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DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic.
Asked on a religious website if it was permissible for fathers to build snowmen for their children after a snowstorm in the country's north, Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid replied: "It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun."
Quoting from Muslim scholars, Sheikh Munajjid argued that to build a snowman was to create an image of a human being, an action considered sinful under the kingdom's strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.
"God has given people space to make whatever they want which does not have a soul, including trees, ships, fruits, buildings and so on," he wrote in his ruling.
http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-cleric-condemns-snowmen-anti-islamic-125135293.html
Kber
(5,043 posts)I guess all the important questions have been asked and answered if this is what we are spending our time on now?
Volaris
(10,272 posts)Snow. It's the Devils Rainfall.
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)"after a snowstorm in the country's north"
so I assume limited experience was the reason for the question.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Snow has covered upland areas of Tabuk province near Saudi Arabia's border with Jordan for the third consecutive year as cold weather swept across the Middle East.
(Last paragraph)
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)If so, this guy might be in trouble.
:large
"God has given people space to make whatever they want which does not have a soul..."
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Snow storms have left a layer of white snow on top of the sand.
The bulk of the snow hit a town near the northern city of Tabuk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30778785
Cold wave to lash KSA with snow, wind
A wave of bitterly cold weather accompanied by wind, sub-zero temperatures and snow is expected to hit the Kingdom on Wednesday and last until Sunday, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environmental Protection (PME) said on Monday.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I wonder what the edict on that will be.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)That they would have billions to promote this poison is the scary part.
Imagine Jerry Falwell with a billion dollar war chest, people like that can do real damage.