The Mysteries Of Islam's Most Sacred Site | Absolute History
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Published 2020-01-11
If Dan Gibson is right, Muslims are praying in the wrong direction. In the film ‘The Sacred City’ we set out his evidence from within Islamic and ancient histories – while also using modern technologies - to track down the biggest secret of the last fifteen hundred years. Gibson not only finds the location of the original Mecca but also provides a convincing argument as to how such a great misunderstanding in Islamic history came about.
While clearly controversial, The Sacred City is respectful of Islam’s prophet, and does not dispute the events of the Qur’an; but shows how a deliberate attempt was made to hide from Islam, secrets that impact every Muslim today. The evidence is compelling and fascinating. In a time when the world agenda is being set by Islam, it is more important than ever for the origins and history of this world religion to be examined afresh. This is an important documentary with world-wide appeal for both religious and secular audiences. Beautifully filmed in the ruins and deserts of the middle east, the film is a detective story that investigates the dawn of Islam and will become the most talked about film for years to come.
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Every time I hear about books being destroyed in the past, it breaks my heart. So much knowledge gone forever.
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Whether you are a Muslim or not, I think this scholarly research should be fascinating to anyone interested in history.
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I absolutely love history. I'm a Christian. In order to understand the present you have to understand the past. Something that kids are sadly not taught.
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As someone who has ghost-written several books about the early history of Islam, this is actually a very well researched and thoughtful documentary. All too often you see widely popular theories about Islam by people who don't know even the most basic facts about Islam, Islamic history, Mohammad, or the Arabic language and those are extremely frustrating. Dan Gibson does actually know what he's talking about. Whether you agree or disagree with his conclusions about Islam it's obvious to me--as someone who has studied and written extensively on the topic--that he does know the subject matter and cares about it.
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Even as a non-Muslim, a Christian, I am appalled by the burning of so many books. It seems to me to be a terrible act of vandalism and a complete destruction of many, many historical texts. How our modern historians would have loved to have pored over so many pieces of historical writings! To say it took many months to burn all those books shows that an absolutely enormous amount of irreplaceable historical texts, of immense importance, were burned - for fuel! All the work of the scribes, the many years it would have taken them to painstakingly write out those texts, which must have been precious to them - just gone up in smoke! This is truly very sad.
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Hands down one of of the most insightful research and documentary ever done and seen. Spectacular work sir 🙏🏼
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An amazing documentary. I am so grateful that there are people who dedicate their lives to unraveling such unanswered mysteries. It makes me realize that all throughout history there are those forces that try to rewrite history to inforce their agenda as well as those forces that work to uncover the truth.
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What a GREAT video! Great research! I am convinced Petra it where is started. Thanks DAN +
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This information is just amazing, with ultimate micro detailing and connected data. Luckily the religion and incidents were not too old to track down. Thank you Mr Dan and team for the wonderful work of the masterpiece. Well appreciated.
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This theory was proposed by Dan Gibson, a Canadian amateur archaeologist, who claimed that early mosques face the modern direction of Petra rather than the modern direction of Mecca⁴. He based his argument on his own measurements of mosque orientations and his interpretation of historical sources. However, his theory has been challenged and refuted by many scholars who have expertise in Islamic history, astronomy, geography, and architecture. Some of these scholars are: - David A. King, a professor of the history of science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. He wrote a book called "The Petra Fallacy: Early Mosques do face the Sacred Kaaba in Mecca but Dan Gibson doesn't know how"¹², where he exposed the flaws and fallacies in Gibson's methodology and conclusions. He showed that Gibson ignored the historical and astronomical evidence that Muslims used different methods to determine the qibla (the sacred direction toward the Kaaba in Mecca) in different times and places, and that Gibson compared historical mosque orientations with modern directions of Petra and Mecca, which are not the same due to the curvature of the earth and the precession of the equinoxes. He also provided a comprehensive bibliography of works on historical qibla determinations by Muslim and Western scholars. - Patricia Crone, a historian of early Islam who taught at Princeton University. She cast doubt on the claim that Mecca was a major historical trading outpost, which was one of the premises of Gibson's theory³. However, she did not deny the existence or importance of Mecca as the birthplace of Islam and the location of the Kaaba. She also later on disregarded some of her theories and acknowledged that there was evidence for Mecca's role in the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods. - Glen Bowersock, a professor emeritus of ancient history at Princeton University. He disagreed with Crone and asserted that Mecca was indeed a significant trading center in the Arabian Peninsula, and that there was archaeological and epigraphic evidence for its involvement in the spice trade and the pilgrimage to the Kaaba³. He also criticized Gibson's theory as a "fantasy" and a "conspiracy theory" that lacked any historical or scientific basis. (1) Dan Gibson (author) - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Gibson_%28author%29. (2) The Petra Fallacy: Early Mosques do face the Sacred Kaaba in Mecca .... https://muslimheritage.com/the-petra-fallacy/. (3) THE PETRA FALLACY 01.12 - Muslim Heritage. https://muslimheritage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/petra-fallacy.pdf. (4) Kaaba - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba.
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What a incredible research documentary. As a non-Muslim, I still found it very interesting. I agree with others, the burning of the books is extremely sad.
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Wow, really interesting and thorough documentary!! I really enjoyed watching this!
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I don't imagine this video is popular with the Meccan tourist industry!
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The narrative about the history of the Ka'bah and Islam is fastinàting and educative. The research has not only developed a new perspective, it has questioned the very foundation of Islam.
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An excellent in-depth content and analysis! Mabrook ya Dan Gibson, Mabrook!
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Makes you wonder what were those manuscripts burned.
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why non-Muslim call the Kaaba the Black Rock? It s a cube covered with black cloth. The colour of the cube s not even black.
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When a non-Muslim explains about Islam and hasn't studied Islam thoroughly then makes a video that's how it is!
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Five times everyday millions mumble in a language that they do not understand, said one Iranian Mohamad who converted to Christianity.
