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Qibla in the Mosques of Nablus City ‎

Journal: 
An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities - Volume 20, Issue 2, 2006
Start Page: 
495
End Page: 
522
Received: 
Monday, May 2, 2005
Accepted: 
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Authors: 
Khaled Qamhiyeh
Abstract: 

Qibla is the direction to Mecca, more specifically to the Kaaba, towards which each Muslim must face in order to perform his daily prayer. In a mosque, the Qibla is identified by the Qibla wall which contains a niche; or what is called, Mihrab. This paper lists many methods used to determine the Qibla in general, and then elaborates on the Qibla problem found in Nablus mosques. A field study indicated that most of the Nablus mosques are not directed correctly towards Mecca. The traditional mosque buildings have an average deviation of 26.4 degrees

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