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- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: alt.gopher,talk.bizarre,alt.tasteless
- Subject: Re: Praying to Mecca in a Space Station
- Message-ID: <TBiwNB2w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 13:10:16 BST
- References: <ed.710834363@odin>
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- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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- ed@odin.unomaha.edu (Ed Stastny) writes:
- > jle@locus.com (John Elghani/10000000) writes:
- > >In article <1VXoNB12w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
- > >>khan@davidsys.com writes:
- > >>> When muslims start living in space stations,
- > >>> they would still be able to pray towards Makkah.
- > >>which rotates so as to get artificial gravity. Fix a torch to the rim of a
- > >>bicycle wheel with duct tape, spin the wheel, and watch where the torch bea
- ^^^^^^^^^
- > >>goes.
- > >islam that says that you'd be incapable of praying if you were unable
- > >to locate the direction of Mecca. You can face in any direction
- > >and pray then. Therefore when in space or in different Galaxy,
- > >or at the edge of the Uiverse (if any) a muslim can still face to
- >
- > And why is this on GOPHER?
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- Did you miss the magic words?
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- We all know what to do with gophers and duct tape, don't we?
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- mathew
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