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Technically the correct direction would be a chord through the earth
to Mecca on an absolutely straight line. A great circle would be a
good place to start. The act of bowing down would cover mecca at some
point during the bow. If I were muslim that would be how I would do
it.

On Sep 30, 3:29�pm, Apache Runner  wrote:
> �The only reason I asked was because a student came to me and said he prayed
> to the SE (I'm on Boston) and his friends prayed to the NE - he thought he
> was right, and then I realized that there's this issue about rhumb lines vs.
> the great circle. � After digging around, I round that great circle seemed
> to be the preferred direction for various religious reasons.
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