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2007-05-01 Olde Tyme Religion
Malaysia Creates Religious Guidelines for Muslim Astronauts
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Posted by Mark E. 2007-05-01 09:04|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Drop em out in deep space. They will figure out what to do for a short time.
Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-01 09:36||   2007-05-01 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 because there was such urgency...
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-05-01 09:36||   2007-05-01 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Space Food Sticks? Halal? Not halal?
I gotta know...
Posted by tu3031 2007-05-01 09:38||   2007-05-01 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 My first story post! Next, to try it from my phone!
Posted by Mark E. 2007-05-01 10:17||   2007-05-01 10:17|| Front Page Top

#5 They have to pray standing on their heads.
Posted by danking_70 2007-05-01 10:24||   2007-05-01 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Ironically, the Fox News article ends with this link:

See Next Story in Science --->
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-05-01 10:28||   2007-05-01 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow! That Malaysian space program is really ahead of its time.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2007-05-01 10:30|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com]  2007-05-01 10:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Strap them down into these. It's the only way to ensure their butts don't point to mecca.
Posted by ed 2007-05-01 10:38||   2007-05-01 10:38|| Front Page Top

#9 That's the comedy for today. Forget astronuts, just concentrate on enlarging your goat herds.
Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-01 10:58||   2007-05-01 10:58|| Front Page Top

#10 I think the main guideline should be prayer.

Since the only way a malasian muslim is going into orbit is by catapult, prayer seems about right.
Posted by flash91 2007-05-01 12:03||   2007-05-01 12:03|| Front Page Top

#11 I think the main guideline should be prayer.

Considering they have to pray at sunup and sundown and several times in between, that's about all they'll have time for in orbit.
Posted by xbalanke 2007-05-01 12:23||   2007-05-01 12:23|| Front Page Top

#12 If the Russians draw a little piggy picture on the package of Space Food Sticks, does that make them non-halal? And, how are they going to be sure their heads and not their butts are pointed towards Mecca when they are circling the earth in zero G?
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-05-01 12:28||   2007-05-01 12:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Why do I keep thinking of the keystone cops when they try to point to Mecca and pray in zero g?
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-05-01 12:31||   2007-05-01 12:31|| Front Page Top

#14 My first story post! Next, to try it from my phone!

Congratulations, Mark E.! Welcome to the club. :-)
Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-01 12:36||   2007-05-01 12:36|| Front Page Top

#15 I wouldn't be so proud to belong to a club that allows Frank G as a member
Posted by Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx  2007-05-01 12:38||   2007-05-01 12:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Member? Standards? What standards? :)
Posted by Spanky Graing9018 2007-05-01 13:49||   2007-05-01 13:49|| Front Page Top

#17 Dress code; in space? must be covered between the navel and the knees? that leaves a very unappetizing visual of nekkid muzzies floating around.
and second question: who wants to be the ground crewman that gets to wash their flight suits (especially the left glove) after they get back????
goat tending is indeed the best alternative.

Posted by USN. Ret. 2007-05-01 14:16||   2007-05-01 14:16|| Front Page Top

#18 First: I covered the prayer to Mecca thing from space in a fatwa I wrote and posted some months ago.

I am presently working on a fatwa covering Muslim behavior in the close presence of Black Holes.

Second: What type of useful work is the International Space Station doing right now. Inquiring minds and wallets want to know.
Posted by Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam">Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam  2007-05-01 15:06||   2007-05-01 15:06|| Front Page Top

#19 #1 - NO GOATS IN SPACE!
Posted by mojo">mojo  2007-05-01 15:19||   2007-05-01 15:19|| Front Page Top

#20 just concentrate on enlarging your goat

Happens every night.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-05-01 15:46||   2007-05-01 15:46|| Front Page Top

#21 Don't know what they're going to do about those Pigs in Space.
Posted by danking_70 2007-05-01 16:28||   2007-05-01 16:28|| Front Page Top

#22 Do you have to pray five times every 90 minutes if you are a muslim in space? :-)
Posted by gorb 2007-05-01 16:53||   2007-05-01 16:53|| Front Page Top

#23 "My first story post!"

Lost your virginity, didja, Mark?

Mother Rantburg is so proud. *sniff*

Welcome to the club. :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-05-01 17:03|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-05-01 17:03|| Front Page Top

#24 # 15 Groucho. I remember Groucho Marx said he wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have someone like him.
Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-01 19:37||   2007-05-01 19:37|| Front Page Top

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