Early Islamic Qiblas: A survey of mosques built between 1AH/622 C.E. and 263 AH/876 C.E.

FANTASTIC book Worth Reading Brilliant

Great book that challenge the classical understanding of Islamic history. Very interesting. TOTALLY recommended!

To make it simple, brilliant book, well documented showing that Muslims are bowing towards the wrong building lol.

This book is a testament to having a single idea and seeing it through despite all the contrary evidence. The scholarship is non-existent. All Gibson does is either make 'facts' up or twist existing evidence around to fit his preconceived idea. He clearly knows nothing about the archaeology of Petra in the Islamic period, but that doesn't stop him making it up. It's farcical. No wonder no respected scholars take it seriously and it has not been reviewed in any proper academic journal - no reviewer would know where to start with all the mistakes, fiction and misinterpretation