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Are we en route to an Islamic world?
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July – September
Newsletter
In our
quarterly newsletter we cover various topics that affect the Church. We have a
place to cover Islam’s
growing influence that is always in the news. It is something that not only
affects the world but the church.
This
newsletter focus’
fully on Islam because of the recent events and what I believe is a growing
threat of what is going to take place. The world is changing and we need to be
aware of what it is changing into.
John
Brennan is the Director of the CIA and former chief counterterrorism advisor to
U.S. President who in 2009 said, “how you define a problem shaped how
you address it.” He then
says the president does not define Islamic terroristic acts as
terrorism. If it is not
terrorism how do you address it? As a
crime, they are categorized as criminals not terrorists.
Consider
that the administration put the fort Hood massacre in the category of work
place violence. It will be proven that it was terrorism by the very man who
caused it. His defense; the soldiers were a threat to the Taliban. We will
learn about Islam and what it does to its own. It may be one of the last
teachable moments for our country.
When
Brennan was sworn in at the White House he departed from the traditional
practice. He had his hand on a copy of the Constitution – before it included the Bill of
Rights – and not a
Bible. He used a copy of the Constitution that did not include the Bill of
Rights, that did not include the First, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments. Is
this the constitution Brennan vowed to protect and defend?
This is why
so many see a new, a different America being formed: transformation has come.
Islam is
the most violent religion in the world’s history and when we excuse its actions, we
allow it to expand. Christianity is nonviolent but many of the same people that
overlook Islamic violence have put Christianity in the category of terrorism.
When they admit Islam has terrorism, too often Christianity is included. But
they lack actual examples from our modern time.
Terrorism
has changed America in so many ways, even in minute matters of how we conduct
public meetings.
In some
ways the terrorists have already won, as America reacts with paranoia and
instates what is called monitoring (surveillance) for our protection.
Anyone of
any religion or ethnicity can be elected, we do expect them uphold our
countries laws. Rep. Ellison (the first Muslim Congressman) sworn in on a Koran
instead of the Bible says, “its (sic) not about a religion but politics.” http://shoebat.com/2013/04/23/video-keith-ellison-says-boston-bombers-motivated-by-politics-not-islam/
Islam
happens to be both; there is no separation in its practice. Religion, Politics
and Culture are all intertwined in the Islamic lifestyle.
Yes there is Jihad
in Boston
In the
aftermath of this terrorist attack, some of the worst reporting ever done was
on the chasing down of these terrorists. Fox News included. We were able to
listen to the Boston police scanners reporting what was taking place in real
time and there are still questions as to what really happened, and we may never
know.
What we
do know: The Boston mosque was supplemented by Saudi sources. There are many
Mosques in America that fill the Muslims with hate speech, but when they commit
atrocities it’s not
called a hate crime.
“The news
media” began to blame this bombing on his boxing injuries: It is now being
called a homegrown crime, having more in common with Sandy Hook than Islam.
One of
the points made is that Dzhokhar was disturbed that the world saw Islam as a
violent religion, so what does he do—he proves it is. If he is not a terrorist than what is he? Islam has
convinced many they have no terrorists. The suicide bombers in Islamic
cities are not homicidal but “freedom fighters.” In the end the Media will have the Muslim faith
of the Boston Marathon bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev nothing to do
with what they did.
Tamerlan
has entered the legacy of Rock Stars as he was featured on the cover of Rolling
Stone. Their intention was to do a heartbreaking piece on what makes a
westernized youngster become a killer is not answered unless you go pull covers
off the charade.
The term Self radicalized has been employed, it is a
misnomer. There are commonalities: They media say’s they had no organization -
but they had a religion; they have the Qu’ran; they are Muslim; they hate
America and western civilization; they used bombs. This is not something they
pulled out of the air, this is a blueprint. But we are told there is nothing to
see here. Maybe the media would be better off blaming Muslim violence on global
warming; because it’s always hot in the Middle East. That would work except
there is Muslim violence in colder climates, like Boston.
