Response to Dan Gibson Claim that Petra Not Mecca was the Birthplace of Islam
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1) Mecca Did Not Exist Before 7th Century.
2) Mecca Described as Center of International Trade Route
3) Mecca is Mother of All Cities, But No Antiquities!
4) Mecca should be Next to Sodom the City of Lot (as)
5) Trees, Fruits & Olives Do Not Grow in Mecca
6) Quraysh in Humaymah, Large Armies & Ibrahim (as) Travel to Mecca
7) First Century Mosques were Oriented Toward Petra Not Mecca!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330221815_King_The_Petra_fallacy_The_Petra_fallacy_-_Early_mosques_do_face_the_Sacred_Kaaba_in_Mecca_but_Dan_Gibson_doesn%27t_know_how_Comparing_historical_orientations_with_modern_directions_can_lead_to_false_re