http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-issues-fatwa---4967400?ICID=FB_mirror_main ... Trending Je Suis Charlie Paris shooting Charlie Hebdo Fox News Prince Andrew AirAsia flight Saudi Arabia issues fatwa - forbidding the building of SNOWMEN A senior Saudi cleric has branded snowmen as 'anti-Islamic' with supporters claiming building them promotes 'lustiness' A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic. Asked on a religious website if it was permissible for fathers to build snowmen for their children after a snowstorm in the country's north, Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid replied: "It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun." Quoting from Muslim scholars, Sheikh Munajjid argued that to build a snowman was to create an image of a human being, an action considered sinful under the kingdom's strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.