[Cronos]

Say, aren't you Persian? I think its one of the great tragedies of the world that one of the noblest civilisations -- the Persian -- is under the yoke of these camel traders.

Secondly -- doesn't the Koran say that actually the earth is flat?

[Nathan Zachary]

Yes it does. It's "rolled out like a carpet" with mountains acting as pegs holding it flat.
If you google, you will find a pic of what the islamic universe looks like. the earth is on top of a fish, which is on the back of an ox, which is standing in a bowl.... etc. etc.

[Khashayar]

Thanks for the compliments

AFAIK, Quran does not say that