Islamisation of the UK

I blogged a while back about the plans for a mosque in Oxford to be allowed to broadcast the calls to prayer. I read yesterday that residents of the Torquay are already having their peace and quiet disturbed by the broadcasting of the early-morning call to prayer to hundreds of Muslims who have been converging on the Trevelgue Holiday Park where they have been celebrating the Persian new year. The call to prayer has been broadcast three times a day, the first at 05:30.

Just to remind you, the Muslim call to prayer is not just a friendly reminder to get to the Mosque on time. The Muslim call to prayer is not the equivalent of a church ringing bells on a Sunday morning, it is a statement of superiority of Islam over any other religion and of Allah over any other deity, it is a claim of Islamic supremacy.


Here is the call and a translation (from Islam Online's own website (my emphasis):

"The adhan is the call given to announce that it is time for a particular obligatory Salah (ritual Prayer). Five times a day the adhan is raised from mosques throughout the world. It is a Sunnah (optional duty) that brings its own reward from Allah (God). The person who gives the adhan is called a muadhdhin. (The English word “muezzin” is a mispronunciation of the Arabic term.)

The adhan begins with an affirmation of the supremacy of Allah (God). Then comes the shahadah (profession of faith), which consists of the profession of the Unity of Allah (God), the negation of shirk (polytheism), and the confirmation that Muhammad (peace and blessings be on him) is the Messenger of Allah (God). And after that, comes the call to the Prayer and to success — our eternal home in Paradise — which also implies our return to the Creator. Each line is repeated for emphasis.


Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.


Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.


Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa-llah.

I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah.


Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa-llah.

I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah.


Ash-hadu anna Muhammadar-Rasulullah.

I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah


Ash-hadu anna Muhammadar-Rasulullah.

I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah


Hayya ‘ala-s-Salah, hayya ‘ala-s-Salah.

Hasten to the Prayer, hasten to the Prayer.


Hayya ‘ala-l-falah, hayya ‘ala-l-falah.

Hasten to real success, hasten to real success


Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.


La ilaha illa-llah

There is none worthy of worship but Allah.



In the adhan for the Subh (Dawn) Prayer (also commonly called the Fajr Prayer), the following words are added after Hayya ‘ala-l-falah:

As-Salatu khairun min an-naum, As-Salatu khairun min an-naum.

Prayer is better than sleep, Prayer is better than sleep.


The Sunnah (practice of the Prophet) recommends that while the adhan is being called, one should listen attentively and repeat it silently after the muadhdhin, but when he says “Hayya ‘ala-s-Salah” and “Hayya ‘ala-l-falah” one should say:

La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.

There is no might or power except with Allah. "



If I was being woken from my slumbers at 05:30 by an amplified voice telling me that Allah is the greatest and the only one worthy of worship, I might be somewhat annoyed.