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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:47 PM Original message |
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who forced the time zones on the world is the Railroads - they had to have an efficient |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Mecca: GMT +3 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. True alignment to magnetic north? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. No kidding. These "scientists" seem to be a very uneducated lot. Hope the Meccans like moving... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I'd think you'd have the closest and most reliable 'true north = magnetic north' |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. two points |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Grammar error in article, should read : Muslim "scientists". |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, scientists would not agree with this. The best place ia a permanent |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. So what difference does it make if they want to use MMT instead of GMT? |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Except I fear that that won't be enough for them. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. seems pretty much like the creationism movement here in the USA |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, but given how much value some Muslims place on Islamic honor and primacy, |
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