http://corporatemediawatch.tribe.net/thread/fe725210-2104-49d3-b42e-cc4f921f69e7?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://corporatemediawatch.tribe.net/thread/fe725210-2104-49d3-b42e-cc4f921f69e7#31cc0693-5179-49d9-bedd-feadf77b810b Sheik Says Biofuels Are Prohibited by Islam Feb 20th, 2009 "Biofuels may have hit an unexpected roadblock with a pronouncement by Sheik Mohamed al-Najimi of the Saudi Islamic Jurisprudence Academy that the fuel may be prohibited by Islam. According to al-Najimi, the prophet Muhammad prohibited the buying, selling, transporting, drinking, and manufacturing of alcohol - including the ethyl alcohol present in ethanol. If other religious leaders take al-Najimi’s opinion seriously, biofuel could be banned in Muslim countries that currently disallow alcohol. That means Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Libya, and Sudan could potentially become biofuel-free zones. While al-Najimi says that his recommendation should not be considered a fatwa (a legal pronouncement in Islam), he does believe that restriction of biofuels should go beyond Muslim countries to include Muslims around the world. http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/sheik-says-biofuels-are-prohibited-by-islam/#comment-49760 Muslim cleric decries biofuels as sinful February 20, 2009 http://www.cleantech.com/news/4196/muslim-cleric-says-biofuels-are-sin Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:52:09 GMT http://corporatemediawatch.tribe.net/thread/fe725210-2104-49d3-b42e-cc4f921f69e7#31cc0693-5179-49d9-bedd-feadf77b810b Rocky 2009-02-22T05:52:09Z