The first Muslim to blast off into space…and what does the Islamic society worry about? How he is going to perform his prayers and fulfill his obligations as a Muslim. The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia has come up with comprehensive guidelines in space in the form of a book. The guidebook will be translated into English, Russian, Arabic and more.
What wonders what the astronaut is going to do in space. Is he going to fast during the fasting month, ensure the vitamin pills he eats contain no animal products which may not have been slaughtered in the Islamic condoned way, and pray five times a day facing the right direction despite the lack of gravitational pull in space?
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