16363, RE: Jerusalem in Islam Posted by lambda, Thu Mar-22-01 11:39 AM
Here are responses to your points:
First - There is obviously more of a reverence for Mecca than Jerusalem in Islam. Is it a pillar of Islam to take a hajj to Jerusalem?
Second/Third - I don't care much about the change of the Qibla, I was just pointing out that before Muhammed started killing/enslaving Jews, mosques pointed towards Jerusalem. Maybe that wasn't the *cause* of the change in the Qibla, I'm no expert on that stuff to tell you.
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