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No, it's *that* way.
Topic Started: Jul 30 2010, 04:14 PM (330 Views)
George K
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http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1574078.php/Saudi-village-discovers-it-prayed-in-wrong-direction-for-10-years

Saudi village discovers it prayed in wrong direction for 10 years

Jul 29, 2010, 10:55 GMT

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.
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Oopsie!
Edited by George K, Jul 30 2010, 04:17 PM.
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How funny they all had their asses facing Mecca for 10 years
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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jon-nyc
Jul 30 2010, 07:31 PM
How funny karmic they all had their asses facing Mecca for 10 years
There, I fixed it.
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:lol2:

When I saw the big mosque off the freeway in Toledo - this must have been 25 years ago.. I had this urge to build a really tacky trailer park to the east of it and call it Mecca.
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The culture that invented "zero" should be able to install a compass in their places of worship.
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Jul 31 2010, 05:43 AM
:lol2:

When I saw the big mosque off the freeway in Toledo - this must have been 25 years ago.. I had this urge to build a really tacky trailer park to the east of it and call it Mecca.
...and a store called "Hal and Al's meat market".
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Phlebas
Jul 31 2010, 06:01 AM
"Hal and Al's meat market".
:lol2:

Better that than "Harry and Armen's."
Edited by George K, Jul 31 2010, 06:18 AM.
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Actually, I've been eating halal quite a bit lately. There's a new Mediterranean restaurant near work that is really good. They advertise being halal on the menu. Great schwarmas, tabouleh, falafels and their little cashew pastries are fantastic.
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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.


Actually, they were still pointed in the right direction, just the long way around.
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