Mars Trip Prohibited by Islam

(United Arab Emirates)

Promoting or being involved in a one-way trip to the Red Planet is prohibited in Islam, a fatwa committee under the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the UAE has ruled.

“Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam,” the committee said. “There is a possibility that an individual who travels to planet Mars may not be able to remain alive there, and is more vulnerable to death.”

Interesting since the same Islamic authorities don't ever voice a squeak when one of their followers straps on explosives for detonation on a bus full of innocent people.