On March 16, thousands of Muslims took over London’s Trafalgar Square to mark their communal breaking of Ramadan fast. A dramatic spectacle followed—replete with bodies sprawled all over the streets in prostration, as Koran verses, including “Allahu akbar,” blared out over megaphones in Arabic.
Several British Christians and conservatives responded by rightfully accusing the Muslims of intentionally engaging in a provocative act of domination over British, historically Christian, public space.
In the words of Nick Timothy, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor:
Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan—which declares there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger—is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals… [T]he domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook.
Is Timothy correct? Absolutely. Throughout history, wherever Muslims make it a point to fall prostrate in communal prayer becomes a de facto mosque—and thus part of the umma. Remember, the word mosque is simply based on the Arabic word masjid, meaning “place of prostration”—which Muslims recently turned London’s Trafalgar Square into. ...
Then came the grand moment to consolidate Islam’s triumph. Sultan Muhammad entered Hagia Sophia, “marveling at the sight.” Before long, however, he emulated his namesake, the prophet Muhammad, who, on entering the Ka‘ba had smashed all its idols.
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For more information, please see Sword and Scimitar, chapter 7, for the complete story of the sack of Constantinople.