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January 13, 2015
Say What? Top Saudi Arabian Cleric Issues Fatwa Banning Snowmen For Being “Anti-Islamic”
Top Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Banning Snowmen For Being “Anti-Islamic”
(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.
Wild Thing's comment......
Frosty?? Good grief! Remember when they had it out for Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.
Posted by Wild Thing at January 13, 2015 12:50 AM
