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Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/19/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Saudi Scholar Warns Alcohol in Bio Fuel is a Sin Sheikh advises ethanol bio fuel use prohibited by Islam 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, ...
And Don't Even Ask About the Pepperoni-Powered Prius
The Corner on National Review Online —
... Friday, February 27, 2009 [image] And Don't Even Ask About the Pepperoni-Powered Prius [Cliff May] A prominent Saudi religious scholar warns that using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in cars may be a violation of Sharia (Islamic law). ...
this could be fun
MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy —
... 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. Saudi and Muslim youth studying abroad would violate the prohibition if they used bio fuel, he said, since it âis basically made up of alcohol.â This should put the liberals into a tailspin - how does one simultaneously kowtow to militant Islam ...
