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List of Muslim astronauts

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delete as per previous discussion and WP:OCAT#Non-notable_intersections_by_ethnicity.2C_religion.2C_or_sexual_preference. article is an orphan and not extended since 2007. Nageh (talk) 07:54, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I can see where this could be a good topic for an article, but it has no sourcing, and no context whatsoever. As with Christian astronauts who have reported experiencing an epiphany of some sort while in orbit, I would expect that some of the persons on the list have described similar experiences to their fellow Muslims upon returning to Earth. In addition, space travel would require some accommodations for persons practicing any religion, whether it's an alteration of diet, routines on a particular day, communication with a chaplain, or facing in a specific direction during prayer (one's orientation toward Mecca would be constantly changing while in orbit). Not a keeper at the moment, but this could be so much more than a list. Mandsford (talk) 13:55, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- These seem interesting ideas, and if added would enhance the article significantly. However, at the same time, I am wondering whether a section on religious aspects in space traveling would not be better added under a sociological issues section in an article like Human spaceflight. Nageh (talk) 14:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:14, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment see also Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_November_27#Category:Muslim_astronauts ... 70.29.210.242 (talk) 05:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Muslim astronaut (or somesuch... Moslem cosmonaut, Islamic spacetraveller, Mohammeddin spationaut, ...) and make it into an article instead of a list. It can cover where to point to when praying in orbit, and when to pray, since you orbit faster than an Earthly rotation, meaning a solar day is your orbital period... 70.29.210.242 (talk) 05:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Moslem cosmonaut" could be called a "Mos-manaut" maybe. Mandsford (talk) 11:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It has no Ref's and it links to 2 pages. This topic could be covered in one of the many other lists. I wouldn't be opposed if the list was expanded upon and some ref's were included. Stuff like how offten they preyed, any special diets they had and stuff like that could be included. In its current state, the list isn't that great, and I question if it even meats WP:Stub criteria.--NavyBlue84 13:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment it would need to be renamed to cover topics that are not appropriate for a list article... 70.29.210.242 (talk) 04:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]