Islamic cleric issues fatwa against Mickey Mouse

Our ‘Religious Insanity Award of the Day’ goes to Islamic cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid — for obvious reasons:

A fatwa against Mickey Mouse

Maybe Islamic cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid is just more of a Bugs Bunny sort of guy?

In an interview with Al-Majd Television the sheikh, a former diplomat who once served in the Saudi embassy in Washington, condemned cartoons that endear rodents to their viewers.

Islamic law, he said, sees the mouse as “a repulsive, corrupting creature” while children today see mice as loveable and “awesome” because of animated shows like Tom and Jerry, and Disney staple Mickey Mouse.

“Mickey Mouse has become an awesome character, even though according to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases,” Al-Munajid tells the interviewer.

“The shari’a refers to the mouse as ‘little corrupter,’ and says it is permissible to kill it in all cases. It says that mice set fire to the house, and are steered by Satan. The mouse is one of Satan’s soldiers,” he goes on to say.

In August the cleric, well known for issuing creative fatwas, slammed the Beijing Olympics as the “bikini Olympics,” referring to them as “satanic.”

Our view:

Muhammad Al-Munajid should keep his tongue off of Mickey Mouse, the olympics, or other things that do not concern him.

If he does want to make his opinions known, there are far more pressing things that he could — or should — address.

For instance, if he wants to talk about something ‘satanic,’ he should turn his attention to the following fact:

Once Al-Munajid has cleaned up that mess someone may actually give a hoot about his opinions.

Read Another Article

Todd Bentley event cancelled; plus Debating the Lakeland Outpouring’s legacy
Third church member’s trial in occult rituals molestation case likely in 2009

Related News Articles Topic(s): Islam • Religious Insanity Related Tags / Keywords: Islam • islamic • islamic extremism • Islamism • Mickey Mouse • muslim • muslims • Religious Insanity Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Islam Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Islamic militants in Somalia ban bras One Muslim father starves his children; Another hires a gunman to kill his daughter for wearing a short skirt Muslim airport terror suspect ‘threatened flatmate’ Somali Islamists stone a woman to death Muslim hate criminal could be out of prison by Christmas Muslim terrorists arrested for arson attack at publisher’s home Paul McCartney defies Muslim threats, will perform in Israel Next 9/11 will be in Britain, warn banned Muslim extremists at meeting with exiled cleric Bakr Criminalizing Criticism of Islam Muslim radiographer loses job after refusing to bare her arms

Search Religion News Blog