Saudi Cleric Declares Snowmen as being Anti-Islamic

[lawildcat]

:lol2:

 

Saudi cleric declares snowmen as being anti-Islamic | Fox News

 

A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has caused a stir by declaring the building of snowmen as anti-Islamic.

 

After a snowstorm hit northern Saudi Arabia this week, a religious website asked Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid if it was acceptable for fathers to build snowmen for their children, Reuters reports.

 

"It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun," Sheikh Munajjid said.

 

Sheikh Munajjid, quoting Muslim scholars, argues that the building of snowmen creates an image of human beings -- an action viewed as sinful under Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of Sunni Islam.

 

The decree drew mixed responses on Twitter, where users were posting in Arabic and identifying themselves with Arab names.

 

"They are afraid for their faith of everything ... sick minds," one user wrote.

 

"It (building snowmen) is imitating the infidels, it promotes lustiness and eroticism," another user wrote. "May God preserve the scholars, for they enjoy sharp vision and recognize matters that even Satan does not think about."

[Jumper_Dad]

I'd think these would be acceptable to some of them...

 

[Jumper_Dad]

Recreation of a normal day for ISIS made from snow...

 

[spindoc]

They should have been snowvirgins.

[stickymitts]

"Play and fun"...not on their watch. Play with that pile of rocks and like it.

[jericho]

I declare the clerics anti Islam.

[Wireman]

Is snow a big problem in Saudi Arabia?

[lawildcat]

Is snow a big problem in Saudi Arabia?

 

"After a snowstorm hit northern Saudi Arabia this week, a religious website asked Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid if it was acceptable for fathers to build snowmen for their children, Reuters reports."

 

Global warming :wave:

[Wireman]

This can't be allowed, right?

 

[spindoc]

This can't be allowed, right?

 

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breakdancing?

[doomer]

If everything were OK to do, then no one would ask the sheik/cleric, and he would become irrelevant. So..the more restrictive the rule and the theology, the higher the need for the clerics. They are the infidels....

[Wireman]

breakdancing?

 

[stickymitts]

breakdancing?

 

Setting himself up for the "Turban Twist".

[spindoc]

Setting himself up for the "Turban Twist".

 

Herbie Hancock jammin' from the subs in the Landcruisers.

[jericho]

It doesn't have to be a snowman.