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{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Geocentrism2.jpg|150px]]|title=Geocentrism and the Quran|summary=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too|description=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too. This is consistent with an Earth-centered (geocentric) view of the cosmos that places a motionless Earth at the center of the universe and all "heavenly bodies" travel around the Earth. This was the prevailing understanding of the universe prior to the 16th century when Copernicus helped explain and popularize a sun-centered (heliocentric) view of the universe. Tellingly, the sun's orbit is almost always mentioned in the context of night and day (Quran 13:12 being the only exception) and is always mentioned with that of the moon (which does in fact orbit the Earth each month), and the sun's orbit likewise appears, to the unaided eye, to traverse the sky each night when it is visible. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Geocentrism2.jpg|150px]]|title=Geocentrism and the Quran|summary=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too|description=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too. This is consistent with an Earth-centered (geocentric) view of the cosmos that places a motionless Earth at the center of the universe and all "heavenly bodies" travel around the Earth. This was the prevailing understanding of the universe prior to the 16th century when Copernicus helped explain and popularize a sun-centered (heliocentric) view of the universe. Tellingly, the sun's orbit is almost always mentioned in the context of night and day (Quran 13:12 being the only exception) and is always mentioned with that of the moon (which does in fact orbit the Earth each month), and the sun's orbit likewise appears, to the unaided eye, to traverse the sky each night when it is visible. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Geocentrism2.jpg|150px]]|title=Geocentrism and the Quran|summary=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too|description=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too. This is consistent with an Earth-centered (geocentric) view of the cosmos that places a motionless Earth at the center of the universe and all "heavenly bodies" travel around the Earth. This was the prevailing understanding of the universe prior to the 16th century when Copernicus helped explain and popularize a sun-centered (heliocentric) view of the universe. Tellingly, the sun's orbit is almost always mentioned in the context of night and day (Quran 13:12 being the only exception) and is always mentioned with that of the moon (which does in fact orbit the Earth each month), and the sun's orbit likewise appears, to the unaided eye, to traverse the sky each night when it is visible. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Statue_of_Dyhia_in_Khenchela_(Algeria).jpg|150px]]|title=Dihya|summary=Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. |description=4Dihya or Al-Kahina (The Prophetess, Arabic: الكاهنة‎) was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria. }}

{{PortalArticle|image=[[File:Geocentrism2.jpg|150px]]|title=Geocentrism and the Quran|summary=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too|description=The Qur'an mentions a few times that the sun and the moon travel in an orbit (falak - a rounded course), but does not mention once that the Earth does too. This is consistent with an Earth-centered (geocentric) view of the cosmos that places a motionless Earth at the center of the universe and all "heavenly bodies" travel around the Earth. This was the prevailing understanding of the universe prior to the 16th century when Copernicus helped explain and popularize a sun-centered (heliocentric) view of the universe. Tellingly, the sun's orbit is almost always mentioned in the context of night and day (Quran 13:12 being the only exception) and is always mentioned with that of the moon (which does in fact orbit the Earth each month), and the sun's orbit likewise appears, to the unaided eye, to traverse the sky each night when it is visible. }}