{"id":8581,"date":"2009-03-25T17:13:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T01:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8581"},"modified":"2009-03-25T18:02:49","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T02:02:49","slug":"why-do-jews-christians-and-muslims-pray-to-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8581","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Jews, Christians And Muslims Pray To The East?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia<\/a>: "The Jewish custom of fixing the direction of prayer and orienting synagogues accordingly influenced both Christianity<\/a> and Islam<\/a>. In early Christianity<\/a>, it was customary to pray facing toward the Holy Land<\/a>, see also Jerusalem in Christianity<\/a>. The orientation of churches<\/a> toward the east has preserved until nowadays. In Islam, the original direction of prayer (qibla<\/a><\/em>) was toward Jerusalem; however, Muhammad<\/a> subsequently changed it to Mecca<\/a>."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia: "The Jewish custom of fixing the direction of prayer and orienting synagogues accordingly influenced both Christianity and Islam. In early Christianity, it was customary to pray facing toward the Holy Land, see also Jerusalem in Christianity. The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[16980,16976,16977,16981,16978,16979],"class_list":["post-8581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","tag-christianity-and-islam","tag-christians-and-muslims","tag-early-christianity","tag-holy-land","tag-jewish-custom","tag-qibla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t