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Indonesian Muslims Told to Change Prayer Direction (They Faced Toward Africa Instead of Mecca)
The Malaysian Insider ^
| July 16, 2010
| Reuters
Posted on 07/17/2010 6:46:16 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:21:28 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: DogByte6RER
They’re all wrong, the right direction is toward the White House.
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:22:42 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
To: Roccus
I agree with you! I wonder if that black rock they worship in Mecca is the entrance to Hell.
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:28:19 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(A Dictatorship doesn't want the competition of God in the lives of the Peasants.)
To: Lonely Bull
Some Muslim groups in North America take the rhumb line to Mecca (southeastwards) as theirqibla (praying direction) instead of the traditional rule of the shortest path, which would give a northeastward direction from the Eastern USA[citation needed].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:35:05 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: Migraine
Lol, 1000 yrs from now they’ll still be in a sh**hole.
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:40:23 PM PDT
by
99Floyd
(zero/empty suit=deception, division and disaster)
To: DogByte6RER
It seems like from Indonesia it would only be a few degrees different to face Africa instead of Mecca (in Saudia Arabia).
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:44:16 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: proudofthesouth
I wonder if that black rock they worship in Mecca is the entrance to Hell. Nah.....satan wouldn't waste his time. It's just a giant turd polished to a high shine by millions of dirtbag lips.
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:11:49 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: DogByte6RER
So if theyre on a space station, or Mars, which direction do they face?
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:17:11 PM PDT
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To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:29:33 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: DogByte6RER
The Lemmings all acted in concert to do something stupid????!!!! I’m shocked, SHOCKED!! (Good thing they caught it early, otherwise it would have been “tradition”, established hundreds of years ago, forgoing the values of any other culture in the region!)
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:32:25 PM PDT
by
LittleBillyInfidel
(Rev. Wright said "G_d D_mn America!". B-HO replied, "I'll do my best.")
To: DogByte6RER
¨What´s the frequency, Kenneth?¨
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:47:49 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Mad Dawg
There’s a spot in the Society Islands, i.e. near Tahiti, where you could face any direction you want ... or straight down!
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:26:45 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: 99Floyd; BenLurkin; Migraine
Oh my, you are all clever! I can’t stop laughing. Keep up the good work. :-)
To: Soothesayer9
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posted on
07/17/2010 10:36:43 PM PDT
by
bornred
To: Mad Dawg
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posted on
07/17/2010 10:58:12 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: Chode
To: hoosiermama
"No need to tear down mosques, just shift your direction slightly to the northwest"...
It sounds so reasonable at first. Then you get to thinking about how silly it is and you just have to wonder - how can rational people put up with this? Or how can a people worship a God so petty and who has no son?
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posted on
07/18/2010 4:51:33 AM PDT
by
x_plus_one
(Liberal politics is now a form of social snobbery.....)
To: acliffhang3r
it's their Moon Rock/God...
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posted on
07/18/2010 5:46:52 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: smokingfrog
Personally I prefer the baba au rhum line.
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posted on
07/18/2010 7:17:29 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(O Maria, sine labe concepta, ora pro nobis qui ad te confugimus.)
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