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underpants

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 05:29 PM Feb 2014

Yoohoo! RW Republicaaners.... Mars is calling

Fatwa forbids Muslims from traveling to Mars
February 21, 2014 | Eric Mack
The Mars One project plans to send a crew of colonists to the Red Planet in about 10 years, but Muslims may have to defy a religious edict to make the trip.

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.

http://m.cnet.com/news/fatwa-forbids-muslims-from-traveling-to-mars/57619288

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Yoohoo! RW Republicaaners.... Mars is calling (Original Post) underpants Feb 2014 OP
Two questions. 1. Are they taking nominations? Scuba Feb 2014 #1
LOL underpants Feb 2014 #2
When you have to pray six times a day, figuring out where Mecca is from Mars is too much trouble MrScorpio Feb 2014 #3

MrScorpio

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3. When you have to pray six times a day, figuring out where Mecca is from Mars is too much trouble
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 05:50 PM
Feb 2014

That's something else to consider besides the concerns of the people who issued the fatwa.

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