1, 1. The response of his eminence, the great and knowledgeable scholar of Hadith, the Renewer of the Century, Shaykh ^Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-Harariyy al-Qurashiyy, may Allah protect him.

2, 2A. The Ruling of the President of the Honorable al-’Azhar University, Dr. Abdul Fattah al-Husayniyy ash-Shaykh, may Allah protect him.

3, 3A.The Response of His Eminence Shakh ^Atiyyah Saqar, the Chairman of the Fatwa committee of al-’Azhar of Egypt, may Allah protect him.

4, 4A.The Response of the Mufti of Daghistan, His Eminence Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad Darwish Hadjieve ash-Shafi^iyy ash-Shathiliyy, may Allah protect him.

5, 5A. The response of the Honorable Imam of Masjid an-Nur, Shaykh Muhammad Qamar al-Hasan al-Hanafiyy al-Qadiriyy, may Allah protect him.

6, 6A. The Response of His Eminence, Shaykh Nizar Halabiyy, the Chairman of the Association of Islamic Charitable Project, may Allah protect him.

7, 7A. The Response of the Mufti of Ukraine, the Honorable Dr. Ahmad Tamim

ash-Shafi^iyy, may Allah protect him.

8, 8A. The Response of the President of the Association of as-Sadatul Ashraf (the descendants of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam), in Lebanon, Shaykh Nabil Ibn ash-Shaykh al-Qadi al-Mustashar Muhammd ash-Sharif al-Husayniyy, al ‘Azhariyy ash-Shafi^iyy ar-Rifa^iyy, may Allah protect him.

9, 9A. The Response of His Eminence, the great Imam, the Shaykh of al-‘Azhar, may Allah protect him.

10A. The Response of Hazrat Allama Maulana Mufti Mohammed Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, President: All Indian Sunni Jamiatul Ulemo, Head Mufti: Central Darul

Ifta-Bareilly, may Allah protect him.

The Replies of Some Astronomers, Geographers, Universities, Geographic and Marine Institutions in the United States of America and Canada and Others Regarding Earth’s Shape as well as the Position of Makkah with Respect to North America.

11. Response of Derrick H. Pitts, Vice President, Fels Planetarium, Franklin Institue

Science Museum.

12, 13. Responses of Eugenia M. Ryan, Research Correspondence, National Geographic

Society.

14. Response of Cdre. A. Sadek, President, Arab Institute of Navigation.

15. Response of Dean Lounder, Director, Lavel University.

16, 17. Response of Brian Klinkenberg, Department of Geography, University of British

Columbia.

18. Response of Paul Jance, Cartographer, the University of British Columbia.

19. Response of T.R. Moore, Associate Professor of Geography, McGill University.

20. Response of B.A. McIntosh, Ph.D., National Research Council, Canada, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.

21. Response of DB Knight, Professor of Geography, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

22. Response of Dr. David B. Frost, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Concordia University.

23. Response of Andrew Berghardt, Professor of Geography, McMaster University, Ontario, Can

July 16th, 2005