Scientists. Riiiiiiight.

It's not news. It's the BBC:

Muslim call to adopt Mecca time

Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.

Okay, wait - stop. Surely any scientist realizes that the center (sorry - "centre") of a sphere or sphereoid like the Earth is not, in fact, on the surface? In fact, let's diagram that, shall we?

This is a sphere:


Note where the center of the sphere is not:


Any questions?