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    <title>Sheik Says Biofuels Are Prohibited by Islam - Biodiesel - tribe.net</title>
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      <title>Re: Sheik Says Biofuels Are Prohibited by Islam</title>
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      <description>Oh please, suicide bombing is against Islam too, but that didnt stop Saudi Nationals from flying planes into the towers.</description>
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      <description>Sheik Says Biofuels Are Prohibited by Islam&#xD;
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"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.&#xD;
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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.&#xD;
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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.&#xD;
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http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/sheik-says-biofuels-are-prohibited-by-islam/#comment-49760&#xD;
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Muslim cleric decries biofuels as sinful&#xD;
February 20, 2009 &#xD;
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http://www.cleantech.com/news/4196/muslim-cleric-says-biofuels-are-sin</description>
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