Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article:  MarsOne, (02/24/2014), Mars One’s response to the Fatwa issued by the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment, Retrieved on 2014-02-26
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    26 FEB 2014

     MarsOne Response to Muslim Fatwa

    And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know. (Quran 30: 22) The Muslim world has a rich tradition of exploration. The verse from the Quran above encourages Muslims to go out and see the signs of God’s creation in the ‘heavens and the earth’. The most influential example of this was the Moroccan Muslim traveller, Ibn Battuta, who from 1325 to 1355 travelled 73,000 mile...
    Folksonomies: science religion exploration
    Folksonomies: science religion exploration
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    ...against voyaging to Mars because it constitutes "suicide."

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