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 countrys 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 kingdoms 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. Read more: americanthinker/blog/2015/01/snowmen_forbidden_in_saudi_arabia.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook#ixzz3Oi7bR1qh Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:11:24 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015