Church and state: bad. Muslims in space: a must!
Headline:
Muslims urged to embark on space exploration
Question:
Huh? Why?
Answer:
Oh no reason. Just that there’s too many damn Christians ’n Jews up there is all, I guess.
Joel’s helpful suggestion:
Work on that whole “clean running water for your peeps” thing and maybe even help try to “avoid a cataclysmic Islamofascist fundamentalist-driven war against the west”, first. These are just suggestions.
Updated Wed. Apr. 26 2006 8:34 AM ET
Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia’s ambition to send an astronaut to space next year should inspire other Muslim countries to embark on space exploration, an Islamic professor said Tuesday.
However, Muslims who travel to space must tackle religious challenges such as performing prayers at zero gravity and ensuring their meals fulfill Islamic dietary conditions, said Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, a United Arab Emirates-based university professor in Islamic studies.
“We are all very hopeful that the efforts by the Malaysian government will inspire other Muslim countries to inaugurate space initiatives,” Ahmad said on the sidelines of a conference in Kuala Lumpur to discuss Islamic perspectives on space expeditions.
The only Muslim who has flown into orbit so far is Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan bin Salman, who went aboard the U.S. shuttle Discovery in 1985, Ahmad said.
[…] “Muslim countries so far are not able to send an astronaut to space on their own, because we still need to partner with countries such as the U.S., China and Russia,” [Mazlan Othman, director general of Malaysia’s National Space Agency] said.
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In the article, the AP reporter forgot to add: “What in tarnation are you on about?”
(Hat tip to conservativegal for the article)
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