Fatwa, Fatwa, Durka, Durka

Back when I was studying Economics, my group went through a seminar where we had to invent and pretend to manufacture, market, and sell a product. My project partner was a Lebanese Muslim and we came up with a portable prayer rug with a GPS device and international clock, so traveling Muslims would always know when to pray and the direction of Mecca. We were so pleased with ourselves, we actually considered, for about 7 minutes, finding a real manufacturer. We decided not to pursue it because 1) I'm not a Muslim and 2) we didn't know if it would be haraam or halal.

But as I just read in The Economist, there's now an easy solution to the problem: online fatwas! See what www.E-fatwa.com says about squatting or what www.MuftiSays.com says about unibrows. Fascinating and informative reading.