Archaeology and Islam #02 - The Between Mosques:
Click below to watch the video Archeology and Islam #2 The Between Mosques do not face Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Who built them and why? Transcript Video #2 This is a general transcript of a Dan …
Qibla Tool Notes:
Learn how to use the Qibla Tool. What is it and when was it developed, and where scholars can access the database.
02 Between Facing Mosques:
Al-Ḥajjāj began this practice and for 66 years many mosques were built facing an empty spot in Arabia that was ‘between’ Petra and Mecca. This practice fell out of popularity soon after …Talking with Dan Gibson #04 Early Islamic Qiblas:
Dan Gibson introduces his book: Early Islamic Qiblas, and explains what is in the book.
03 Parallel Facing Mosques:
The surviving early mosques of North Africa and Spain all faced a unique direction. None of them faced Mecca, or Petra, or the Between position.
Humeima Tombs:
Mosque Name: Humeima Tombs Country: Jordan City: Humeima Year of construction (AH): 93 AD Year of construction (AD): 712 GPS: 29.949629 35.34612 Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing Mecca: …Not 100 Qiblas, but 4 - Qibla Controversy EP.3:
Archaeology and Islam #27 Evidence Suppressed #1:
Click below to watch the video To silence objections, General Hajjaj suppresses the old-school Muslims, even putting to death some of the Companions of the Prophets. By the end of his reign of …
Palmyra Central Mosque:
Mosque Name: Palmyra Central Mosque Country: Syria City: Palmyra Year of construction (AH): 18 Year of construction (AD): 640 GPS: 34°33′4.00″N,38°16′5.10″E ArchNet: …
Wasit Mosque:
Mosque Name: Wasit Hajjaj Mosque Country: Iraq City: Wasit Year of construction (AH): 87 AH Year of construction (AD): 706 AD GPS: 32.190400 46.303899 Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing …
Damascus Umayyad Mosque:
Mosque Name: Jami’a al-Umawi al-Kabir Country: Syria City: Damascus Year of construction (AH): 91 AH Year of construction (AD): 709 AD GPS: 33°30’41.98” N 36°18’24.85"E …
Qasr al-Kharanah:
Mosque Name: Qasr al-Kharanah Country: Jordan City: Desert Castle Year of construction (AH): 92 AH Year of construction (AD): 710 AD set by an inscription GPS: 31°43’44?N …
Amman Umayyad Mosque:
Mosque Name: Amman Umayyad Mosque Country: Jordan City: Amman Year of construction (AH): 82 AH Year of construction (AD): 710 AD GPS: 31°57’16.48"N 35°56’4.53"E Gibson …
Um Al Walid:
Mosque Name: Um Al Walid Country: Jordan City: Um Walid Year of construction (AH): 93 AH Year of construction (AD): 712 AD GPS: 31.646810 35.899799 West Qasr: Gibson Classification: Between East Qasr: …
Khann Zabib:
Mosque Name: Khirbet Khann al Zabib Country: Jordan City: Desert Castle Year of construction (AH): 93 AH Year of construction (AD): 712 AD GPS: 31°30’49.91"N 36° 6’2.63"E Gibson …
Khirbit al Mafjar Mosque:
Mosque Name: Khirbit al Mufjar Country: Israel City: Jericho Year of construction (AH): 95 AH Year of construction (AD): 714 AD GPS: 31°53’9.86"N 35°27’32.56"E ArchNet: …
Aleppo Mosque:
Mosque Name: Jami’a al Umawi al Kabir Country: Syria City: Aleppo Year of construction (AH): 96 AH Year of construction (AD): 715 AD GPS: 36.199492°N 37.156911°E ArchNet: …
Bosra Mosque:
