Dan Gibson's Research On The Direction of the Prayer.

Ok folks this is the second video which I have been receiving multiple times from many readers and friends (thank you all) over the past weeks and months. This particular link is from saudara NJ, thank you. I am also aware of  Dan Gibson for some years now and the work he has been doing.

Dan Gibson is a historian who has lived and travelled throughout the Middle East for over 30 years - to places of his historical research.  He has plotted the prayer direction in some early mosques that were built between 626 AD and 1200 AD, almost 600 years.

His research has led him to conclude that the direction of prayer in these early mosques was different from the direction that is used today.

Another reader sent me this link below (thank you very much) which has an interactive map of Dan Gibson's findings. 

Here is the link to this interactive map  http://thesacredcity.ca/data/index.html

Now here is that YouTube video.  A couple of points to note.

Firstly this is not my video. Ini bukan video saya tau.  Its available on YouTube.  The people in Malaysia who are responsible for allowing You Tube into the country is the MCMC under the Ministry of Communications etc. Not me. Jangan marah saya tau.

Point no. 2 - There are two Arab fellows who also appear in this video. One guy's  role in the video is to ask  critical questions and draw some conclusions. And Dan Gibson answers them. A simple format, easy to follow. 

The point to note is no one is angry, psycho upset or being a raving lunatic.  
So just chill ok. 

Point no. 3  Dan Gibson has done a lot of work.  His references to the historical time line is academic. For example he says that there is no mention of Mecca in any "historical writings", historical documents or texts before 700 plus AD.  (The prophet is said to have died in 632 AD).

This is an academic statement. What this means is the simplest way to disprove this statement by Dan Gibson is to bring forth some documents that can be traced back to much earlier than 700 plus AD which does mention Mecca. That is a simple academic method.

• The earliest biography of the prophet is said to be written by Ibn Ishak. But Ibn Ishak was born around 704 AD and died somewhere between 767 and 776 AD.
• The famous collection of hadith is said to be written by Bukhari who was born in 810 AD and died in 870 AD.

Point no. 4  Having read the Quran,  I have other views, which are Quran based only. The Quran can explain this situation in 20 seconds. Some of my friends who read the Quran will be smiling. 20 seconds? That long? 

I totally disagree with Dan Gibson that the word bakka was changed to makka in the Quran. Because the word bakka does appear as bakka in Surah 3:96 (izaa awwala baytin wudiya lin naas allazee bi bakkata mubarakan). How come the "forgers" forgot to change this bakka in 3:96  to makka ?  

My other hints only - bi batni makkata. Batni comes from butun which means stomach, something in the middle, in the midst.

mukaan wa tasdiyyan - controversy and intrigue. Not singing and clapping.

bi bakkata mubaarakan - listen to Gibson's explanation of the meaning of the word bakka.

The video is long, over 1 hr 24 minutes.  

Non Muslim readers, you can take a break. 

Muslim readers - well salamun alaikum too.

Here is that last slide again :

Now we have the world's greatest religious expert the Indian Goat.  
Why dont someone go and ask the Indian Goat to answer Dan Gibson? 

That would be a better use of giving him a PR.

Zionist conspiracy, christian conspiracy, jewish conspiracy etc is the usual answer. But try to answer Dan Gibson methodically and scientifically. 

You can Google some rebuttals to Dan Gibson. There is more than one. 

But direction of the sun during winter sunset in Iraq and summer sunrise in Arabia is a little off the mark.  

What do you think?