The
question has now come up: how do we have security and keep our freedoms. We do
not live in a world like the 60’s, technology has expanded. It now intrudes in our lives in ways we do
not welcome. And it now has become known that The surveillance scandal is a direct result of our national denial about
jihad. This surveillance scandal arises out of our national bipartisan
unwillingness to face the reality of Islamic jihad. If Al Quaida (sic) is defeated then why such an
expansion of monitoring people? Some may answer “what difference does it make?”
What we are not being told is that there are 100 other terrorist
organizations actively
pursuing our destruction; we are at war! Time to face the music.
On O’Reilly (Foxnews) April 23, 2013
the CAIR executive director Nihad Awad had one of the
most revealing yet disturbing presentations.
O’Reilly asks
him if radical Islam is the primary driver of terrorism in the world. He
completely denied it, saying no, that O’Reilly is making it up. I guess all the news is all made up by
America for foreign countries to report.
The diminishing Christian population in the Middle East
and Africa
The
balance of religion has changed in many places; there are less churches and
more mosques. A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway in numerous
Muslim areas. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the
Islamic countries to the other. We are reliving the real ancient history of how
Islam spread throughout the world by conquest.
In 2003,
Iraq's Christian population was at least one million. Today fewer than 400,000
remain. The city of Homs had a Christian population of some 80,000. In October
2012 the last Christian was murdered by Jihadi’s. In Mali, after a 2012 Islamic coup, 200,000
Christians fled. "The church in Mali faces eradication," as the
rebels want to establish an independent Islamist state and drive out
Christians. This is also taking place in Africa and the Sudan. In fact all of
Africa is being taken over by Islamic aggression.
In
Ethiopia, after a Christian was accused of desecrating a Koran, thousands of
Christians were forced to flee their homes. "Muslim extremists set fire to
roughly 50 churches and dozens of Christian homes." Boko Haram makes it
their mission to kill children. At least 29 pupils and a teacher have
been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in Nigeria,
reports say. Eyewitnesses
said that the victims were burned alive in the attack. Dozens of schools have
been burned in attacks by Islamists since 2010.
What
religion does this? Are they following the prophet? It appears that none of the
Muslims that do this are wrong. These
kind of atrocities are increasing everywhere as Muslims have no tolerance for
disagreement, as they are supremacists. They are taught this kind of
Islam from childhood,
especially by the Palestinians. And we should know that Palestine, their
capitol is named after the Philistines, Israel’s enemy.
Dozens of
mosques were built in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, but no building permissions
[permits] were given for Christian churches. There are more mosques built in
England than churches. That’s a statement of a powerless church as much as it is the expansion of
Islam.
We
constantly hear of how morally corrupt the West is. But they never seem to have
the same judgment on themselves. Fayhan al-Ghamdi, a famous Muslim
cleric who often appears on Saudi Arabia television, has admitted to torturing,
raping, and killing his five-year-old daughter because he was fearful she had
lost her virginity! What a nation and what a religion! This is the nation that
views women drivers as being “unchaste” while they promote, permit, and
practice all kinds of wickedness under the color of a “peaceful religion.” Some fools have said that this has nothing to
do with Islam when it has everything to do with Islam. (quoted from Don Boys newsletter)
The
child-rapist-killer cleric (brutally beat her with a cane and cables, medical
reports say that the child had also been raped repeatedly) was arrested served
three months in prison and paid a $50,000 fine.
This is the Sharia “justice” system in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia where
a Muslim man cannot be executed for murdering his wife or children! Who says we
can’t get along with
this system.
The changing face of the world and your country
We are a PlUralistic culture in America: Jewish, Christian, Mormon or any other
religious group you receive the same treatment, as justice is supposed to be
blind. That’s the Way
it used to be…
We assume
that the City of San Francisco, California would avoid any governmental
sponsorship of a particular religion, and house a place of worship of a
specific religion on its own property. But when it comes to ISLAM the rules
change. The San Francisco Chronicle's investigative duo Matier and Ross tell us:
Muslim
cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to
wash their hands and feet before they pray. Muslims only, no kufrs need enter,
or even ask for their own religious worship space at SFO. Royal Cab driver
Hasan Khan, 52, a Pakistani immigrant, collected some 300 signatures from
fellow cabbies, urging the airport to give them their own cleansing station.
