Every mosque faces Mecca: a controversy at the center of Islam (Full documentary)

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The Kaaba, a stone square building in the sacred city of Mecca, is the holiest site in Islam, serving as the direction of prayer (qibla) for Muslims all around the world. However, Canadian historian Dan Gibson believes that Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction for the last fifteen hundred years. The Quran commands them to pray towards the "forbidden gathering place," and according to Gibson's interpretation, archaeological and historical evidence indicates that this place is not in Mecca, Saudi Arabia – but the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00:00 – Intro ▷ 0:00:25 – A new era of research ▷ 0:02:31 – Dan Gibson ▷ 0:03:57 – Mecca ▷ 0:05:48 – Arabian history ▷ 0:11:12 – Descriptions in the Quran ▷ 0:12:50 – Early maps of Arabia ▷ 0:13:37 – Islamic records are myths ▷ 0:14:35 – Another location fits the description ▷ 0:15:53 – Representation of Gods and sacred places ▷ 0:17:57 – Masjid al-Haram, the Forbidden Gathering Place ▷ 0:20:55 – The original qibla: analysing surviving mosques ▷ 0:31:12 – Petra ▷ 0:47:56 – Second Islamic Civil War ▷ 0:55:05 – Signs on the mosques' wall ▷ 0:58:16 – The direction of later mosques ▷ 1:03:09 – Umayyad and Abbasid ▷ 1:05:04 – Western half of Islam (Spain and North Africa) ▷ 1:06:58 – Excavation of Petra ▷ 1:11:28 – Literary vacuum ▷ 1:18:44 – Editing of early accounts of Islam ▷ 1:23:50 – Conclusion ▷ 1:24:46 – Credits #documentary #history #islam #mecca #sacredcity #arabia #middleeast #quran #propaganda #controversy ------- Subscribe to wocomoDOCS: https://goo.gl/sBmGkp Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- Writer and historian Dan Gibson combines Islamic sources with modern technologies to track down the location of the original Mecca, suggesting how such a great misunderstanding in Islamic history came about. His findings are highly controversial and criticized by notable historians. Original Title: The Sacred City – Discovering the real birthplace of Islam A film by David Taylor, written and presented by Dan Gibson © 2016, Licensed by Sideways Film ------- Documentaries about politics, society and science produced by leading studios around the world. Our goal is to be a reliable source of high-quality information and investigative journalism for a better understanding of relationships, backgrounds and future developments. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoCOOK Wocomo DOCS is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.