Islamic Calendar Date Attacks

Submitted by M Aranoff (United States), Aug 11, 2006 at 16:40

My posted comment before the first anniversary of the September 11th attacks urged that we pay closer attention to the Islamic calendar than the secular one. This view seems to be corroborated by the planned date of the current aborted terror strike and the observations of Bernard Lewis concerning Ahmadinejad's promise to reply to whether Iran will comply with the U.N.'s demands on nuclear enrichment being scheduled for August 22. According to the Times of London, the attacks were scheduled for August 22 . "This year it corresponds in the Islamic calendar to the day in 1427 which Muslims commemorate as when Muhammad took flight on the winged horse Buraq to the "furthest mosque", usually assumed to be Jerusalem.

Bernard Lewis, an expert on the Middle East, writes: "This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world." " Part of our counter-terror response ought to include a study of the Islamic calendar.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".