The
Airport obliged - and the wash equipment was installed on the ground floor of
the main garage, right next to where the drivers congregate for their breaks.
Can evangelicals, Jews, Catholics, Mormons or any other religious group receive
this kind of exclusive use of city-owned property?
In
England they are further down the road … once it would have been considered
treason but times are changed …. An announcement by a television station in the
United Kingdom that it will broadcast the Muslim call to prayer daily during
the month-long religious observation called Ramadan. http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/tv-station-to-broadcast-muslim-call-to-prayer
Is this
where America is
headed? I believe so.
Sharia for all, the flip side of freedom
The
belief that Sharia law should extend to non-Muslims is most widespread in the
Middle East and North Africa, where at least four-in-ten Muslims in all
countries except Iraq (38 percent) and Morocco (29 percent) hold this opinion,”
When asked whether Shariah is the revealed word of God, in 17 of the 23 nations
questioned, at least half of believers answered affirmatively.
Half the
countries support penalties of whippings or cutting off the hands of thieves,
like in Saudi Arabia.
Muslims
in America also see Shariah law as “the revealed word of God.” In Orland
Park, Illinois an outpatient surgery center costing $5.5 million that caters to
Muslims abiding by Islamic law will be built. The plan is to create a medical center that
offers Muslims treatment in accord to their Islamic faith.
Al Gore and Al Jazeera have more in common than their name
“Al.” Al-Jazeera has now gained in reach to nearly 40 million U.S. homes thanks
to Global warming’s greatest promoter. Time Warner Cable Inc. dropped Current
news network co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore. Gore then sold it to those he formerly called
evil oil producers that cause global warming. He stated that Al-Jazeera shares
Current TV's mission “to give voice to those who are not typically heard; to
speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to
tell the stories that no one else is telling.”
Indeed they will.
Al-Jazeera America, U.S media organization funded by
the Qatar gov, announced their Chicago bureau will be
hiring, probably be full time.
Muslim
immigration has increased in America from five percent in 1992 to
10 percent in 2012. 50,000 in 1992 to 100,000 a growing number of new mosques
in Alabama and other states reflect this.
The number of Muslims in the Americas is projected to more
than double in the next 20 years, from 5.3 million in 2010 to 10.9 million in
2030. People need to understand what this will do to our way of life. We can
anticipate what will happened by looking at the other places the Muslim
population increased. What
should we expect if Islam becomes dominant by its population or politics? A
loss of freedom; everywhere this takes place those who are not Muslim have
diminished personal freedoms and rights. Sharia becomes dominant.
A New
York Times article, “Islam Attracts Converts by the Thousands,” contains
interviews with converts, analyzes Islam's rapid rise in America, and states:
With some 6 million adherents in the United States, Islam is said to be the
nation's fastest-growing religion, fueled by immigration, high birth rates and
widespread conversion. One expert estimates that 25,000 people a year become
Muslims in this country; some clerics say they have seen conversion rates
quadruple since Sept. 11. (The New York Times, October 22, 2001 http://www.riseofislam.com/islaminamerica03.html)
ABC News,
“Islam: Rising Tide in America,” reported that some sociologists predict that
within 15 years there will be more Muslims than Jews in America. (Barr Seitz,
“Islam Rising Tide in America,” ABCNEWS.com, http://www.jannah.org/articles/islamicrise.html)
Currently
there are 3,727 synagogues in the United States. The Jewish population has been here for
hundreds of years. The US Mosque Survey in the year 2000 had 1,209
mosques. In 2011 they counted
a total of 2,106. The Muslim population has doubled but the number of
mosques has increased by 74 percent, suggesting that mosque growth is occurring
at a higher rate than natural population growth. More mosques are being built
than are necessary for the actual Muslim population in the United States. Where
is all this money coming from to do this? Overseas, and it is changing the
landscape of America.
