As Malaysia prepares to pick its first astronauts, the country's space agency is hunting for solutions to the problems it expects devout Muslims to face while in orbit, such as in which direction to pray. Devout Muslims are required under Islam rules to pray fervently five times a day facing their holy city of Mecca. Mecca is the birthplace

Islam accounts for approximately 21 percent of the world's religion with some 1.5 billion followers worldwide. The second most popular religion, Islam stems back to the seventh century and originates from the teachings of Islamic Prophet, Muhammad. The Word, Islam, means "submission" or the total surrender of oneself to God. A follower of Islam is