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The Masjid al-Qiblatain, where Muhammad established the new Qibla, or direction of prayer
Muhammad received revelations that he should face Mecca, rather than Jerusalem, in 624 CE.
The Masjid al-Qiblatain is a mosque accentuated with twin minarets, or towers, as well as twin domes.
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