I think so. Since everywhere they look is a "holy site" and UBL supposedly used the US soldiers stationed in Saudi as a "recruting tool" for his skyjackers, then it's not a big stretch to believe they value the real estate more than they do human lives in any quantity. They sure as heck revere that black rock more than all the human life in the world, combined.
It seems unlikely in the extreme — and that fact nullifies all the value this thread may have had as a deterrent. Nuke Mecca? Why bother? It wouldn’t work.
Two assertions that the author completely fails to back up with so much as an explanation, let alone evidence. I think they would all shoot themselves harmlessly if the rock were rendered into melted glass.
Will they bow to a crater?
That really wouldnt have the desired impact youre hoping for, as in 100 years they would simply worship some other rock from "heaven".
You have to include Medina Too. When "they" are gone, Muslims can't practice their religion, because the trip to these sites is such an integral part of their religion that if the pilgrimages could not be made, NOTHING else would matter and salvation would be out of everyone's reach, OR they would have to undergo major revision in their religion, which would also shake their confidence in their religion, OR at least cause them to ask if their was any SIN in their midst that led their god to abandon them.
This may be difficult to understand for those whose religions are primarily spiritual in nature. To understand the muslim mind you need to put yourself into their legalistic and materialistic frame of mind.
Also for a large, primarily ignorant population, it would be a severe demoralizing blow to their belief, to have to recognize that THEIR god was not strong enough to protect his own holy sites.
Well said. The author can go pound sand.