Muslim astronaut in space worship problem [HOW do you pray facing Mecca five times a day in space?]

news.com.au ^ | May 02, 2007 01:00am | staff writer

[SkyPilot]

"Which way is towards Mecca?"

[newcthem]

Reminds me of an old Star Trek joke....

Yup.......these are the real Klingons.

[StormEye]

"HOW do you pray facing Mecca five times a day when you are circling the Earth 16 times every 24 hours"

The best solution to this problem is to NEVER allow muslims to be involved in our space program. Why are we even allowing these enemies of humanity to participate in something they don't understand, have not contributed to and would like to destroy? For a muslim to fly on the space shuttle an American who isn't muslim must give up his/her seat and lose out on the experience. No muslims at NASA!

[andyk]

The Malaysian will travel to Russia's International Space Station in October, in exchange for a lucrative arms deal.

Russia has an International Space Station? Wow! Is it me, or does Russia seem to be able to send whoever they want to up to the station? Didn't they just make some money sending some chick up in space to the ISS?

[bedolido]

Malaysian authorities as they prepare to send their first man into space

this is talking about the Malaysian space program (I know... who knew?). Not NASA.

[texson66]

Tell him to stick his head up his a$$; same difference!

[Gritty]

Mentally disturbed people should not be astronauts, so Muslims shouldn't be on space voyages and this should not be a problem.

Next question?

[tkathy]

Stick their heads up their hindies and float around in circles.

[bmwcyle]

He must stand out side with no suit on.

[onedoug]

I’d think it sacreligious to Islam to go into space at all.

[silverleaf]

muslims in space-

close enough to touch the face of God -

but spending an entire year trying to figure out proper procedure to stick their butts up in the air and face down to pray toward toward a meteorite stuck in the sand on earth.

[Right Wing Assault]

There shall be no muslim astronauts. Mohammed did not have a rocket, so no muslim can place himself in a higher position than mohammed. The Koran says this, I am sure. It’s probably in the list of reasons to behead people. I command a fatwa on all muslim and Christian and Jew and Hindu and Buddhist and women and atheist and polytheist astronauts. And their launch crew.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Old, outdated, obsolete, retrograde barbarism can’t fit into the modern world. It shouldn’t exist in the modern world.

[rogue yam]

The best solution to this problem is to NEVER allow muslims to be involved in our space program.

We already sent up a Saudi prince years ago. I read about it in the Weekly World News. Ed Anger was madder than an astronaut with a pinched hose.

[ken21]

gosh, that’s a real problema!

[Old Professer]

Let him sit on his head.

[50mm]

Why would you risk a terrorist attack in space by someone suffering from Sudden Jihad Syndrome? I say let him pray whatever way he wants - on the ground.

[Publius6961]

It's more complicated than it appears.i don't know if the maggots have an acceptable tolerance for direction (+ or - 5 degrees?), but when in orbit, even the "face the earth" thing is constantly changing.

Sound to me like a good reason for the rug pilots to not be chosen for space missions.

You think that's bad, what does he do in the 6th Quadrant?

[Publius6961]

They set a clock to Mecca time, and he prayed according to that.

Feh.
That takes care of the time.

Are you aware what "facing mecca" means in space?

[Redcloak]

The bigger problem is: How do you light your fuse in a vacuum?