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Facing Jerusalem

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in response to reader comment: using your words

Submitted by Samer Sukhun (United Arab Emirates), Apr 30, 2008 at 19:13

in other words he was not liking it, he wanted to pray toward Ka'ba, not towards Jerusalem, but he obeyed God,

in fact when he was in Ka'ba , he used to face Jerusalem in his prayer while praying in front of Ka'ba

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