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  2. Qibla observation by shadows - Wikipedia

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    In these locations, the rasd al-qibla events always occur close to sunrise or sunset. This is the case for several places in the east coast of North America; for instance, the first rasd al-qibla (28 May at 12:18 SAST) occurs six minutes after sunrise in Boston and Montreal , two minutes before sunrise in Ottawa , and eleven minutes before ...

  3. Qibla - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. The Clock Towers - Wikipedia

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    The central hotel tower, which is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [7] The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower.

  5. File:Qibla observation by shadows map.svg - Wikipedia

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    Qibla observation by shadows map: Image title: Azimuthal equidistant projection centred on Mecca, shaded to show where rasd al-qibla can be used and directions of ...

  6. Qibla compass - Wikipedia

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    Qiblanuma incorporating a qibla compass. Istanbul, 1738. A qibla (qiblah) compass (sometimes also called qibla/qiblah indicator or qiblanuma) is a modified compass used by Muslims to indicate the direction to face to perform prayers. In Islam, this direction is called qibla, and points towards the city of Mecca and specifically to the Kaaba.

  7. Boca's new 40-foot observation tower offer panoramic view of ...

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    Like the original tower located at 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Jacob's Outlook is 40 feet tall and offers a panoramic view of the city, the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway.

  8. Zenith - Wikipedia

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    In Islamic astronomy, the passing of the Sun over the zenith of Mecca becomes the basis of the qibla observation by shadows twice a year on 27/28 May and 15/16 July. [5] [6] At a given location during the course of a day, the Sun reaches not only its zenith but also its nadir, at the antipode of that location 12 hours from solar noon.

  9. Al-Aqsa Mosque - Wikipedia

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    The building is also referred to as (al-)Qibli Mosque or (al-)Qibli Chapel (Muṣallā al-Qiblī), in reference to its location on the southern end of the compound as a result of the Islamic qibla being moved from Jerusalem to Mecca. [20] "