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* Then there's the question of how a Muslim is supposed to fulfill their obligation to pray facing Mecca five times a day while in space. When the astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who is Muslim, had an extended say on the International Space Station, a group of Malaysian Muslim scholars [[https://makkah.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/a_guideline_ibadah_at_iss.pdf came up with answers.]]

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* Then there's the question of how a Muslim is supposed to fulfill their obligation to pray facing Mecca five times a day while in space. When the astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who is Muslim, had an extended say on the International Space Station, a group of Malaysian Muslim scholars [[https://makkah.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/a_guideline_ibadah_at_iss.pdf came up with answers.]]]][[labelnote:Summary]]Earth calendar still applies. Date and time are based on the Earth spaceport the astronaut took of from's timezone. Praying while facing Earth in general is okay.[[/labelnote]]

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