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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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To: JoeProBono
Some worshippers are said to be anxious about the validity of their prayers. There is so much material there.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:23:13 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:23:31 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: browardchad
Wouldnt it sweet to find out they were praying to Miami.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:24:08 PM PDT
by
Yorlik803
( If this be treason, then lets make the best of it.)
To: JoeProBono
They tried to tell Mohammed not to hire that Jewish architect, but he went with the lowest bidder anyway.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:24:26 PM PDT
by
csmusaret
(You can't spell Democrat without R-A-T.)
To: JoeProBono
"What's Arabic for 'close enough for government work?'"
If the Holy Quaran says pi = 3 exactly, who are we to question it?
The inspectors will never know the difference.
If you turn this astrolab backwards, it plays "Paul is Dead"?
How many cubits in a cabda ?
I suck at math, my uncle, the Vizier, got me this gig
What is the characterist response of a neutral plasma to an incident plain wave? Or is it heresy to ask?
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:24:30 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:25:14 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The answer to 1984 is 1776)
To: EggsAckley
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:27:11 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:27:27 PM PDT
by
patton
(I hope that they fight to the death and both sides win.)
To: JoeProBono
“Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho”
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:27:46 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(This is coming to a head....this pimple needs a poppin')
To: JoeProBono
so, they worship an old meteorite...what a bunch of maroons.
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:29:10 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(This is coming to a head....this pimple needs a poppin')
To: JoeProBono
فشل
FAIL!
A fail worth laughing at, too!
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:29:59 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
To: combat_boots
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:30:08 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:32:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:36:04 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Just how precisely do you have to point your arse in the air for the prayer to be valid?
±10°? ±5°? ±1°? ±0.1°? ±0.01°?
Just when does Allah listen and take you seriously? When does he refuse to listen to you? I wonder if "Ask The Imam" would weigh in on this momentus matter?
To: JoeProBono
"Some worshippers are said to be anxious about the validity of their prayers"Nope. sorry... gotta do them ALL over again!
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:36:30 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(physically unable to proofreed (<---oops))
To: JoeProBono
OMG! I’ll bet my BIL has one! He’s a great guy though.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:38:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: dware
I think the US Navy and Air Force could be of assistance.
To: ConorMacNessa
Hi, Doc. Happy Palm Sunday to ya!
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posted on
04/05/2009 3:41:12 PM PDT
by
dcwusmc
(We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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