All (war) roads lead to Mecca

THE ROVING EYE
All (war) roads lead to Mecca

Sugar-coated photo-ops at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation couldn't hide the bitter truth that the House of Saud and Tehran are practically at each other's throats in an all-out war between Sunnis and Shi'ites. In between suspending Syria from the OIC, Saudi Arabia is juggling a tricky agenda around weakening - not quite smashing - Iran, either by years of Western sanctions or by an Israeli attack it could condemn in public while inwardly rejoicing. - Pepe Escobar (Aug 16, '12)Asia Times

This was undoubtedly BIG. Everyone and his neighbor were there. The Emir of Qatar, President Morsi from Egypt, President Gul from Turkey, Palestinian Authority's Mahmud Abbas, Hamid Karzai The Afghan, Prime Minister Zardari from Pakistan, Marzouki the new Tunisian leader, King Abdullah from Jordan, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad himself. All 57 member-states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) - representing no fewer than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.

Arab News couldn't resist waxing poetically. What about ...

"In Makkah, last night the Holy Kaaba and the Grand Mosque was bathed in bright lights. The giant Clock Tower glowed in green lights on a clear, moonless night. As the muezzin's heart-warming voice reverberated in the mountainous city at Isha, the world's leaders, sitting in the Al-Safa Palace next to the Grand Mosque, repeated Allah-o-Akbar after him."

Allah Akbar indeed - and then straight to the business in which

these "leaders" excel; squabbling among themselves - and suspending Syria from the OIC....

All (war) roads lead to Mecca

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