This is a somewhat ignorant (though I don't think bad faith) comment. Muslims historically (and now too) took great pride and put great effort into architectur

This is a somewhat ignorant (though I don't think bad faith) comment. Muslims historically (and now too) took great pride and put great effort into architecture and calligraphy. Gulf Arab leaders are idiotic noveaux riche on steroids, and the only thing their building plans have to do with Islam is that they evoke Islamic eschatology, which predicts that towards the end of times, "shepherds will compete to build black towers" or something like that.