MECCA TIME

The Mecca Time concept asserts that Mecca, the holiest city of Islam located in Saudi Arabia, is the true center of the Earth, and thus should replace the Prime Meridian (International or Greenwich Meridian). The demand was made by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and other Muslim clerics meeting in Doha, Qatar on April 21, 2008 for a conference titled "Mecca: the Center of the Earth, Theory and Practice."[1] The conference sought to promote "Ijaz al-Koran" - the belief and growing trend amongst Muslims that the Koran, the central Islamic religious text reveals many scientific facts.[2]






ROYAL MECCA

The World's Largest Clock Tower

• Location:  Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Time Zone:  +0300 UTC
• Dial Diameter:  Approximately 40 meters
• Height:  On approximately 400 meter tower
• Clock Maker:  Dar al-Handasah, Premiere Composite Technologies, Saudi  GroupBin Ladin
• Completion Date:  2011
• Cost:  $ 800 million (to be confirmed)
• Features:
Approximately 20 meter wide golden crescent moon hoisted on a sphere 60 meters above the clock that shoots 15 beams of light that can seen 17 km  away at night.  During day time the clock can be seen from a distance of 12 km away.

RELATIVE SIZE BETWEEN MAN AND CLOCK HANDS