[Right Wing Assault]

it is "in perfect alignment with the magnetic north."

This claim that the holy city is a "zero magnetism zone" has won support from some Arab scientists like Abdel-Baset al-Sayyed of the Egyptian National Research Centre who says that there is no magnetic force in Mecca.

"That's why if someone travels to Mecca or lives there, he lives longer, is healthier and is less affected by the earth's gravity," he said. "You get charged with energy."

What a joke. The magnetic pole wanders, so no location can be in 'perfect alignment' with the magnetic pole.

No magnetic force in Mecca? Right. So a compass wouldn't point north there, huh?

Less affected by gravity? So, you weigh less??

[fortunecookie]

"That's why if someone travels to Mecca or lives there, he lives longer, is healthier and is less affected by the earth's gravity," he said. "You get charged with energy."

LOL. He said this for real?!

[The Theophilus]

No magnetic force in Mecca? Right. So a compass wouldn't point north there, huh?

Less affected by gravity? So, you weigh less??

Quick! Send someone down there from NASA to reassure the world that they are right!