STOP! Mecca time!

[Seamaster73]

Spotted on the Beeb:

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.

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.

[Dazzler]

Shouldn't this be in the bear pit :lol:

[Seamaster73]

It just occurred to me that Casio have been making watches that automatically calculate prayer times and the direction of Mecca for years.

[WatchScout]

I thought it said Macca time :roll: :P

[Toshi]

I thought this would be about bingo

Rich

[A440]

I thought this would be about bingo

Rich

:D Me too!

[Bristolian]

Prefer Stop : Hammer Time m'self...

(Can't touch this Etc)

I'll get me coat.

Rgds

David :) :)

[wali]

mediteranien time is correct as the med i cente o world! i lov oozo and olympics! free tubs!

[abraxas]

I thought it said Macca time :roll: :P

anon

[abraxas]

The Quranic Wristwatch
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070226 ... c-gadgets/

john

[Ming Thein]

I thought it said Macca time :roll: :P

anon

[WatchScout]

[VinceR]

Read that & was amused, but not surprised.

[mr1973]

So, GMT means General Mecca Time now or what? 8)

[andrew]

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.

I know, they could threaten to blow up anyone who doesn't comply with the Koran and all its crazy offshoots (such as this). Oh, hang on...

But the movement is not without its critics

Ya don't say :D

[magirus]

I thought this would be about bingo

Rich

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[rogerholly]

If you type Mecca into Google Earth it takes you to Mecca California :twisted:
'One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. '..... :?: :?: :?:

[Seamaster73]

'One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. '..... :?: :?: :?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination

[Timw]

Did we impose GMT on the world?

They can use their own time if they want surely and anyone else can join in 'if they want to' :)

[rogerholly]

'One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. '..... :?: :?: :?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination

Yes I know, Longitudes are perpendicular to 0 Latitude and meet at the poles.Magnetic North has nothing to do with it as far as I'm aware.

[A.Pottinger]

Casio's too.