Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic

[oberliner]

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]

1. easy to say when you live in a land with no snow

I guess all the important questions have been asked and answered if this is what we are spending our time on now?

[Volaris]

2. nods head knowingly...

Snow. It's the Devils Rainfall.

[ND-Dem]

4. i guess occasionally there is some.

"after a snowstorm in the country's north"

so I assume limited experience was the reason for the question.

[oberliner]

10. From the OP

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]

3. kick

[oberliner]

11. Do camels have souls?

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. Kinda thinkin' that snowmen aren't a big problem in Saudi Arabia. Just sayin'.

[oberliner]

6. Camels graze in snow-hit desert in Saudi Arabia

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]

7. Je suis Frosty

[undeterred]

8. What about snow-women?

[jmowreader]

9. Snow-burkas are very hard to make

[NaturalHigh]

12. I saw a snowcat in a thread the other day.

I wonder what the edict on that will be.

[Jesus Malverde]

13. What complete dumbness, Wahabbis live in a strange world

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.