Sleep is Better than Prayer?

One stanza of the Muslim call to prayer (adhan), which is broadcast from the minarets of mosques just after dawn, proclaims, “Prayer is better than sleep”. However, it seems that there are “Muslims” out there who don’t feel this is the case.

Unholy Row Over Muzzling Egypt’s Many Muezzin

Well, I’m sure there have always been lazy Muslims who didn’t feel like waking up early for fajr prayer in the morning. As such, the presence of such Muslims in this day and age should come as no surprise—and it’s actually rather well known. However, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of Muslims in a Muslim country actually complaining about the call to prayer. It seems that they’re using their personal lack of faith as an excuse to change something that has been going on for about the past 1,400 years. Yes indeed, some “Muslims” out there have their priorities in this temporal life all mixed up. Pray for them…

This seems to be just another one of those not-so-insignificant signs that the Time is drawing nigh…