The Telegraph
Muslims ‘warned in Fatwa not to live on Mars’
Fatwa reportedly issued warning Muslims not to make ‘hazardous trip’ to live on Mars
By Barney Henderson
Oh, you have made me very angry, very angry indeed!
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 organisation.
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.
Captain Ahmed Omar Abu expressed disappointment at the fatwa.
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.”