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Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

astronauts who have traveled to

space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consi ...

. As of August 4, 2022, 12 Muslims (10 men and 2 women) have been in space, all of whom remain alive. AnoushehAnsari

List of Muslim astronauts

Praying towards Mecca in space

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

's space agency, Angkasa, convened a conference of 150

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ma ...

scientists and scholars in 2006 to address the question, among others, of how to pray towards

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow v ...

in space. A document was produced in early 2007 called ''A Guideline of Performing Ibadah (worship) at the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...

'' (ISS) and was approved by Malaysia's

National Fatwa Council Islam in Malaysia is represented by the Shafi‘i school of Sunni jurisprudence.

.Patrick Di Justo
"A Muslim Astronaut’s Dilemma — How to Face Mecca From Space"
''Wired'', September 26, 2007

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List of Muslim astronauts

Praying towards Mecca in space

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