[MeanWestTexan]

Fortunately, there won't be muslims in the future for this to be a concern.

[theDentist]

When you're in orbit, which way is Mecca?

Easy. Perform a (human) waste dump. Wherever it heads must be the direction of Mecca.

[Jeff Chandler]

Perhaps we should put some Iranian Muslims in orbit and find out.

[stm]

Pretty soon....just look for the mushroom cloud...

[HAL9000]

I checked on this yesterday. It turns out that Yamaha Corp. in Japan has already patented a device that points to Mecca - U.S. Patent #6,946,991.

A portable terminal (e.g., portable telephone) is constituted using a geomagnetic sensor for detecting an azimuth, and a GPS receiver for detecting a present position thereof. A direction of a prescribed place (e.g., Mecca) is calculated based on the azimuth information and position information, so that the calculated direction is indicated by an arrow displayed on the screen of a display. In addition, a prescribed message is displayed on the screen of the display, or it is produced as preset vocalized sounds by a speaker. The azimuth information and position information are automatically produced at each religious service time, at which a user, especially a muslim who pray, holds a religious service in the direction of Mecca. In addition, the portable terminal can detect a direction match between the direction designated by the prescribed portion (e.g., antenna) of the portable terminal body and the direction of Mecca.

Too bad we didn't think of this earlier, we could have made a fortune.

[areafiftyone]

FUNNY STUFF FROM IMAO

In space, nobody can hear you scream "Allahu Ackbhar!

In space, nobody can hear you scream "Allahu Ackbhar!"

Posted by Laurence Simon at 12:00 PM | TrackBack (0) | Email This

(Via J-Walk)

Well, it looks like the land of the virulently anti-Semitic Mahathir The Moonbat is looking to go to the moon, so-to-speak. But with a space program comes serious, important scientific issues:

How do Muslim astronauts pray in space? Malaysia's National Space Agency is holding a conference to consider such questions as the country prepares to send its first citizen into orbit.

A nationwide competition in the majority-Muslim country has narrowed the field to four astronaut candidates, three of whom are Muslims.

Two will eventually be trained and sent into space by Russia, and Malaysia's space agency - or Angkasa - said it had been scratching its head over how Muslim rituals could be carried out properly.

Performing ablutions for Muslim prayers with water rationing in space and preparing food according to Islamic standards will be among issues discussed, said Angkasa's director-general, Mazlan Othman.

Other complications with Muslim astronauts:

• Beheading an infidel with a sword is complicated by the complex locking-collar on most spacesuit helmets.

• Constantly worried about Allah's aim when he hurls stars at devils (Sura 67:5)

• Tang is not halal. (But it does make excellent body-paint)

• Please do not use the AE-35 antenna as a spit for roasting goats. Pretty-please?

• Nice beard. Don't feel obligated to take on air filter cleaning duty, mind you, but it really would be appreciated.

• They use up way too much room in the Sick Bay with all the Filipino and Indian maids they brought along and constantly beat up and rape.

• Um... that's the floor and that's the wall. And that's the "Emergency Airlock Release" button you've covered up with your prayer mat that you keep cycling when you hit your forehead against it.

• The Palestinian flight-controller keeps wanting to change the rocket's course to make it smash into Sderot, Israel

• Those PhD's in Astrophysics, Flight Medicine and Engineering are impressive and might be useful when combined with your many hours of training and excellent physical condition. But tell me again: who's cousin in the Royal Family are you?

• For the last time, those solar panels are Dutch, not Danish. Now quit screaming about cartoons and smashing them or you're going out the airlock.

• About that Israeli boycott - you're gonna laugh - you might want to take a look at those oyxgen tanks on your back.

I'm sure they'll work all of this out.

[Rummyfan]

Sounds like a question for ASK THE IMAM! Also, how does one perform ablutions in a zero-gravity toilte?

[MortMan]

From orbit, look down at your @$$. Somewhere in that direction lies the heart of Islamic thought.

[Rummyfan]

Not to mention prayer times. If orbiting the earth, how many sunups-sundowns does one experience in 24 hours? May as well just spend the whole trip on the carpet!

[dfwgator]

Which Way Is Mecca?

Just follow the smell.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

Thats easy Down---TOWARDS HELL where the great prophet Moohamid is.

[FreedomCalls]

Communion on the Moon

by Penn Clark

There is a little known "first" which took place when man landed on the moon with the Apollo 11 space mission. Buzz Aldrin had been given a small communion set by his pastor to take to the moon in his personal preference kit. After the Eagle touched down, Aldrin took out the communion set, laid out the elements, asked Houston for a few moments of silence and took communion alone on the moon. I think this is a great testimony of how we should look for ways to honor the Lord in all we do. It is also interesting to me that the first thing man ever did on the moon was to take communion.

[kidd]

Now, if astronauts request it, NASA can send up streaming video of religious services.

In space, no one can hear you stream.

[onedoug]

I thought only infidels went into space.

[Semper Paratus]

Put the Kaabla in orbit and watch the fun at prayer times.

[TC Rider]

I can't believe this is even an issue.

Don't muslims believe the earth is flat?

[Williams]

Maybe I'm just becoming an old grouch, but I find the general anti Islam and anti Mecca posts offensively ignorant. All moslems are not dangerous, smell, hate America, etc. Only if you have never met any, have never travelled anywhere, are totally ignorant of the world, can you believe such things.

And all the flames in the world aren't going to change that reality. Posting that you can find Mecca from the smell is just childishly bigoted. If you want any examples of good moslems, try our allies in Iraq and Afghanistan for starters.

Jews don't have horns either, and Catholics aren't subversives working for the Pope, etc.

[bpjam]

Ah, finally we know why none of the Muslim countries are very big on scientific advances. They have to spend all of their brightest minds energy figuring out how to take a crap without offending allah.

[BJungNan]

That's easy. Here is the satellite image.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?btnG=Search+Froogle&q=pizza&addr=mecca+California&lnk=flp&lmode=local&hl=en

[BJungNan]

Here is a better view of Mecca from satellite....

http://local.google.com/local?btnG=Search+Froogle&q=pizza+near:+mecca+California&sa=N&tab=fl