A list of some of the mosques in America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_the_United_States
States
with the Largest Number of Mosques: New York is first with 257; 2nd California
with 246; 3rd
is Texas with 166; 4th is Florida with 118; 5th is Illinois with 109. States
with the least Number of Mosques: Vermont 1; Hawaii 2; Wyoming 3.
You can’t say that!
We hear
we can’t demonize all
of Islam, but we allow them to demonize all of Israel, and the Jews. Can we at
least address those who do the atrocities? If Islam had its way we would not be
allowed to say a thing.
We
identify diseases by symptoms found in people in every country. What are the
symptoms of Islam in the countries that allow it to flourish? Free speech is not allowed, instead
there is Islamic-supremacy. THEY can say anything about another religion (even
in their “holy book”) but if YOU say anything on Islam that is not
flattering, then you have violated their religion and will pay (Rom.3:10 seems
applicable here).
The Associated Press Revises Another
Politically Charged Term,
by Steven Nelson for U.S. News and World Report, ...The term
"Islamist," the AP clarified in an afternoon alert to online
stylebook subscribers, should not be used as "a synonym for Islamic
fighters, militants, extremists or radicals."
"Islamist" is frequently used as a label for
conservative Islamic political movements, particularly Egypt's Muslim
Brotherhood and Hamas, the group's Palestinian offshoot. It generally carries a
negative connotation.
So is the
term Jihadist, which they say has multiple meanings. But when Muslims proclaim
Jihad to spread Islam, we are to think of it as a peace movement.
Intentional blindness to the Facts
Terror analyst Walid Phares noted,
“According to open-source reports, between 2001 and 2008, U.S. agencies stopped
one or two terror attempts a year. However, from 2009 until today, the
government has been uncovering one or two cases a month, a troubling growth in
jihadi activities.”
Nothing to see here, go home and continue life as if nothing
is happening … as it is increasing, soon to be an every week problem.
Muslims
remember Osama as a great man, many want to emulate his acts. We have heard
them say “everyone is Osama now,” “There will be one million Osamas.” We recently watched the unrest in Sweden, as
in France before. Stockholm has been ravished, and the news reported that they
are immigrants, not that they are MUSLIM immigrants. When they control how
people speak of them they control how people think of them.
Islam has
nearly 1.6 billion adherents worldwide. One-third (33 percent) of Americans
view Islam favorably, while 36 percent have an unfavorable view and 31 percent
are unsure. More than half of evangelical Christians (52 percent) view Islam as
"essentially a violent religion," a news report from Barna Group
reveals. Despite the general perception of Islam within the evangelical
community, 68 percent of evangelicals agree with the statement: "Peace
between Christians and Muslims is possible.” We can thank Rick Warren and other
neo evangelicals for this. [Drafted by scholars at Yale Divinity
School's Center for Faith and Culture, finding the common ground http://www.acommonword.com/
that Muslims and Christians share.) This has now produced A New Evangelical
Manifesto.]
Researchers
also found that 79 percent of mainline Christians, 82 percent of college
graduates and 75 percent of all American adults also believe such peace is
possible. This report indicates that those who associate
with different religious groups tend to view Islam differently.
DOJ wants to enforce speaking out on Islam
The clash
of freedom People Power Against the Department of Justice, Cliff Kincaid, June 7, 2013
Accuracy in media.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and its allies, the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Southern Poverty Law Center, are on the defensive after thousands of people turned out in Tennessee on Tuesday night to protest a scheme to censor criticism of Islam.
CAIR, a key component
of a network of Muslim Brotherhood organizations in the U.S., called the
turnout a “mob” and praised the Obama/Holder Justice Department for standing up
to local residents. CAIR said “a
large group of protesters heckled and interrupted speeches by Bill Killian,
U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Tennessee, and by Kenneth Moore, FBI
special agent in charge of the Eastern Tennessee District.”
The DOJ announced beforehand that people using the Internet
to criticize Muslims might be prosecuted for civil rights violations. Killian had announced in
advance that he would address “how civil rights can be violated by those who
post inflammatory documents targeted at Muslims on social media.”
