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Friday, February 27, 2009

Religion / Enviro Allah Against Ethanol

Posted by on Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM

So says Saudi scholar Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi:

A prominent Saudi scholar warned youths studying abroad of using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in their cars since they could be committing a sin, local press reported Thursday.

Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi, member of the Saudi Islamic Jurisprudence Academy, based his statement on a saying by the prophet that prohibited all kinds of dealings with alcohol including buying, selling, carrying, serving, drinking, and manufacturing, the Saudi newspaper Shams reported Thursday.

You're sure this "prominent Saudi scholar" isn't coming out against ethanol for some other reason?

 

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1
Also evil = Purell.
Posted by Julie in Eugene on February 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
2
I guess Allah is all about the letter of the law, rather than the spirit of the law. Kind of ironic if you think about it.
Posted by Dharma on February 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
3
What are his feelings on thermometers? paint? perfume?

Is it wrong to sanitize my scientific instruments with ethanol?
Posted by gl on February 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
4
the sooner the oil is all used up, the sooner the saudis matter not one whit.
Posted by Jesus Fucking Christ on February 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM
5
Guess they won't be studying in the Flyover States then.
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM
6
Ethanol is such a fuckup, economically and especially environmentally, I'll take any criticism of it, even from backward ass Sheikh Yerboutis.
Posted by Zoroastronomer on February 27, 2009 at 1:45 PM
7
@3- Yes yes yes. When I read the headline I thought he would be warning them against using ethanol in chemistry labs while studying abroad.
Posted by ams on February 27, 2009 at 2:37 PM
8
They can go to strip clubs and casinos. Hypocrites just like their counterparts in Christianity.
Posted by Vince on February 27, 2009 at 2:44 PM
9
Wait a minute, I must have missed something here. Does it matter what those fucking kooks think? I must not have gotten the memo.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM
10
Saudi Arabia is the Utah of the Middle East.
Posted by Greg on February 27, 2009 at 4:23 PM
11
Saudi Arabia is about ten million times worse than the Utah of the Middle East.
Posted by The First Darrin on February 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM
12
Saudi Arabia:Lebanon::Utah:California
Posted by Greg on February 28, 2009 at 7:52 AM

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