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For two reasons:

  • It was the first direction to which Muslims were facing during praying
  • Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa in Al-Qods (or Jerusalem) is the third holiest Mosque for Muslims and from where prophet Muhammad ascended to the Heaven and came down by a miracle from Allah.
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