This summer, the world’s largest clock began to tick in Mecca—Islam’s holiest city—marking the beginning of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims. After the inauguration of the clock, there were calls from many Muslims to replace Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)—the world standard for 125 years—with Mecca Time.
Salman Hameed
Salman Hameed is an astronomer and Assistant Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of A religious belief that the universe and life are the product of acts of divine creation rather than via natural processes. Learn more in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He blogs at Irtiqa.
