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Mecca Time Plugged for World Standard

Muslim scholars say British-imposed GMT due for a change

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 21, 2008 4:57 PM CDT

(Newser) – A group of Muslim scholars wants Mecca time to replace Greenwich Mean Time as the world's default setting, the BBC reports. As Islam’s holiest city lies in perfect longitudinal alignment to magnetic north, scientists told a Qatar conference that Mecca was the “true”... Read full story »

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