Over the last 20 years, new discoveries are pointing to the founding of Islam taking place in the ancient city of Petra. Check the evidence for yourself and make your own decision.
Qibla Tool:
This tool requires a large screen to view the Qibla direction of over 200 mosques from the earliest days of Islam. Choose by mosque name, time category or by Qibla direction. Does not display well on …
Names for the city of Petra:
Research Paper by Dan Gibson and Dr. Peter Harremoës.
Book: Let the Stones Speak:
Dan Gibson’s definitive new book on early Islamic qiblas, based on over 200 archaeological sites from the first centuries of Islam. Discover why there were multiple qiblas, who created them, and why …
Rate Distortion Theory for Descriptive Statistics:
Viewers and readers my wonder why an academic paper on optimizing lossy compression of data is on a site about history and Islam. In this paper, Dr. Peter Harremoës uses Gibson’s Mosque …
How Accurately Could Early (622-900 C.E.) Muslims Determine the Direction of Prayers (Qibla)?:
By Walter R. Schumm
You can download this paper by clicking this link: How Accurately Could Early Muslims Determine the Direction of Prayers
Abstract
Debate has arisen over the ability of …
A Statistical Assessment of Early Islamic History and the Qibla: Comparing the Theories of David King and Dan Gibson:
by Walter R. Schumm and Zvi Goldstein
Abstract
Dan Gibson has argued that the first holy city of Islam was Petra. David King has disputed Gibson’s conclusions. Using data from Gibson’s website, the …
Petra Pilgrimage Paper (Is this Sacred or What?) :
Back in 2018 Dr. Erin Addison wrote a paper concerning the ancient pilgrimages to Petra. This paper was published in the The Routledge Handbook of Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism. In this paper …
Mosque Database:
For scholars:
The mosque database can be found here.
We try to update this a couple of times a year as new materials are always being added.
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Gibson's Timeline:
This is the time line that Dan Gibson is using in his videos and films. It allows you to see when Islamic and Christian manuscripts were written, and when various Qibla directions were used, and when …