An Egyptian scientist says that Mecca is not Greenwich is the center of Earth's Magnetic Field?

Question

While I find the scientist's explanation rather confusing, convoluted, and seemingly illogical, I'm not really expert enough to comment intelligently. I've seen some rational counterclaims, but I'd love to hear from someone who really knows the field. My gut feeling is that this is entirely a Muslim attempt to further glorify their religion and give more importance to their most important city. Still, in the spirit of fairness, is there any scientific support at all for his claim?

Answer 1

I think not.

Answer 2

confusing question. You might want to post a link instead of reporting 2nd hand, guessed at info...that's how Urban Legends get started. Interesting that you ventured an opinion on this hearsay

However,

NEITHER Mecca or Greenwich is the centre of the Earths' magnetic field.
Mecca is a Muslim holy city

Greenwich is designated as "0" Longitude for time zones and navigation. This is by convention as Britain was the leader in navigation and science at that time.

The centre of the Magnetic Field of Earth doesn't exist. Magnetic fields have 2 poles. Magnetic North (which is what a compass points to) is not actually at the geographic North Pole, it moves slowly over time. Maps always publish the correction factor, and when navigating by compass you have to do a calculation to correct magnetic north for true north

Answer 3

He'd really have to prove it.
Greenwich isn't the center of the earth's magnetic field either. Magnetic fields don't really have centers, they have poles, which come in opposite pairs. The Earth's north magnetic pole is located near the Earth's geographic north pole, and it shifts around a bit over time. It's nowhere near Greenwich, which is the (totally arbitrary) marker for 0* longtitude.
PS -- good link, Gregory S. Perhaps during a pole shift a temporary pole could occur over Mecca just as it could anywhere else. But we're not in a pole shift right now, and every compass I've ever seen points north, not east.

Answer 4

An Egyptian scientist of what? Geography?

Mecca is not Greenwich? I think that's accurate.

As for the earth's magnetic field, I believe it is torroidal. No spot on the surface of the earth can be the center of the earth's magnetic field.

Answer 5

All the earths magnetic fields are shifting right now, It could have something to do with the poles flipping. So - One day it could be the center, the next day, it could be 200 miles of center.

Answer 6

that is true even English scientist prove that . Islam is related to science u see the movement of electrons the movement of the sun the movement of the earth are counter clock wise and the people that go to the kabba revolve in the same way . mecca is the center because the kabba is in there

Answer 7

If his argument isn't in a peer reviewed scientific journal, then he doesn't have any real evidence to back it up. It isn't worth too much of your time.

That is the easy criteria for a science that you aren't directly involved in. If the guys who are, are impressed it gets published.

Answer 8

Earth's magnetic feild is in the process of flipping North-South to South-North.

Answer 9

First of all, there is nothing akbar about allah, and muslims will say or do anything to make allah look akbar when they know allah is just an arab pagan moon god, and not the real God of the Bible.
Mecca is not the center of the magnetic field, and if muslims are not careful it will get blasted to the North pole and all compasses will point toward mecca, and allah's black rock will freeze and bust.

Answer 10

If not magnetic field, they would find some other thing to glorify....
I have seen people saying that trees are green because the color of islam is green......
Islamic people are morons....take it easy.