Introducing Sharia Standard Time

Coming to a time zone near you? Via HA Headlines:
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…
…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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#98 – LMAO, STOP SHOUTING BILLY, We are right here.
(thought I was reading an arbitration agreement there….)
You have got to be kidding my there is such a thing as a Muslim scientist next thing the are going to tell me is the Easter Bunny is real.
“Koranic precedents for modern science”
Sounds like a great class to offer the public schools in California.
I hope that most Muslims outside of Saudi Arabia realize that when they “face” Mecca to pray daily that they are more than likely not facing Mecca at all due to the shape of the earth. I also hope they realize that the origination of the modern day Burqa is a result of nomads protecting their skin from the desert extremes while they traveled around performing daily chores.
Aside from that, what a circus. The Soviets tried the same thing and failed miserably. This group will fail epicly because the bases for their belief is inconsistent and counterproductive towards the progression of life.
Heh wait a minute, didn’t Muslim mathematicians invent the number zero? (0)
(to represent the amount of space in thier head).
HAVE YOU TRIED MY ORANGE GLO?
I did try Mightyputty and pulled like three 747’s down the highway.
Eet looks like the spheencter of Allah after sampling the Flameante at Taco Cabana!
Counting down…to the world caliphate?
Anti…Christ? Has anybody asked, really?
If future sharia watches run backwards, and everything everywhere along with a few of our politicians are pointing toward Mecca, there could a distinct possibility that Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. will be moved to also point in that direction and focus there rather than at the White (or name your color) House.
Was I the only one reminded of the new calendar the revolutionists made up during the French Revolution? *That* certainly worked…
now there’s an oxymoron
May your bombs always hit when and where you want them to.
How long before someone from the left starts using mecca time, “just to show respect”.
Which way does a Muslim face when he is in Mecca, toward the Vatican?
Yet, this probably won’t preclude a lot of Muslims from immigrating to England and living in London.
Billy Mays,
I was wondering when people would make the connection to THE Billy Mays. You gotta stay true to yourself. When you have great products like OxiClean, Orange Glo, and Mighty Putty, you need to shout it from the rooftops. Blog etiquette be damned! KEEP THE CAPS LOCK ON, AND KEEP THOSE GREAT PRODUCTS COMING!
While I utterly disagree with what the Qur’an teaches, I must remind people on these boards that there *ARE* Muslim scientists. I worked with on for 3 years and he was a really nice guy. Disagreed with him on religious issues, but he was still a nice guy.
Let’s not descend into DailyKOS with the stereotypes please.
Next they’ll be proposing we replace Mendelian genetics with the Orgasmic Theory of Heredity.
And if a man’s discharge proceeded that of the woman, then the child resembles the father, and if the woman’s discharge proceeded that of the man, then the child resembles the mother.” – The Hadith (Sahih Bukhari)
You guys do know that (urban legend?) story about the suicide bombers who blew up prematurely due to time switching?
Only example I could dig up was from Epoch News:
In September 1999, to accommodate the Jewish prayer schedule for the holydays, Israel turned its clocks back earlier than normal. The Palestinian West Bank, refusing to comply with “Zionest Time,” did not. This saved the lives of countless Israelis when two coordinated bombs went off an hour prematurely while still being transported by Palestinian terrorists. Apparently, the terrorist on either side of the border hadn’t coordinated their watches.
Bend over and I’ll show you the direction of Mecca from anywhere on the earth.
the easter bunny isn’t real???
:-0
Okay now THAT was funny. I do, however, believe the joke was lost on some here. =)
Yes there’s that, or imagine their surprise when they find out that there may be 72 virgins waiting for them, but it was never specified male or female virgins >=)
The Royal Observatory makes no absurd claim of being the “true center of the earth”, it just makes sense to start the time zones from where your own location. The concept of global travel was new at time, and the Brits should be given credit were credit is due.
But if you want to divide the world into Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb, then it’s important to separate yourself from the Kafr, robbing them of their scientific advances while claiming moral superiority.
I guess Millar time is out the window.
I wonder when they will start using a calendar for the lunar cycles instead of the local imman.
is this b/c the bombs they blow themselves up with are set to watches?
I am glad that I will probably be dead before the world truly goes to hell.
They sure have!
No but it does remind me of the petty arrogance of trying to replace BC with BCE so some people won’t have to be reminded of the religious roots of the Gregorian calendar.
In response we should insist they use the Julian calender. Thats what they call a Mexican standoff but we got no Mexicans..oh wait hold on
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-christian.html
They may think Mecca is the center of the universe but IMHO if you wanted to check the worlds rectal temperature, there’s where I’d stick the probe!
I don’t know, guys:
I think the fact that the watch runs backwards says it all… anything more is gilding the lily.
- martin.musculus