ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2006031630981) — If you think Creationism and it’s loony notion that Dinosaurs and man co-existed and everything began 10,000 years ago, then you’re going to love this new initiative. I have have yet to find the nexus for this, but so far the USA media has been oblivious to this story as it gain momentum.
Professor Fell, bases his conclusion that there were Muslim schools in the seventh and eighth centuries in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Indiana on findings unearthed in archeological excavations. Writings, drawings, and tables found on rocks in the wilderness of West are the remnants of a Muslim primary and secondary education system. The evidence consists of the old Kufi Arab letters used in North African Arabic, and of the topics about reading-writing, arithmetic, religion, history, geography, mathematics, astronomy and navigation. The writing “With the name of Allah” (pictured left) found on a rock in the Nevada excavations, and another rock inscription “Mohammed Nabiyallah” (Mohammed is the Messenger of God) (picture 1) are strikingly similar to the Kufi style used in the seventh century.
Fell’s discoveries indicate Arabs lived in the seventh and eighth centuries in Nevada. Professors Heizer and Baumhoff from the University of California joined excavations at Nevada’s WA 25 site. The result unveiled there indicates there was a school in which Islam, science, and navigation were taught. In the Nevada excavations, Naski and Kufi styles of Arabic writings were found on the rocks and stones (picture 2). In this picture, the mathematical formula of — five diamonds is equal to an A in Arabic (Alif)” is seen.
Nevada? Is there any logic to this? No offense to Nevada, but if I’m floating around North American between 750-1150 A.D. I doubt I’d pick Nevada as the place to set up shop. Then again…
Maybe they didn’t pick the most scenic part of Nevada in which to settle, but the more well-to-do had vacation caves in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe. And by the way, their education was so advanced that the children had no trouble finding Louisiana on the stone-carved maps 😉
More junk science. Next thing you know UBL will be demanding the US get out of Nevada
Nevada: again, they’re living in the DESERT. Is there some tenet in the Koran that says followers/believers/sheep have to live in the least hospitable regions of terra firma? Why not live in a freakin’ volcano?
Someone has been out in the desert re-enacting Carlos Casteneda books a bit too much, I think.
And on a related subject, what has he been smoking or eating and where can I get some?
Yeah, that’s all we need… “The Islamic Nation of Aztlan” governed by Ayatollah Teponichtitli.
Nevada? Well, it is close to Utah. Maybe they were trading with the Lammites or whoever the Mormons believe settled North America. Next they’ll be digging up books of gold or something.
Did some research here real quick……
The claim about halfway into the story says, “The names of 565 places, 484 of them being……..come from Islamic and Arabic roots.” In that list, he first mentions Mecca, Indiana. Research shows that it was founded in 1873 by Muslims. So that’s proof of what? The next town is Medina, Idaho….which according to Mapquest does not exist.
Clearly, this guy just made crap up…..or he was an utter fool one. However, this is considered fact and news by this Turkish newspaper. WTF man. I thought our news networks in the U.S. were full of crap. They don’t have anything on this newspaper.
Continuing with Calin’s thoughts…
Several places in the US and North America that appear to have muslim names really have biblical names. Islam built on a lot of Jewish and Christian thought…. Place names often got reused again by a new culture. The root source is common. So, similar names often occured.
Just a bunch of junk science. I was waiting for it to mention that Bigfoot was really a muslim.
Isn’t Bigfoot French Canadian? He certainly is when Myth Busters advertises on the Discovery Channel.
Proof of the rigourous nature of Islamic reasoning – and they wonder why 90% of them live in the Third World.
The guy in Tassie story seeing Mohammed was a hoot. No names, either, no sources, nothing to verify this outrageously hysterical story. The last guy who saw visions in Tasmania went out and killed 32 people, so I’d be a trifle worried about this chap. BTW: for those in the US, Tassie to mainlanders is what hillbilles are to the rest of America: lots of jokes about in-breeding.
Maybe this is the Turkish equivalent of the National Inquirer?
Damn…..awake beat me to it…..I was going to say something similar about the Aztlan connection.
These Muslims seem to believe just about anything…..except that we want to be their friend…….
mecca indiana? I have lived here all my life and didnot relize it was right off montazuma.
That is about as loony as believing we evolved from rocks! Or a princess kissed a frog and over millions of years the frog turned into a prince.