Iranian cleric shuns Mecca :: Simply Jews
Israelated (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Who would expect such a turn of events: An Iranian cleric called over the weekend for a radical change in Muslim prayer practices, urging followers to no longer pray in the direction of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The cleric, Ahmed Alam al-Hadi, told worshipers that Muslim states such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq have been taken over by infidels, urging them to turn instead to...
