Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Ramadan<br/>
Date: Nov 15, 2001 @ 05:53<br/>
Author: Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood &lt;bronto@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-729079192"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:andrew@...">andrew@...</a> wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; When I was in Saudi Arabia a similar set of questions arose when a<br/>
&gt; Saudi Prince flew in the Space Shuttle. What time should he pray (The<br/>
&gt; Shuttles sees a sunrise every 90 minutes) and what direction should<br/>
&gt; he pray in. The anwsers were to pray on Mecca time and that the<br/>
&gt; direction did not matter as he was closer to paridise (Heaven) than<br/>
&gt; anyone else at the time. . . .<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Donald Moffitt&#39;s novel &lt;Crescent in the Sky&gt; portrays a Muslim society<br/>
on Mars.  People carry little gadgets that point to Mecca, i.e. Earth.<br/>
<br/>
In free-fall, you can point directly at Mecca, rather than merely<br/>
along the great circle!<br/>
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Anton Sherwood  --  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ogre.nu/">http://ogre.nu/</a> (not working just now)</div>