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19-12-2020, 09:20 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-did-first-muslims-pray-towards-petra.html
By 624 AD, all mosques were supposed to be facing Mecca. And yet, it took 200 years for Islam to finally get their "unity of direction of prayer" right and point all their mosques towards Mecca.
200 years!
Something is obviously wrong here. The historical facts are not tying up with the Islamic sources. That is the reason scholars are now investigating why that is.
The Qibla...
Early Mosques face Petra, not Mecca (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/early-mosques-face-petra-not-mecca.296921/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/early-mosques-face-petra-not-mecca.296921/).
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-did-first-muslims-pray-towards-petra.html
By 624 AD, all mosques were supposed to be facing Mecca. And yet, it took 200 years for Islam to finally get their "unity of direction of prayer" right and point all their mosques towards Mecca.
200 years!
Something is obviously wrong here. The historical facts are not tying up with the Islamic sources. That is the reason scholars are now investigating why that is.
The Qibla...
Early Mosques face Petra, not Mecca (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/early-mosques-face-petra-not-mecca.296921/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/early-mosques-face-petra-not-mecca.296921/).