Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time (OP)
A proposal to replace GMT is made at a conference titled “Makkah, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice” attended by Muslim clerics and scientists.
Doha (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Makkah time in lieu of GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Makkah, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice.
One geologist at the Qatar conference said Makkah’s longitude is perfectly aligned with magnetic north and should therefore replace the English city, which has been measuring time zones since 1884, when the United Kingdom was a major colonial power, something that ought to change.
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawya cleric, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Makkah was the true centre of the Earth, proof, he said, of the greatness of the Muslim “qibla”—the Arabic word for the direction Muslims turn to when they pray.
Participants of the conference also reviewed the “Makkah Watch,” an invention by a French Muslim which reportedly rotates counter-clockwise and displays Makkah's direction from any point in the world.
The conference is part of a trend called “Ijaz al-Qur‘an” or “miraculous nature of the holy text,” which tries to find precedents for modern science from passages in the Qur‘an.
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
The article speaks of a bunch of people who claim Mecca is the geographical centre of the world, so I'd like to see the proof for that.
Mecca may be the centre of the world in some other way but that's not the issue right now.
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Whatsthepoint
The article speaks of a bunch of people who claim Mecca is the geographical centre of the world, so I'd like to see the proof for that.
Mecca may be the centre of the world in some other way but that's not the issue right now.
Then what is the center of the world, for you?
He is Allah - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and Earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
(Qur'an, 59:24)
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Whatsthepoint
Dunno, Athens or Rome, both actually, for their historical and philosophical significance.
What a historical and Philosophical significance?
Why?HOW?
Did BBC said this?
He is Allah - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and Earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
(Qur'an, 59:24)
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Dr.Trax
What a historical and Philosophical significance?
Why?HOW?
Did BBC said this?
I'm sure you're familiar to some extent with the significance these two cities and the cultures and empires they represented pose for the western society as well for the rest of the world.
I could have included Jerusalem/Middle East as well.
No, BBC didn't say that, at least not to my knowledge.
At first i didnt realy understand it, but that is literally the centre, the Globe in that position shows all the lands. You cant tilt the Earth in any other way to make all the lands show, accept that Makkah is in the centre!
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Whatsthepoint
I'm sure you're familiar to some extent with the significance these two cities and the cultures and empires they represented pose for the western society as well for the rest of the world.
I could have included Jerusalem/Middle East as well.
No, BBC didn't say that, at least not to my knowledge.
But we are here speaking of geographical point of view!
Now you speak of cultures and history!
He is Allah - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and Earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
(Qur'an, 59:24)
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