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on April 23, 2008 02:05pmI dunno if what these 'scientists and clerics' said about Mecca is true or not, but one thing i can agree with is that GMT was imposed on the rest of the World by the British and should eventually be replaced because Britain sure as fuck isnt the centre of this World anymore.....
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.
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on April 23, 2008 09:12pm seems like a dope idea...hope it pulls threw... |
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on April 23, 2008 09:44pm man i think it should remain the same to be honest!!!!!!!ooona aval be nawme khodeshoon sabt kardan ... behshoon roo bedin badan ham migan biayyym va khalije fars roe khalije arabish konimmmm ..... in soosmarkhorayye khalijiye kalle kirii! |
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on April 24, 2008 02:01am tehran is the center of the world |
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on April 24, 2008 02:04am ^ vaghean gol gofty daawsh pouya... |
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on April 24, 2008 02:12am khodet goli baradar |
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on April 24, 2008 10:05am the clock thing sounds really funny, its like what a compass and a clock at the same time?? (no pun intended) i think just calling it mecca time will bother a lot of people... but if it's something PROVEN to be more effective, maybe it'll work, who knows. they say the human mind works off of a 25 hour day... maybe we should do that :D |
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on April 24, 2008 10:36am Damn A RAbs |
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on April 24, 2008 02:28pm GMT isn't religious though, "Mecca time" would be religious. And just because Muslims all face Mecca to pray doesn't make it the center of the world. Am I the only one who sees the connection that Mecca time would just be plain CONVENIENT for Muslims? I take showers at 8 am everyday, I think the whole world should change their time frame to suit my needs too (roll eyes) |
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