Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Aug 22 - Start of the Apocalypse? I guess not.

On August 10 I wrote about historian Bernard Lewis and his warnings about August 22.

"What is the significance of Aug. 22? This year, Aug. 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque,' usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world."

Although the day is not yet over, it appears that we've survived yet another doomsday. Now everyone can turn their attention back to the JonBennet Ramsey case.

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