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Michaelious · 04-15-2007, 10:20 AM

Police gaffe makes Muslims pray in wrong direction

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch police station trying to help Muslim detainees face Mecca for their prayers painted arrows in cells pointing in the wrong direction.

The Segbroek police station in The Hague borrowed the idea of putting compass marks on ceilings from an Amsterdam hotel, the Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported on Friday.

Muslims pray five times a day, facing east in the direction of Mecca. But the arrows in Segbroek pointed west.

"This is a really gigantic, stupid blunder," a police spokesman told the De Telegraaf.

"The faulty compass marks have been immediately corrected. It is a mystery for us how this could have possibly happened."

All other police cells in the Dutch capital will soon get similar compass marks, the in-house newspaper of The Hague police said.

The Netherlands is home to 1 million Muslims out of a population of more than 16 million.

Immigration and the integration of newcomers have been hot topics since the rise and murder of populist politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002, who said the country could not absorb any more foreigners.

Angelo22 · 04-15-2007, 10:25 AM

Poor guys
now they'll to hell for having prayed in the wrong direction

Pumba · 04-15-2007, 10:30 AM

Is it the same like playing LP's backward? Maybe it is like their are praying to their satan or something...

GrouchyAdmin · 04-15-2007, 10:35 AM

Hell, I know how I used to face Mecca.

Michaelious · 04-15-2007, 10:38 AM

I think it means they haven't prayed correctly (which they call salah), so its invalid

WarChild · 04-15-2007, 10:41 AM

Soon to be The Islamic Republic of the Turkishlands.

04-15-2007, 10:20 AM	#1
Michaelious Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 6,720	Absolute genius!! Police gaffe makes Muslims pray in wrong direction AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch police station trying to help Muslim detainees face Mecca for their prayers painted arrows in cells pointing in the wrong direction. The Segbroek police station in The Hague borrowed the idea of putting compass marks on ceilings from an Amsterdam hotel, the Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported on Friday. Muslims pray five times a day, facing east in the direction of Mecca. But the arrows in Segbroek pointed west. "This is a really gigantic, stupid blunder," a police spokesman told the De Telegraaf. "The faulty compass marks have been immediately corrected. It is a mystery for us how this could have possibly happened." All other police cells in the Dutch capital will soon get similar compass marks, the in-house newspaper of The Hague police said. The Netherlands is home to 1 million Muslims out of a population of more than 16 million. Immigration and the integration of newcomers have been hot topics since the rise and murder of populist politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002, who said the country could not absorb any more foreigners. __________________

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Michaelious Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 6,720	I think it means they haven't prayed correctly (which they call salah), so its invalid __________________

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Pumba Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cloudbase Posts: 1,094	Is it the same like playing LP's backward? Maybe it is like their are praying to their satan or something...