Saudi Arabia: Town Realizes They’ve Been Praying in Wrong Direction for 10 Years…
Bonus: Mecca is only 12.5 miles away…
We have disabled pinging on this post. | Weasel ZippersRiyadh – Worshippers at a mosque in a Saudi Arabian village near Mecca discovered they were praying for 10 years in the wrong direction, a newspaper in the country reported Thursday.
Muslims are meant to pray in the direction of the most sacred site in Islam, known as the Kaaba, a large granite structure in the holy city of Mecca.
Villagers in Hadda, 20 kilometres north-west of Mecca, should have prayed southeast, but instead bent down five times a day in a northern direction.
After realizing the error, the mosque’s leaders changed the direction of the prayer carpets so the worshippers now face the Kaaba.
D’OH!
What a bunch of dumbasses. Thats what happens when you live in the 7th century.
Muslims are idiots, plain and simple. Idiots.
The compass is a tool of the West and must be ignored!!!!!
3 letters for them.
G P S.
They should start an IED assembly plant it would be a blazing success.
GPS – Great Piece of Shit – islam
I think it would be time for a new Imam, one with abetter since of direction
Were their heads facing the wrong direction or was it their arse facing the wrong direction? This is important so the goat knows which end is the right end.
Classic. I guess a compass is haram.
This would be a great time for NASA to plan a visit to their village to remind them of their great contributions to science and mathematics.
So why is it so important to pray in a certain direction. It seems pure idiocy to me.
“Villagers in Hadda, 20 kilometres north-west of Mecca, should have prayed southeast, but instead bent down five times a day in a northern direction.”
So they effectively prayed with their asses “facing” Mecca. How appropriate. Bwahahaha!
In the words of Calos Mencia…. ” Dee Dee Dee” Too much banging their waterheads on the floor caused what’s left of their brains to malfunction…Time for Darwin’s theory to take it’s course…Give em a big bomb and watch those schmucks blow themselves up…These yutz’s could screw up a wet dream.
They started out in the right direction years ago but someone farted and well…
Deaf, Dumb and Lost Dept.
Pray towards Mecca, ohhh, I thought you said awayyyyy
Mecca leka hi mecca hinnyho. face mecca and smella hinny ho!
What’s that sound??
It’s a jet fighter filled with compasses from Barry O, with the Dumbs apologies, of course, for their suffering.
This reminds me of a YouTube video…
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=9zM4mCW32dg
5 times a day for 10 years and no one had the slightest clue? I couldn’t resist chasin’ ‘em once around the parking lot. I mean, going to the article source and leaving my opinion.
….and anytime soon ol’ Barry will find some way to blame it on “W”….
Must’ve been a covert CIA plot to mess with the builder to orient things in the wrong direction to subvert the coming of the umpty-umpth Imam with his bazillion (at least!) virgins (or was it vegans?).
Yup, a dastardly “W”/conservative/islamophobic plot, that’s it!
Cue Robert Gibbs…report to the White House Briefing Room on the double! Pick up those flat feet and move it, Bobby!
And it’s not like they were off by 45 degrees or so–they were praying in the wrong direction.
Not one of these shrewd scientific minds paid attention to where the sun set for 10 years.
Haram! Haram!
As punishment, they must all be beheaded immediately!
Target rich environment, no matter which way they face.
And we’re putting THEM in charge of NASA?
Time to issue a death fatwah.
ISLAMOTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dumber then dirt and with no sense of direction.
ROFLMAO!!!!
Like I said the other day….yo face…yo ass….SAME THING!
It’s Bush’s fault. Starting with ‘W’s Dad. Stupid fucks no wonder their prayers were not answered.
I’m guessing the Door of Knowledge must have been shut before the map or compass could get out.
Clearly they need NASA assistance. Barack is on it!
I wonder if they will dig up all those who where buried in the wrong direction.
American tax dollars should build a Crescent of Embrace to point them in the correct direction.
They should hire an Infidel to point out the correct direction….
besides compasses are Un-Islamic
uh oh…they have just realized they have been praying to a water buffalo in Niger…
a lonely water buffalo
Unthinking obedience make for a perfect slave.
Slaves of ancient Egypt who built the Great Pyramid at least had smart masters.
The laying of the Great Pyramid foundation was accurate to within .05 degrees of true North.
And the Liberals want this Ignorant Fucking Garbage to expand and build a mosque in this country.
Some times I wish an Asteroid was on it’s way.
Can’t you just see the look on their faces when they found out?
NASA, we have a problem!
Someone start piecing Baghdad Bob over Robert Gates so we can see for history what the similar lines are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXhxmQJSS0
Quote”Blackops says:
July 30, 2010 at 12:58 PM
So why is it so important to pray in a certain direction. It seems pure idiocy to me.
You have just uncovered the truth about ROP, grasshopper.
of course this story is entirely believable because otherwise it would not have been posted on the internets
@Elric
We were able to figure out North and South from the position of the sun in the sky and the time of day well before the 7th century, especially so near the equator. These “people” hail from the Stone Age.
When’s NASA planning on honoring Muslims for their contributions to science???
My 4th grader knows how to make a compass w/ a needle, cork, and bowl of water; and it’s NOT like they lived on the other side of the planet. 12.5 MILES!!!
The posting here from the so called “Good Christians” and that on Rogue Jew prove they are anything but. When you reach YOUR final judgement, the REAL God will be asking you if you loved your neighbor. What will you have to say on that judgement day?
Chris July 31, 2010 at 10:50 AM, you shouldn’t judge others. BTW, I’m not Christian or Jewish. So, KMA, neighbor.
Who decided they had to pray five times a day? and whete are they going to get 72 virgins anyway?
Stupid. Just plain 7th century ignorance. Thank you God (not that thing allah) for making me a Christian.
Uh Oh! According to the Quran that means instead of 72 virgins they will be getting a toothless 80 year old transvestite crack whore. Be careful you guys!
DCREVOLT.ORG
Brain & i had a rudder stuck and Brain figured how many circles we had to make to reach our destination..We were off about a year…Brain calculates their farts should reach the mecca by the 2lst century He said he was sure that the stink will circle the world and definately blanket the mecca NARF