The center was completely filled, with hundreds more
rallying outside where Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, who co-founded Stop
Islamization of Nations (SION), spoke to the crowd. James Lafferty, chairman of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force
(VAST) …“They all said the same thing—the Justice Department is trying to
curtail free speech by promising increased scrutiny of any Internet posts which
mention Islam.”
He said the angry reactions inside the conference center
followed “a heavy dose of jihadist propaganda by the AMAC folks.” He explained, “A long video about Islam in
Shelbyville, Tennessee, followed the usual B movie story line—Muslims come to
town, ignorant locals react badly. Muslims demonstrate that they are honorable
and just, ignorant locals and Muslims are now the best of friends and there is
a lesson here for anyone else who doubts Islam’s noble intentions.”
Killian’s presentation was itself “very condescending and
provocative” because of the implication that local residents had no right to
complain about the spread of radical Islam in their state.
Lafferty
said “here was intimate knowledge of Islamic practices and that when Muslim
speakers at the podium with Killian talked about Islam as a peaceful religion
which valued good citizenship, people interrupted with the word “takiya,” a
reference to the Islamic concept of deception.
How
terrible is it to be labeled an Islamic protestor? Is this like those who
protested the Catholic churches tyranny over its members with indulgences and
threats of no salvation. Well it took 500 years and now the Lutherans are ready
to apologize for their mistake. It will take far less time for America to
acquiesce to Islam.
Muslims
use the free speech argument yet they want their religion to have its own laws
(sharia) to override the nation[s], and have American citizens comply when
interacting with Islam.
According
to CAIR, they expect special treatment for their religion. The TSA’s new “enhanced pat down” policy
should be limited to searching only around Muslim women’s head and neck if they are
wearing a hijab and Muslims objecting to the enhanced full-body scans have the
right to request the pat-down procedure be done in a private place. (TSA to Exempt
Muslim Women from TSA Pat Downs? Nuns Continued to Be Molested by TSA http://capoliticalnews.com/2012/03/21/tsa-to-exempt-muslim-women-from-tsa-pat-downs-nuns-continued-to-be-molested-by-tsa/)
TSA Issues Ramadan Advisory
WASHINGTON
(BHN) - The Transportation Security Administration has issued a travel advisory
outlining activity connected with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Here is
an excerpt: Traveler Information - Ramadan, a holy month for persons of
the Muslim faith, begins this year approximately on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 and
ends on Thursday, August 8, 2013. TSA understands that this is a significant
religious event for the Muslim community. TSA has reminded its security
workforce that traveling passengers may be observed at various areas in the
airport - including security checkpoints or on aircraft - engaged in religious
practices and meditations during Ramadan. TSA would also like to inform the
traveling public that they may notice passengers who are observing Ramadan
engaging in the following activities at the airports:
They will abstain from any food, water, smoking or vices of
any kind. They will more likely to engage in prayer at airports or on
airplanes. Before prayer, Muslims go through ablution, i.e., a cleansing or
washing of certain areas of the body that is usually done in private if
possible, but may be observed in airport restrooms. They will be seen reading,
listening to or orally reciting the Holy Qur’an at airports and on airplanes.
They may carry prayer beads and “whisper” prayers constantly. http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/traveling-during-ramadan
Not to
worry, it’s only
Islam!
A Butcher, a Baker and a “Bomb maker”
Anjem
Choudary, told reporters that America had created a new generation of Islamic
terrorists. He regularly speaks anti-American comments on television and had
said previously 'the flag of Islam will fly over the White House'. He had announced he will lead a demonstration
outside the White House “The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call
for the Muslims to rise up and establish the Islamic state in America.”
The Islamic Butcher axe murderer in London had connections to Choudary (seen
in a picture with him). Are we think there is nothing to this!
Sayyid Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America, says
“America waits while others work” Our job is to change the constitution of
America."
Sweden
has traditionally welcomed refugees (15% of residents in the country are
foreign-born). Rioters have lit fires and stoned emergency services in
nine suburbs of Stockholm, which is one of the richest cities in the world. But
the immigrants (whom they won’t say are Muslim) sense the weakness and will
continue. What happen to Sweden will eventually happen to us without vigilance;
count on it.
