Posted on 03/22/2023 8:37:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For centuries, a setting sun has signaled the end of fasting rituals on holidays such as Ramadan and Yom Kippur, a cue to tuck into a delicious meal after a full day of abstaining from food and drink. But what if the sun’s clockwork were to suddenly change, as it does for astronauts riding aboard the International Space Station? The orbiting laboratory whips around the Earth at about 17,000 miles per hour (27,600 kilometers per hour), giving passengers 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
It’s a question astronaut Sultan Alneyadi has been contending with since his arrival at the space station on March 3. He’s one of fewer than a dozen Muslim astronauts who have traveled to space, and at the end of his mission in about five months, he will have been the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates to complete a long-duration stay on the floating laboratory.
During his stay, Muslims on Earth will observe the month of Ramadan — a time of fasting, prayer and reflection that runs from the evening of March 22 to April 21. There will also be two Muslim festivals — Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, a celebration of the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Mecca, the holy land in Saudi Arabia, that begins June 28.
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As usual, blow yourself up and take as many infidels with you as you can.
Lol.
I would think he would use sunrise and sunset times as Mecca, adjusted to the time, likely Zulu time, used in the ISS. Or simply use Zulu time.
Peg it to Makkah, KSA time. Simple. Any imam can rule that.
All he has to do is Ram-A-Lam-A-Ding-Dong.
Exactly.
I don’t know, why not let him step out the airlock and check, no suit of course.
Or a Moon Pie.
He will simply wear out his prayer rug and collapse onto the floor. Major Tomhammed?
He’ll figure it out, I’m sure. Why is this news again?
Like the ones in Alaska do. Just follow one of the lower 48 time zones.
Just lock your ass in the head and get to praying. Don’t make us throw you out an airlock.
Hmm...a religion limited by latitude. Mad Mo sure was smart!
What?
Catholics have similar problems, but simpler.
“Suppose that you didn’t make your Easter duty and it’s Pentecost Sunday, the last day, and you’re on a ship at sea. And the chaplain goes into a coma! But you wanted to receive. And then it’s Monday, too late… But then you cross the International Date Line! Would that then be a sin then, Father?”
― George Carlin
Are confused? Pretty straightforward statement.
I guess a *month* of Ramadan would be over for him in about two days.
All those Christian terrorist groups going around massacring Muslims that you hear about almost every week certainly earns them the title “Christian bigots”. By contrast, you can practice Christianity in virtually every Muslim-controlled country on Earth without fear of losing your head.
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