The Politics of the Two Qiblahs and the Emergence of an Alternative Islamic Monotheism

Changing the prayer direction from Makkah to Jerusalem and then back to Makkah was probably one of the first Muslim community’s most contentious incidents. Due to its being highlighted in Q. 2:142-44, it has aroused an unending debate among Muslim exegetes, jurists, and western historians as to why...

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Main Author: Eltigani Abdelgadir Hamid
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6d8bc5b4fe354a9b88b37d65cd90a0d4
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