Should Muslims Be Praying Towards Petra Instead Of Mecca? | The Sacred City

Over a billion Muslims perform daily prayers facing a black rock in Mecca, following the teachings of Islam, but recent archaeological discoveries challenge traditional narratives about the founding of Islam, raising questions about its origins. Advances in technology allow scholars to access ancient manuscripts and conduct research on the early years of Islam and they discover that the absence of archaeological evidence in Mecca before 800 AD and the limited mention of Mecca in early texts suggests that there was a different Holy Land to begin with. Should Muslims actually be praying towards Petra instead of Mecca?