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April 22, 2008
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
By Magdi Abdelhadi
BBC Arab affairs analyst
Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.
Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers.
The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice.
One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north.
He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed.
Mecca watch
A prominent cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Mecca 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.
The meeting also reviewed what has been described as a Mecca watch, the brainchild of a French Muslim.
The watch is said to rotate anti-clockwise and is supposed to help Muslims determine the direction of Mecca from any point on Earth.
The meeting in Qatar is part of a popular trend in some Muslim societies of seeking to find Koranic precedents for modern science.
It is called "Ijaz al-Koran", which roughly translates as the "miraculous nature of the holy text".
The underlying belief is that scientific truths were also revealed in the Muslim holy book, and it is the work of scholars to unearth and publicise the textual evidence.
But the movement is not without its critics, who say that the notion that modern science was revealed in the Koran confuses spiritual truth, which is constant, and empirical truth, which depends on the state of science at any given point in time.
Wild Thing's comment........
LOL You just can't make this stuff up.
"Muslim scientists "
Hahahahha....Haw Haw haw
Muslims telling time......The big sword is on the 5, and the little sword is on the 2.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 02:55 AM
Comments
That's funny!
Muslim time.
I could just see the commercials now--
It's Muslim time!
Stick your butt in the air to the west and kiss the floor.
It's Muslim time!
Don't and we lop off your head!
It's Muslim time!
Posted by: Lynn at April 22, 2008 05:06 AM
"Muslims telling time......The big sword is on the 5, and the little sword is on the 2." Too funny WT!!!!
I'm having enough trouble keeping up with Gov. Daniels changing our time to EST here in Indiana when we did quite well with one single time for over 40 years!!!! LOL
The Mussies can "gibla" and kiss my butt!!!!!
Posted by: John at April 22, 2008 07:16 AM
The big sword is on the 5, and the little sword is on the 2...... Good one Chrissie... LMAO
Posted by: RAC at April 22, 2008 07:26 AM
That picture of Mecca just SCREAMS out: "dump extra cluster bombs here!" Other Muslim scientific discoveries: Dehydrated water -- just add water. The sand-wich. Camel curb-feelers. Converting human minds into jello. The homicide bomber retirement plan.
Posted by: PeteSuj at April 22, 2008 10:51 AM
There goes Big Ben, replaced by a loudspeaker blaring out the time as well as prayer call.
~Bobbies on Camels two by two.~
Posted by: Jack at April 22, 2008 12:56 PM
Brain slipped there for a second, and I heard M.C. Hammers old...."la la lala la la....BOOM!!..Mecca Time".
Forgive me.
Posted by: Wollf at April 22, 2008 01:08 PM
My watch must be fast as I have an adult suicide bomber on the 7, and a child suicide bomber on the 2.
If you need proof that Mecca is the center of the Earth then watch the following video. ROTFLMAO!
Muslim Scientist: Neil Armstrong Proved Mecca - World Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixfk4LsKWnw
Posted by: Les at April 22, 2008 04:17 PM
Lynn, LOL good one.
Hahahahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:33 PM
John, heh heh thank you.
You're right I had forgotten about Indiana's change.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:37 PM
RAC, giggle....thank you.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:40 PM
PeteSuj, yee haw yessss it sure does.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:43 PM
Jack oh man oh man can you imagines that happening. The way England is going there is a possibility of that happening. It happened in Greece long ago, the Muslims took a Greek church and turned it into a mosque and renamed the city as well. A long time ago but still.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:46 PM
Wollf, hahaha good one, yes that song would fit this.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:48 PM
Les, LOL oh wow and they really beleive this stuff. hahahhaa
Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 22, 2008 04:54 PM
This is the Mecca Watch. Not available for women, sold only in masculine black and guaranteed to run backwards for eight-hundred years without replacing the little hamster.
Posted by: Rhod at April 22, 2008 05:00 PM
Changing from Greenwich Mean Time to Mecca Mean Time would strike a fierce blow against British colonialism. Liberals ought to love the idea.
Posted by: Van Helsing at April 23, 2008 12:18 AM
MECCA = ISLAMOFASCISM = IED = AK-47 = WORLD DOMINATION = TERROR = MURDER = MECCA TIME?
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at April 23, 2008 12:56 AM
As I posted elsewhere: "Center of the earth?? How about we make it Ground Zero? That make you happy??"
Luurve that scientific explanation about "radiations from the kabah"!
Posted by: Rick at April 23, 2008 02:58 AM
Rhod oh wow thanks for the link. I looked for a photo of it and could not find one. Thank you so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 23, 2008 03:06 AM
Van Helsing, yes your right, they probably would love to vote this kind of thing through.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 23, 2008 03:08 AM
Darth, they won't get this they are asking for LOL but they sure do want world domination on every single level your right.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 23, 2008 03:10 AM
Rick yes they would love that, NOT.
Good one Rick.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 23, 2008 03:11 AM
Ignoring all the religious issues, it is clear that the muslim scientists are completly ignorant - how can they say that 'Mecca's is in perfect alignment to magnetic north' when anyone with even a basic knowledge of navigation knows that magnetic north isn't fixed? It moves around slowly, requiring those in more extreme latitudes to compensate when using a compass.
As for al-Qaradawy, he appears to be going in circles - defining the qibla as pointing to Mecca, then arguing Mecca is great because the qibla points there.
Posted by: Chrispect at April 23, 2008 11:10 AM
