The Actual Place of Kaabah and Masjidil Haram, Petra

https://youtu.be/TIw1OPH6QvM

I believe him but need to confirm by going to the old mosques that still point to Petra. Not Jerusalem or Mecca.

However, according to the article below, the direction pointing to the Kaabah was due to the method of calculating  the orientation. An interesting comment is that despite the errors, Islam was the only religion that need to calculate this orientation, making it the best in the world.

This approximate direction, based on astronomy is used a lot by us. For example, we are told topray towards sunset, before the coming of gps.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330221815_King_The_Petra_fallacy_The_Petra_fallacy_-_Early_mosques_do_face_the_Sacred_Kaaba_in_Mecca_but_Dan_Gibson_doesn't_know_how_Comparing_historical_orientations_with_modern_directions_can_lead_to_false_re

Another issue was the hijrah incidence. I don't believe that the distance was from Petra to Medinah. That is too far.

Another issue is that, Prophet Muhammad is Quraish, which is  definitely arabic. Petra is not Arabic.