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QIBLA
Qibla
(noun) a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa
qibla
(noun) the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
qibla (countable and uncountable, plural qiblas)
(Islam) The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Usage notes
Inside a mosque, the qibla is indicated by the location of the mihrab and the orientation of the prayer wall. The qibla (as determined at the time of construction) is therefore reflected in the construction of the building. For this reason, and especially in the case of historical buildings, the mosque itself is sometimes said to have a qibla (or qibla direction), possibly different from the independently calculated direction or from that of other nearby mosques.
Synonyms
• (direction in which Muslims pray): qibla direction
Anagrams
• Iqbal
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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