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Mecca mosques 'wrongly aligned'
news.bbc ^
| Sunday, 5 April 2009
Posted on 04/05/2009 3:13:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Some 200 mosques in Islam's holiest city, Mecca, point the wrong way for prayers, reports from Saudi Arabia say. All mosques have a niche showing the direction of the most sacred Islamic site, the Kaaba, an ancient cube-like building in Mecca's Grand Mosque. But people looking down from recently built high-rises in Mecca found the niches in many older mosques were not pointing directly towards the Kaaba. Some worshippers are said to be anxious about the validity of their prayers.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; islam; kaaba; mecca; middleages; mosque; petra
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All mosques have a niche indicating the direction of the Kaaba
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:14:31 PM PDT
by
mockingbyrd
(From the God Who brought you the plague of frogs and boils comes......OBAMA!!!!)
To: JoeProBono
Should I be ashamed that I get so much pleasure from this?
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:15:05 PM PDT
by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: All
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:15:37 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:16:39 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:16:48 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: JoeProBono
There have been suggestions that laser beams could be used to make an exact measurement.Aren't lasers also used to pinpoint targets for smart bomb technology?
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:16:51 PM PDT
by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: JoeProBono
“Some worshipers are said to be anxious about the validity of their prayers.”
Not to worry. The Devil has all the time in the world to listen to them. *SMIRK*
Besides, MY prayers (that I can say facing in any direction, day or night, or simply as I breathe) cancel out theirs, anyway. :)
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:18:30 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:18:39 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: dware
Nuke em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:18:42 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
To: JoeProBono
I had to check to make sure it wasn’t satire.
I guess God has a very narrow window for hearing their prayers. Maybe it’s more narrow than they realize.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:18:46 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:19:12 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: dware
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:19:19 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply." W.C Fields)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:20:45 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: JoeProBono
Pray again, allah didn’t catch that the first few million times.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:20:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: mass55th
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:21:23 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Nope, all your prayers are invalid. For your penance, beat 25 women and behead 16 infidels.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:22:28 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(iT EMINDS ME)
To: JoeProBono; Steelfish
Steelfish, that’s a classy way to do it. Dupe threads happen, especially when they’re hours apart. Share the wealth.
To: JoeProBono
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Best laugh of the week!
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