Posted on 07/30/2010 3:25:48 PM PDT by dynachrome
Riyadh – Worshippers at a mosque in a Saudi Arabian village near Mecca discovered they were praying for 10 years in the wrong direction, a newspaper in the country reported Thursday.
Muslims are meant to pray in the direction of the most sacred site in Islam, known as the Kaaba, a large granite structure in the holy city of Mecca.
Villagers in Hadda, 20 kilometres north-west of Mecca, should have prayed southeast, but instead bent down five times a day in a northern direction.
After realizing the error, the mosque’s leaders changed the direction of the prayer carpets so the worshippers now face the Kaaba.
(Excerpt) Read more at weaselzippers.us ...
Makes sense to me.
There’s a thing called a compass
They should be using omni-directional prayer rugs....that way the prayer is transmitted in all directions. I think they should behead the dumbsonofabeeeyotch that designed their mosque.
Does it snap shut?
wouldn't surprise me...
It’s such a foreign and unfamiliar object. I’m not certain if I really want to know what it is, but I need to ask. Whadda heck is it?
the black object in the middle is their asteroid/moon rock/god/whatever it is they pray to, held together with a silver orifice after it was damaged i still think it's why the goathumper are ascared of women...
You think that's tough? How about the 25,000 mile walk to Mecca and the 25,000 mile walk back when they make their Haj pilgrimage.
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