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.
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Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
great
they dont say plesae people change your timings to our timings. no one is going to do that. they change their own timings first and recognise only that timing, so on a small scale atleast it will become recognised.
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Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
Not gonna' happen :/
format_quote Originally Posted by czgibson
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Have these "scholars" really got nothing better to do with their time?
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Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Al Habeshi
Search youtube and bbc and I am pretty sure you'll find stuff, I was just reading about this topic, (and similar stuff) the other evening.
I've heard about this more than a year ago, I remember reading an interview with a scholar saying things about Mecca being aligned with certain magnetic fields, and something about radiation ... it can be found on youtube.
There's a web hoax about Neil armstrong proving Mecca is the centre of the Earth, does it have any connection with this event ... ?
I read the BBC article about the conference, it says nothing.
Can you provide a non-muslim soirce about this? BBC would be fine.
Re: Muslims scholars want to replace Greenwich with Makkah Time
format_quote Originally Posted by Whatsthepoint
I've heard about this more than a year ago, I remember reading an interview with a scholar saying things about Mecca being aligned with certain magnetic fields, and something about radiation ... it can be found on youtube.
There's a web hoax about Neil armstrong proving Mecca is the centre of the Earth, does it have any connection with this event ... ?
I read the BBC article about the conference, it says nothing.
Yea, there's that type of stuff going around about the magnetic force too.
format_quote Originally Posted by Whatsthepoint
Can you provide a non-muslim soirce about this? BBC would be fine.
A source to show you what? That Muslim 'scholars' have had meetings saying this?
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