Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic

[Sally]

Imagine having to live under the Fatwas of these religious crazies!!!

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic
Reuters
Dubai, January 12, 2015

First Published: 18:58 IST(12/1/2015)
Last Updated: 19:14 IST(12/1/2015)





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.

Read more at:

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic - Hindustan Times

 

[Sunni Man]

Sounds reasonable........

 

[toastman]

Only in Islam is something like this considered normal

 

[NLT]

Sounds reasonable........

ahha sunni at it again, how many have you pissed off'd today?

 

[Sunni Man]

Only in Islam is something like this considered normal

Yet swinging live chickens over their heads to ward off evil spirits and give them luck is considered normal by the Jews. ....... ..

 

[PoliticalChic]

Imagine having to live under the Fatwas of these religious crazies!!!

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic
Reuters
Dubai, January 12, 2015

First Published: 18:58 IST(12/1/2015)
Last Updated: 19:14 IST(12/1/2015)





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.

Read more at:

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic - Hindustan Times

Sounds reasonable........

One snowman to another: "Do you smell carrots?"

 

[High_Gravity]

What in the world?

 

[High_Gravity]

Only in Islam is something like this considered normal

Yet swinging live chickens over their heads to ward off evil spirits and give them luck is considered normal by the Jews. ....... ..

Sounds normal.

 

[Mr Natural]

It's a sick, twisted culture.

 

[rightwinger]

Imagine having to live under the Fatwas of these religious crazies!!!

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic
Reuters
Dubai, January 12, 2015

First Published: 18:58 IST(12/1/2015)
Last Updated: 19:14 IST(12/1/2015)





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.

Read more at:

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic - Hindustan Times

Hey Saudis....

How do you tell the difference between snowmen and snowwomen?






snowballs

 

[PoliticalChic]

Only in Islam is something like this considered normal

Yet swinging live chickens over their heads to ward off evil spirits and give them luck is considered normal by the Jews. ....... ..

I believe that a better argument would be that Jewish folk have a restriction on graven images....