A massive, 2000 foot tall clock tower in Mecca is attempting to supersede Greenwich, England to become the global zero-point of time measurement.
According to Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric, Mecca has a greater claim to being the prime meridian because it is “in perfect alignment with the magnetic north.”
This claim that the holy city is a “zero magnetism zone” has won support from some Arab scientists like Abdel-Baset al-Sayyed of the Egyptian National Research Centre who says that there is no magnetic force in Mecca.
“That’s why if someone travels to Mecca or lives there, he lives longer, is healthier and is less affected by the earth’s gravity,” he said. “You get charged with energy.”
Western scientists have challenged such assertions, noting that the Magnetic North Pole is in actual fact on a line of longitude that passes through Canada, the United States, Mexico and Antarctica.
This will be the largest clock in the world seated atop the second tallest building in the world.
Residents of Mecca will also be reminded that it is time to pray when 21,000 green and white LED lights, visible at a distance of 18 miles, flash five times a day.
The clock was designed and engineered by the Swiss – strange because the Swiss also outlawed all minarets a few months back.
Find out more about the worldwide synchronization of time and the potential to displace the prime meridian to start the day at a different hour.
