Refleksi : Apakah karena salah arah maka oleh karena itu Allah menjadi murka dan dilimpahkan bencana silih berganti? Insyaallah, dengan dibenarkan arah doa, semoga juga korupsi yang adalah penyakit dan bencana bagi rakyat bisa hanya menjadi catatan sejarah. Semoga pula Allah mengampuni umatnya karena kesalahan arah, yang disebabkan para petinggi agama yang buta geografi dunia.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/07/19/indonesian-muslims-facing-africa-during-prayers.html Indonesian Muslims facing Africa during prayers The Associated Press, Jakarta | Mon, 07/19/2010 3:47 PM | National People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa - not Mecca - while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia was to the country's west. It has since asked followers to shift direction slightly northward during their daily prayers. "After a thorough study with some cosmography and astronomy experts, we learned they've been facing southern Somalia and Kenya," said Ma'ruf Amin, a prominent cleric of the Indonesian Ulema Council, or MUI. "We've revised it now to the northwest." He said Indonesians need not worry, however: The miscalculation did not affect God's ability to hear their prayers. "God understands that humans make mistakes," he said. "Allah always hears their prayers." Indonesia is a secular nation of 237 million people, 90 percent of whom are Muslim, most of them moderate. The influential Ulema Council often issues fatwas, or edicts, including several controversial rulings against smoking and yoga. Many devote Muslims follow such decrees, because ignoring them is considered a sin. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
