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Re: Israel, Palestine, and a world of stuff I don't know
Posted By: Ellmyruh, on host 12.246.62.34
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 03:48:27
In Reply To: Re: Israel, Palestine, and a world of stuff I don't know posted by Nyperold on Friday, April 5, 2002, at 20:07:40:

> > > 8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray
> > >with their backs toward Jerusalem.
> >
> > Faux Pas already called this one. The only Muslims who pray with their back to Jerusalem are those who live between Jerusalem and Mecca directly on the line connecting the two. And it's completely incidental that even *these* Muslims pray with their "backs toward Jerusalem."
>
> And I already responded to him on this. The point in this case(although he should've said it better) is that they don't purposefully face Jerusalem, but Mecca. It's completely incidental that those living on the *other* side of Mecca pray facing Jerusalem.

I still fail to see why this was even a point. As far as I know, Jews don't pray toward Jerusalem, either.

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