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It varies. The idea is to "aim" the prayer at the Great Mosque in al-Makkah along a Great Circle route (i.e., the shortest line on a spherical globe), so Muslims sometimes face north, sometimes west, and so on. Buildings controlled by Muslims usually have a little notch somewhere in the wall, called a kibbla, that shows worshippers which way to bow.

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