Muslim stabs French soldier in throat near
Paris by Nicolas
Bertin for Reuters, May 25, 2013 (Reuters)
They are told not blame it on Muslim terrorism but instruct
the military not to wear their uniform off base. Do these people realize how
dumb this sounds?
Qur'an
47:4"When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." Not to
worry, it’s only
Islam!
This will
escalate as they see the weak reaction from the west. Have we not tried peace?
Do we only need to give peace a chance? Talk about reliving a 1970’s retro cliché. Islam was held off
from its invasion of France by the armies of Charles Martel 100 years after
Mohammed’s death on
October 10, 732 AD. The conclusion of the Battle of Tours ended in victory,
some consider it one of the most decisive battles in all of history. How was it
done? By a show of strength: overwhelming the Islamic invaders.
Today we
fight those with the same goal. 'The enemy is everywhere': Former MI5
head calls for people to spy on their neighbors following murder of soldier Lee
Rigby: http://www.dailymail.co.uk.
Baking Islam into American culture
“All-American Muslim,” which
premieres Sunday on the TLC cable channel, lifts the veil on five Arab American
families in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and finds their lives are, in many
ways, not so un-American at all.
There’s the Amen family, whose outspoken tattooed
daughter Shadia is engaged to an Irish American from Chicago who accepts her
family’s request to convert to Islam on the eve of their wedding – and upsets
his Catholic mother.
The more exposure America receives the more erosion and
changing of our opinions. They know this and are using every means available,
even Hollywood, which is more than willing to comply is a tool in the hands of
the propagandists.
Obama
said: “The Future Does Not Belong to Those Who Slander the Prophet of Islam” If
he is correct than all will eventually belong to Islam … which is not going to
bring peace.
Bomb makers: To die for a god
We hear that
only 1% of Muslims are in favor of violence, some say as high as 10% Pew
research poll is suicide bombing justified (often/sometimes)
Notes: Asked of Muslims only” Percent of Muslims responding Often/sometimes justified
Palestinian ter. 40%; Lebanon 35%; Nigeria 34%; Egypt 29%; Afghanistan 39%;
Jordan 15%;
Indonesia 7%; Turkey 15%; Pakistan 13%; Britain 16%; France 16%; Uganda 30%; Ivory
Coast 30%; Malaysia 26%.
As of the middle of 2003, there were over 300 suicide attacks carried
out in 14 countries by 17 terror organisations. Monthly Jihad Report March,
2013: Jihad Attacks - 189. Countries -21. Dead bodies -988. Critically
injured 2093. July attacks 53. Dead- 293. Critically injured 356. Islamic terrorists have carried out 21,231
attacks since 9/11 (www.religionofpeace.com)
Nothing to be concerned with, it’s only Islam.
Phobia 101
Everyone
has got a phobia. There is Homophobia, Islamaphobia (sic), which is homophobic. There is
the phobia of Islamic phobia, so nothing is said about Islam. How about
“reality phobia” where people do not want to face the way things really are, so
instead they live in a make-believe world building their own bubble. Liberals
in America often see conservatism as more of threat than Islam. Christianity
with its morals is the enemy and far more threatening than violence to
them. It threatens everyone who wants
the freedom to sin by making them aware of what God says.
Does the
media thinks they will be exempt if Islam rules; will they defend themselves by
saying to Muslims “we didn’t say anything bad about you.” They will still be treated the same
UNLESS they convert. They are ill informed and not knowledgeable; otherwise
they would see what is the greater threat. But the media obfuscates
history and the facts on Islam so they cannot come to the right conclusions,
and the public continues to be misled.
In many
of these areas, the Islamists have been hugely successful. On the issue of
ideological penetration, Hudson Institute scholars Nina Shea and Paul Marshall
have documented the universal spread of Wahhabi/Salafist ideology and
literature in American mosques. Here are a few examples of the kind of
religious wisdom they found disseminated:
"Democracy
is an evil system" and the "very embodiment of unbelief," so
Muslims must reject it.
Freedom
of religion is forbidden because "it allows denial of Islam."
Accepting any religion other than Islam makes you "an apostate, and you
should be killed because you have denied the Koran."
