(November 5, 2022 at 7:24 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:(August 26, 2022 at 6:01 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Any mistake in the Quran will be a "checkmate" for Islam because the whole idea of the religion is that the Quran is the direct word of God.
The Quran says the sun sets in a mud puddle somewhere in Morocco. That didn't seem to wrap things up for Islam.
There was an ottoman Admiral called Piri Reis (1465-1553) whose world map is on display at the Halil Inancik Section of The University of Bilkent in Ankara. Take a look (Does it look like the sun sets on Morocco? – I mean really?-):
![[Image: 800px-Piri_reis_world_map_01.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Piri_reis_world_map_01.jpg/800px-Piri_reis_world_map_01.jpg)