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The Prophet refused to enter the Kaaba with idols in it and ordered they be removed. Pictures of Abraham and Ishmael holding arrows of divination were carried out and the Prophet stated, “May Allah ruin the infidels for the false portrayal of the acts of Abraham and Ishmael.
The forerunner of the university, known as the African Islamic Center [8] (also Islamic African Center [9] or Islamic African Institute [10]), was founded in 1977 [3] or 1978 [10] to train young Africans (particularly South Sudanese) in Salafist or fundamentalist interpretations of Islam.
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The qibla is the direction of the Kaaba, a cube-like building at the centre of the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca, in the Hijaz region of Saudi Arabia. Other than its role as qibla, it is also the holiest site for Muslims, also known as the House of God (Bayt Allah) and where the tawaf (the circumambulation ritual) is performed during the Hajj and umrah pilgrimages.
It is white with the organization's emblem in the center, which consists of a green shade globe, surrounded by a crescent moon, with the Kaaba at the center of the globe on a white field. The elements of the emblem reflect the organization's corporate philosophy according to their new statutes.
Hijr-Ismail (Arabic: حجر إسماعيل) also known as Hateem, [1] is a low wall originally part of the Kaaba. [2] [3] It is a semi-circular wall opposite, but not connected to, the north-west wall of the Kaaba known as the hatīm.
The Black Stone and the Kaaba's opposite corner, al-Rukn al-Yamani, are both often perfumed by the mosque's custodians. This can cause problems for pilgrims in the state of ihram ('consecration'), who are forbidden from using scented products and will require a kaffara (donation) as a penance if they touch either. [47]
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