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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • 14d ago
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What's in the box?
110 u/mbashs 14d ago The box It’s actually like a mosque. Every Muslim in the world faces its direction for prayer. 32 u/Tyrantt_47 13d ago What if you're on the other side of the world? Do you point to the east or west since both would technically be correct? 29 u/Nurkanurka 13d ago Not really a problem since the antipode of Mekka is almost exactly in the middle of the pacific ocean. 1 u/Irsh80756 13d ago As if there aren't land masses with Muslim populations that pray to the west.
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The box It’s actually like a mosque. Every Muslim in the world faces its direction for prayer.
32 u/Tyrantt_47 13d ago What if you're on the other side of the world? Do you point to the east or west since both would technically be correct? 29 u/Nurkanurka 13d ago Not really a problem since the antipode of Mekka is almost exactly in the middle of the pacific ocean. 1 u/Irsh80756 13d ago As if there aren't land masses with Muslim populations that pray to the west.
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What if you're on the other side of the world? Do you point to the east or west since both would technically be correct?
29 u/Nurkanurka 13d ago Not really a problem since the antipode of Mekka is almost exactly in the middle of the pacific ocean. 1 u/Irsh80756 13d ago As if there aren't land masses with Muslim populations that pray to the west.
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Not really a problem since the antipode of Mekka is almost exactly in the middle of the pacific ocean.
1 u/Irsh80756 13d ago As if there aren't land masses with Muslim populations that pray to the west.
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As if there aren't land masses with Muslim populations that pray to the west.
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u/reallywaitnoreally 14d ago
What's in the box?