Muslim call to adopt Mecca time over GMT
Muslim scientists have argued that Mecca time should be adopted because Mecca is the true centre of the Earth.
At a conference held in Qatar, under the title: "Mecca, the centre of the Earth, theory and practice", one geologist was of the opinion that unlike other longitudes, Mecca was in perfect alignment to magnetic North.
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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 don't really know enough about the subject to comment objectively on the scientific validity of what they suggest. But I don't see too much wrong with GMT, and although there is no hope of this suggestion ever coming to pass, I still rather resent it. What do others think ?
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BBC report here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7359258.stm