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Ramazan and Seker Bayrami in space
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 07:39 pm |
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The first Muslim astronaut is Sheikh Muszaphar, a Malaysian orthopedic surgeon, and as his time in space will coincide with the last part of Ramazan, the Islamic National Fatwa Council (Malaysia) drew up the first comprehensive guidebook for Muslims in space. In this 18-page guidebook details about issues such as how to pray in a low-gravity environment, how to locate Mecca from the ISS, how to determine prayer times, and issues surrounding fasting are explained. The orbit of the ISS results in one day/night cycle every 90 minutes, so the issues of fasting during Ramazan are also addressed. Sheikh Muszaphar will spend the last four days of Ramazan in space. Fasting while traveling is optional, so Sheikh Muszaphar could choose what he would like to do, but if he did decide to fast in space, the times would be centered around local time in Baikonur, where the launch takes place. Sheikh Muszaphar will celebrate Şeker Bayrami aboard the station, and he packed some cookies to hand out to the rest of the crew on Saturday, October 13, to mark the end of Ramazan.
(translated from an article at www.volkskrant.nl, a Dutch newspaper).
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 07:55 pm |
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Interesting Trudy, guidebook for Muslims in space.. Hmm, I think I would be more worried about general survival than how to determine prayer times, locating Mecca etc.. I wonder if they have guidebooks for other religions in space. Anyhow, I do understand their good intentions.
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 08:04 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Interesting Trudy, guidebook for Muslims in space.. Hmm, I think I would be more worried about general survival than how to determine prayer times, locating Mecca etc.. I wonder if they have guidebooks for other religions in space. Anyhow, I do understand their good intentions. |
Is there a better time to pray then when you are in potential danger? But it did make me wonder about other religious practices and how they are accomodated in space. For example...do Christians get communion in space?
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 08:12 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: Quoting teaschip1: Interesting Trudy, guidebook for Muslims in space.. Hmm, I think I would be more worried about general survival than how to determine prayer times, locating Mecca etc.. I wonder if they have guidebooks for other religions in space. Anyhow, I do understand their good intentions. |
Is there a better time to pray then when you are in potential danger? But it did make me wonder about other religious practices and how they are accomodated in space. For example...do Christians get communion in space? |
True, but as Christians prayer can be anytime of anyday. We don't need a guidebook to tell us that. I would imagine they could get communion as long as a priest has blessed the host. I do wonder if they have a guidebook for other religions as well.
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 09:21 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: The first Muslim astronaut is Sheikh Muszaphar, a Malaysian orthopedic surgeon, and as his time in space will coincide with the last part of Ramazan, the Islamic National Fatwa Council (Malaysia) drew up the first comprehensive guidebook for Muslims in space. In this 18-page guidebook details about issues such as how to pray in a low-gravity environment, how to locate Mecca from the ISS, how to determine prayer times, and issues surrounding fasting are explained. The orbit of the ISS results in one day/night cycle every 90 minutes, so the issues of fasting during Ramazan are also addressed. Sheikh Muszaphar will spend the last four days of Ramazan in space. Fasting while traveling is optional, so Sheikh Muszaphar could choose what he would like to do, but if he did decide to fast in space, the times would be centered around local time in Baikonur, where the launch takes place. Sheikh Muszaphar will celebrate Şeker Bayrami aboard the station, and he packed some cookies to hand out to the rest of the crew on Saturday, October 13, to mark the end of Ramazan.
(translated from an article at www.volkskrant.nl, a Dutch newspaper). |
i read this a month ago on a kazakh site 
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 09:22 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Quoting Elisabeth: Quoting teaschip1: Interesting Trudy, guidebook for Muslims in space.. Hmm, I think I would be more worried about general survival than how to determine prayer times, locating Mecca etc.. I wonder if they have guidebooks for other religions in space. Anyhow, I do understand their good intentions. |
Is there a better time to pray then when you are in potential danger? But it did make me wonder about other religious practices and how they are accomodated in space. For example...do Christians get communion in space? |
True, but as Christians prayer can be anytime of anyday. We don't need a guidebook to tell us that. I would imagine they could get communion as long as a priest has blessed the host. I do wonder if they have a guidebook for other religions as well. |
other religions are not as special as islam
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 09:23 pm |
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muslims dont have their own space station!
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 09:25 pm |
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Quoting femme_fatal: muslims dont have their own space station! |
He is on the ISS station.
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11 Oct 2007 Thu 09:29 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: Quoting femme_fatal: muslims dont have their own space station! |
He is on the ISS station. |
a baby of russians
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