Tuesday 24 June 2008

ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SOUNDS ON EARTH

What about "Taps", or the 21 gun salute, or for heaven's sake, the Star Spangled Banner? No, it's the Muslim call to prayer, according to Barack "Im-not-a-Muslim" Hussein Obama.

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer,
reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Oh yes, that's just what we need. A president who can recite, (misty-eyed, I'm sure) the Islamic call to prayer, which often immediately precedes a rousing chorus of "Death to America!! Death to Israel!!"