February 21, 2014 A fatwa issued by Gulf imams has ruled it is un-Islamic to promote or be involved in a one-way trip to the Red Planet. According to reports in the Khaleej Times, a fatwa committee under the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment in the UAE prohibits Muslims from being involved in such a journey as it would pose "a real risk to life" … [Read more...] about Mars One encourages Muslims to join red planet mission despite ‘Fatwa’
Ibn Battuta
Imax film Journey to Mecca opens at the Ontario Science Centre
Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta is the subject of an Imax film playing at the Ontario Science Centre in conjunction with the new exhibit: Sultans of Science: 1,000 Years of Knowledge Rediscovered. Also known as Ibn Battuta, the thinker spent about half his life travelling, setting out from Tangier, Morocco, in AD 1325 and returning 29 years … [Read more...] about Imax film Journey to Mecca opens at the Ontario Science Centre