How accurate is your app’s qibla finder? A service in Malaysia makes house calls to calculate prayer direction
KUALA LUMPUR - Taufek Tamali and his family moved into a new corner home a year ago but for many months couldn’t find a solution to an everyday need.
The mobile app he and his wife used to locate the qibla kept giving them different prayer directions to the Kaaba in Mecca.
“We relied on the app because of its availability. But we get different directions depending on which part of the house I put my phone. Even my wife’s phone showed different directions than mine,” Taufek told Salaam Gateway.
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