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Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts
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 Quote:Malaysia's space agency, Angkasa, convened a conference of 150 Islamic scientists and scholars in 2006 to address the question, among others, of how to pray towards Mecca in space. Islamic scientists research how to properly talk to invisible people in the sky. Real scientists research how to get beyond the sky. 
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 RE: Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts
May 16, 2014 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2014 at 3:04 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 16, 2014 at 4:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts ....... Unfotunately, This takes the wind right out of the sail of what otherwise could very well have been a nice premise for a fruitful discussion.
Yeah but only the last guy had the benefit of the FATWA council coming up with a plan for wasting time in space.
The rest of them must have been stoned when they got back!  RE: Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts
May 16, 2014 at 3:31 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2014 at 3:32 pm by Confused Ape.)
(May 16, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah but only the last guy had the benefit of the FATWA council coming up with a plan for wasting time in space. They wouldn't have dared to stone the first Muslim in space.  Sultan bin Salman Al Saud Quote:Sultan bin Salman (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first astronaut of royal blood, and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in outer space.  Where are the snake and mushroom smilies? (May 16, 2014 at 5:27 am)Confused Ape Wrote: 30 seconds of googling produced this - List of Muslim Astronauts Well, bugger me with a fishfork, I did not know that. Ta for the heads up. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
 RE: Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts
May 18, 2014 at 10:49 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2014 at 10:51 pm by mralstoner.)
(May 16, 2014 at 4:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I'm not sure NASA could spare the payload.Don't be so sure. Obama has made it the mission of NASA to make Muslims "feel good about themselves". It's not a joke. It's for real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUNc9bWu_1I I mean, everyone knows Boko Haram and Al Qaeda just have a science self-esteem problem. 
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Copenhagen School  Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher. (May 16, 2014 at 4:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Muslims pray five times a day. Each prayer requires and average of seven minutes to perform, for an approximate total of 35 minutes on the mat. You know why this is no Muslim astronauts? They don't want them near the rocket fuel, too expulsive.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. 
Lemonvariable72
Copenhagen School Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher. (May 19, 2014 at 7:31 am)Cato Wrote:(May 19, 2014 at 1:38 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: You know why this is no Muslim astronauts? They don't want them near the rocket fuel, too expulsive. Atlas V.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. |
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