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Community members contribute items and stories to Unity of the Blue Ridge’s prayer wall
Each piece in Unity of the Blue Ridge’s new 40-foot long prayer wall has its own history, embedded within altarlike alcoves ...
BBC5y
Design and symbolism of the mosque
Mihrab This is an alcove within the qiblah wall (prayer wall) which shows the direction of the Ka’bah at Mecca. Minbar This is a platform from which the imam preaches his sermon during Friday ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7y
These American Jews are looking beyond the Western Wall – to prayer on the Temple Mount
The Western Wall is a retaining wall of the mount ... never accepted Israel’s decision to keep the mount an exclusively Muslim prayer site after the war. Although Israel insists it has no ...