This doesn't surprise me one little bit. In fact, my intuition tells me that this may turn out to be one of their milder "prayers".
I was thinking about this general issue not too long ago. If you accept that islam is a death cult (which I do) and you see their dedication to "prayer" you just have to ask yourself "What would a death cult 'pray' for?"
I suspect it ain't world peace.
Well put. No kidding about that!