one.  According to UK Daily Mail, the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment (GAIAE) in the UAE has issued a Fatwa against living 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.

Unless of course you are blowing yourself up and take innocents with you, then it is not only permitted you get those 72 virgins.

According to Khaleejtimes.com it said: ‘Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam. 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 astronauts, the committee said, would end up dying for no ‘righteous reason’ and would face the same punishment in the afterlife as someone who’d committed suicide.

The committee, led by Professor Dr Farooq Hamada, said: ‘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.’

Personally I believe the fatwa was issued because of who has already established a settlement on mars.