Posted on 08/11/2010 12:29:48 PM PDT by LonelyCon
For centuries, an astronomy observatory in Greenwich, London -- the namesake of Greenwich Mean Time -- has been the reference point for lines of longitude, ships' navigation on the world's seas and the time zones used today.
But Saudi Arabia wants to change that. It's building what it calls the largest clock in the world, atop the second-largest skyscraper in the world, in the Islamic holy city of Mecca -- in hopes of replacing GMT with "Mecca Time."
The clock dwarfs London's Big Ben, with four huge faces each about 130 feet in diameter and inscribed with the Arabic words "God is greatest." Only one of the clock's faces has been completed so far, covered with 98 million pieces of glass mosaics. Details were first released by the Saudi official news agency and picked up by several foreign media.
It's still under construction atop a nearly 2,000-foot-tall building overlooking Mecca's Grand Mosque, the point where Muslims around the world turn toward during their five daily prayers. Millions of faithful visit the site as part of the Muslim hajj voyage and other pilgrimages each year.
"We in Mecca hope to be the world's central time zone, and not just have a clock to look at, to show off," Mecca resident Hani al-Wajeeh told Agence France-Presse.
"Putting Mecca time in the face of Greenwich Mean Time, this is the goal," Mohammed Al-Arkubi, general manager of Royal Makkah Tower Hotel, told the Arab News, a Saudi newspaper.
In a related story, people in Hell want ice water.
why not Miller Time?
And I want a warehouse full of gold. We all want things.
Remember - infidles are not allowed in the city of mecca to see the moon rock...
ps - wonder if a plane can be flown into it?
Die already.
Cargo Cult. Build the world’s biggest clock and everyone will start using Mecca time.
Mecca time = GMT minus 6000 years
Make it Suntory Time.
Predator drone would work. I can’t wait for the New Templars to form and get started cleaning the trash.
But what would Admiral Boom say about this?
Sure is gaudy, looks like a casino to me.
I want a pony.
These people have only the most cursory understanding of time keeping and timescales.
It’s a sick joke.
We are told some muslims resort to terrorism because they are a poor people.
We are told that it has nothing to do with global conquest.
Except there are those swords of "peaceful" submission and the whole world should switch our reference points to the segregated city of Mecca (a standing death penalty for any sub-human kufir who'd dare enter).
Clocks run backward on Mecca Time.
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