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Police gaffe makes Muslims pray in wrong direction
Aw, jeez...this is just sooooo embarrassing... 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. Should've painted five arrows. Tell them it depends on what time of the day it is. 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. And I'm not just saying that. Really, I'm not... "The faulty compass marks have been immediately corrected. It is a mystery for us how this could have possibly happened". A mystery, I tells ya! A mystery!! All other police cells in the Dutch capital will soon get similar compass marks. Planning on arresting a lot of our Muzzie friends are they? Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-13 |
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