Mosque Name: Mosque of Bosra Country: Syria City: Bosra Year of construction (AH): 102 AH Year of construction (AD): 721 AD GPS: 32°31’16.95"N 36°28’58.70"E ArchNet: …
Hayr al Gharbi Mosque:
Mosque Name: Hayr al Gharbi Qasr and Mosque Country: Syria City: Desert Castle Year of construction (AH): 107 AH Year of construction (AD): 726 AD GPS: 34°20’39.77"N 37°35’3.67"E …
Hayr al Sharqi Mosque:
Mosque Name: Hayr al Sharqi Mosque Country: Syria City: Desert Castle Year of construction (AH): 110 AH Year of construction (AD): 728 AD GPS: 35° 4’25.52"N 39° 4’14.92"E …
Baalbeck Mosque:
Mosque Name: Baalbeck Mosque Country: Lebanon City: Baalbeck Year of construction (AH): 122 AH Year of construction (AD): 740 AD GPS: 0’26.03"N 36°12’25.59"E ArchNet: …
Yammama Mosque:
Mosque Name: Yammama Mosque Country: Saudi Arabia City: Yamama/Al-Kharaj Year of construction (AH): unknown Year of construction (AD): 8th century GPS: 24°11’31.79"N 47°21’7.27"E …
Qasr Ain al-Sil:
Mosque Name: Qasr Ain al-Sil Country: Jordan City: Azrak Year of construction (AH): unknown Year of construction (AD): 8th century GPS: 31°53’40.36"N 36°50’44.98"E Gibson …
Bazaar Qaisariya:
Mosque Name: Bazaar Qaisariya Country: Iraq City: Erbil Year of construction (AD): 8th century GPS: 36°11’26.10"N 44° 0’36.34"E Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing …
Raqqa Mosque:
Mosque Name: Raqqa Mosque Country: Syria City: Raqqa Year of construction (AH): 155 AH Year of construction (AD): 772 AD GPS: 35°57’7.39"N 39° 1’15.64"E ArchNet: …
Bushra Mosque:
Mosque Name: Bushra Mosque Country: Bushra (near Irbid) City: Jordan Year of construction (AD): 700-799 CE GPS: 32.558159° 35.894752° Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing Mecca: For a Link to …
Aydoun Grand Mosque:
Mosque Name: Aydoun Grand Mosque Country: Jordan City: Aydoun Year of construction (CE): 700-799 GPS: 32.506175 35.857349 Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing Mecca: never For a Link to the …
Tibnah Mosque:
Mosque Name: Tibnah Mosque Country: Jordan City: Tibnah Year of construction (CE): 700-799 GPS: 32.477252° 35.727335° Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never For a Link to the …
Barwada Mosque:
Mosque Name: Barwada Mosque Country: India City: Gujarat Year of construction (AD): 700-800 CE GPS: 21.692053 72.270851 Gibson Classification: Between Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never For a Link to the …
Sorkhe Mosque:
Mosque Name: Sorkhe Mosque Country: Iran City: Sorkhe Year of construction (AD): Unknown GPS: 35.464113 53.213335 Original Qibla: 241.7 (Between) Gibson Classificatoin: Never For a Link to the Qibla …
Biroon Mosque Abarkooh:
Mosque Name: Biroon Mosque Country: Iran City: Abarkuh Year of construction (AD): unknown GPS: 31.124929 53.295318 Original Qibla: 259.6 (Between) Rebuilt facing Mecca: Recently For a Link to the …
Uskaf Bani Junayd Mosque:
Mosque_Name: Uskāf Banī al-Junayd Mosque Classification: Between Year CE: 642-710 Year AH: 20-90 age_group: Early Umayyad City: Uskāf Banī Junayd Country: Iraq Rebuilt: No GPS: 33.0956 45.0460 (approx …
Hayan Mishref:
Mosque Name: Hayan Mishref Country: Jordan City: Mufraq Governate Year of construction (AD): 700-799 GPS: 32.267299° 36.153612° Gibson Classification: Petra 195 Gibson Classification: Between (mihrab …