Islam and the SHAPE of the EARTH

Islamic Astronomers have been determining the size and shape of the earth for over 1000 years. This was a critical skill for Muslims, who are required to pray in the direction of Mecca five times a day. It is essential to be able to determine this direction, the Qibla, to properly practice their religion. They developed ingenious ways to find the great circle distance and bearing. Note, the challenge mentioned in the video brought no takers since the original release of this video and has been withdrawn. 11-19-21 Take a moment and subscribe to my new channel 'ResearchFlatMoon' for my latests videos... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHdBpPS0wOwPWPQEMWmvwA Join our Discord Channel at https://discord.gg/QwcFct7DWc Help the Channel by joining our channel as a member Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/bobthescienceguy or sending a Paypal for equipment (I do take requests for content) https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ED65DTMU9AB8C


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