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Caringheart 
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 Topic: astronautsPosted: 12 November 2015 at 2:36pm |
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I was watching a show today that raised an interesting question...
Can a muslim ever be an astronaut? In zero gravity he would not be able to bow down to pray... In outer space, would he be able to face Mecca.... and would it even still be relevant? Does being a muslim preclude participating in the sciences of space? |
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Tim the plumber
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Posted: 13 November 2015 at 12:36am |
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I don't see any problem with knowing which way Mecca is.
Given the view you would surely often be able to see exactly where it is. |
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Posted: 13 November 2015 at 4:39am |
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The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses (Albert Einstein 1954, in his "Gods Letter")
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Posted: 13 November 2015 at 7:30am |
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"It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, but righteous is the one who believes in Allah, and the Last Day, and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and gives away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask and to set slaves free and keeps up prayer and pays the poor-rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and affliction and in the time of conflict. These are they who are truthful; and these are they who keep their duty." Ch. 2:177
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Caringheart
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Posted: 13 November 2015 at 11:58am |
 Greetings abuayisha,So I guess they could pursue a career in space.  Edited by Caringheart - 14 November 2015 at 12:54pm |
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abuayisha
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Posted: 14 November 2015 at 8:31am |
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http://www.muslimworldjournal.com/2015/02/how-muslim-astronauts-pray-in-space/
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Abu Loren
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Posted: 15 November 2015 at 3:36pm |
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Apparently no REAL astronauts exists! All make believe.
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La Ilaha IllAllah
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Posted: 16 November 2015 at 6:14am |
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There can be problems with knowing which way Mecca is, for example near neutron stars or black holes.
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