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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Muslim Conspiracy Theories|2=[[File:PEPSI Conspiracy.jpg|260px|link=Muslim Conspiracy Theories]]|3=This page lists some of the conspiracy theories that are widely circulated among the world's Muslims. They include:
1.  The belief that America is responsible for the creation of the AIDS virus, and through Christian missionary groups, African Muslims have been injected with contaminated polio vaccines.
2. The belief that there is a conspiracy between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood to destroy Egypt, and that Jews are also secretly allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, using them to control Muslims.
3. The belief that the Coca-Cola logo, when reversed, states in Arabic "No Muhammad, No Mecca".
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Geocentrism and the Qur'an
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According to the Qur'an, the Sun (and the moon and the five known planets) follow a curved course. This course starts in the east, goes high above the earth and ends after sunset with the Sun resting at night at a hidden place. All this took place around an earth that was spread out and had a firmament built on invisible pillars above it. This was a common belief at the time. Sahih hadiths affirm this geocentric cosmology, and great ancient, and even modern-day, Muslim astronomists agree that the Qur'an is geocentric. In ancient times, many people - but certainly not all - did not know any better than what they seemed to observe everyday: the sun appeared to be going around the earth through our skies. We cannot blame a 7th century Bedouin for not knowing this, but should not the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient creator of the universe know better? (read more)