How can one go into a Masjid these days when all of the mosques have the word Allah and Muhammad stencilled or in carvings mounted on the walls when one faces the Qiblah? Surely, if one goes into these Masjids knowing the truth, one cannot then ignore what is right in front of oneself. Would this …
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The word Qiblah is used in the Quran to mean a focal point for prayer and in a more general sense as a focal point for hajj (pilgrimage). We read in verse 143 of Sura 2 that God has changed the Qiblah, and that in that change there was a test for the followers of the messenger: …
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