Wrong day, wrong direction, wrong name. I can't keep up anymore!  

Within Christianity there is controversy about what day to worship (Saturday or Sunday?), what name to worship (Jesus only? Jehovah? Father/Son/Holy Ghost?), etc. But the Muslims have taken it one step further: What direction to worship?

CNN - 7.19.10 by Andy Saputra

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country's highest Islamic authority has said.

The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country's Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers. Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion's most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.


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