The Mecca Question
By Jeremy Smyth
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The Mecca Question by Jeremy Smyth
This 20 page booklet by Jeremy Smyth examines the section of Gibson's new book on Qur'anic Geography that claims that Mecca is not the Holy City of Islam. This is a short review of the evidence presented in the larger book. The Mecca Question is free to download, copy, and pass on t0your friends. PDFs of this file are available in a variety of languages from http://searchformecca.com
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent synopsis of Dan Gibson's book. The fact that mecca isn't mentioned at all before 750 AD, not even once, is very interesting.
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The Mecca Question - Jeremy Smyth
THE MECCA QUESTION
A review of section six of Qur'anic Geography, (Subtitled: A survey of the geographical references in the Qur'an, by Dan Gibson and published by Independent Scholar's Press, 2011)
by Jeremy Smyth
Copyright © 2013 Jeremy Smyth
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This booklet is copyrighted, but may be freely reproduced or distributed in whole or in part, as long as credit is given to the author, Jeremy Smyth. It may not edited or reproduced in such a way as to change or twist the meaning of the original text. A copy of this review is being placed on various websites on the internet so that future readers may check their copy's authenticity.
This review has been approved by Dan Gibson, the author of Qur'anic Geography, and he has agreed that its contents are a just presentation of what he presents in the last section of his book.
ISBN: 978-1-927581-03-2
This book is intended to be distributed free of charge, and is provided so that readers can understand some of the arguments contained in the book Qur'anic Geography. If you would like a copy of this book, please contact Independent Scholars Press at their website: www.indipress.ca.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
INTRODUCTION
This booklet is a review of the last section of Dan Gibson's academic book: Qur'anic Geography. The original book is 470 pages with over 170 illustrations, time lines, and multiple appendices and bibliographies. It is available in hard cover from www.stpt.ca. The original book examines the various geographical references in the Qur'an with whole sections given over to the People of 'Ad, the People of Thamud, Midian, Medina, and Pre-Islamic Arabia. These sections are not referred to in this review.
Rather, this book addresses the final section of Qur'anic Geography which focuses on the Holy City of Islam. It is in this section that Gibson presents his findings that the city of Petra in Jordan was the first and original Holy City of Islam and that it wasn't until several hundred years after the death of Muhammad, that Abbasid rulers in Iraq endorsed the village of Mecca in Saudi Arabia as Islam's holy city. At first, this theory sounds unbelievable, but Gibson presents overwhelming archeological, literary and historical evidence to support his position. While most people will never read the original academic study, it is hoped that through this review, you will be introduced