No Time for Islam

The Washington Times ^ | August 12, 2010 | Editorial

[Abakumov]

In a severe case of clock envy, Saudi Arabia has erected a nearly 2,000-foot-high timepiece intended to stake a symbolic claim for Mecca as the world's center. Islamic scholars have proposed that the Royal Mecca Clock Tower supplant the observatory in Greenwich, England, to set the new global standard time. It is the latest form of Muslim global outreach - taking control of time itself.

[livius]

You see it in other cultures/countries. Generally the scapegoating begins with a ‘charismatic’ leader type. Mohammed for example.

That's a good point. Mohammed was from a very low-status nomadic tribe that lived by banditry, mostly robbing merchant caravans from the East, and goat herding. They seem to have been regarded as the trailer trash of the Middle East in their day. Much of his motivation was "revenge" for him and his tribe.

I guess he got it.

[livius]

"In the name of Allah" is written in Arabic on the clock face, and tens of thousands of green and white lights will flash five times a day to remind people when to pray.

Ah, Muslim good taste strikes again.

[livius]

The last paragraph of the editorial says that the Obama administration must come to grips with this fact (Islam’s desire to conquer) when dealing with Muslims. The problem is that they actually have come to grips with it: and we lose. Obama wants us under the thumb of Islam, and all the good dhimmis in his administration and just obediently toddling along after him.

[Inwoodian]

The Byrds.