"Believers
must hate [the infidels] for their religion . . . and always oppose them in
every way according to Islamic law."
"Whoever believes that Christians and Jews worship God is an
infidel." "Innovative"
imams are "heretics and their prayers are invalid."
In many
countries, Christians are kidnapped, imprisoned, wrongly arrested, beaten, and
murdered because their beliefs are considered blasphemous in authoritative
Islam. It is not just drawings of Mohammed that are offensive but anything
contrary to what Islam teaches, they are taking dominion by implementing Sharia
law among the other nations they live in. This is why I say ‘if you give them an inch they will
take a mile.” Let me update this saying, “If you give them a mile they will
take the nation.”
The God
you serve will make you into his image; terrorism, is not an unintended
consequence. It’s
been part of the expansion of Islam since it began. We don’t have a group of independent
angry Muslims, it is the teaching.
Why do Muslims say Islam is not at war with the west? They
invoke their God in violence and in the same breath say He has nothing to do
with their religion. When
they say allah hu akbar, are they exalting the creator god who made heaven and earth and gave
us life. God is indeed great if he is
the true God. This God they invoke condones merciless murder shown by their own
actions.
People of the old book, not the new book
Muslims
always try to discredit the Bible yet they call Christians and Jews the people
of the book. So why do they not believe the book that preceded theirs by 600
years? The book that Mohammed may have read?
Iran’s Basij Press is
claiming that a version of the Gospel of Barnabas, found in 2000, will prove
that Islam is the final and righteous religion and the revelation will cause
the collapse worldwide of Christianity. Turkey confiscated a leather-bound text, written on
animal hide, they believe the text could be an authentic version of the Gospel
of Barnabas, one of Jesus’ apostles and an associate of the apostle Paul.
The Barnabas
Gospel was written numerous centuries after the Bible predicts the coming of
the Prophet Mohammad and the religion of Islam. In Chapter 41 of the Barnabas
Gospel, is this statement: “God has hidden himself as Archangel Michael ran
them (Adam and Eve) out of heaven, (and) when Adam turned, he noticed that at
top of the gateway to heaven, it was written ‘La elah ela Allah, Mohamad rasool Allah,’” meaning Allah is the only God
and Mohammad his prophet.
According
to the Barnabas Gospel in Turkey’s hands, Basij Press says, Jesus was never crucified and that not only
is He not the son of God, but that He himself predicted the coming of the
Prophet Mohammad. (Jesus states "I am not the Messiah" prophesies of
the last prophet, Muhammad, is the Messiah. (See http://www.letusreason.org/Apolo34.htm)
“The
discovery of the original Barnabas Bible will now undermine the Christian
Church and its authority and will revolutionize the religion in the world,” the
Basij report says. “The most significant fact, though, is that this Bible has
predicted the coming of Prophet Mohammad and in itself has verified the
religion of Islam, and this alone will unbalance the powers of the world and
create instability in the Christian world” (May 25, 2012)
This
being connected to a book supposedly by Barnabas, would be like Iran saying
they found a newspaper today that said the holocaust never happened, when they
wrote it. Some people are willing to believe anything to eliminate Israel and
the Bible. Germany did same under Hitler as occult Thule society influenced
him.
Muslims
do not care what the Bible teaches unless it can agree with the Qu’ran, which says, when Jesus was a
child he made out of a bird of clay gave it life, John 2 tells us he began his
miracles, not as a child but at 30 years old, the requirement for a priest.
Surah 4:171 tells us Jesus is the messenger of Allah, then
He is not the Jesus of the Bible. Phili. 2:6-11 says he is exalted to the
highest place with a name above all names that would include Allah.
In every point Islam denies Jesus for who He is, God, who
came from heaven born as a Jew to the Jewish people as promised (Mt.2:2; 27:11;
Jn.4:9; Rom.1:16). Abraham is called a Hebrew, Israelite, which are Jews. Jesus
calls him a Jew (Mt.1:2; 22:32; Rom.11:1) not a Muslim, he did not worship
Allah (Gen.14:13 39:14 40:15) If Abraham is a Muslim then why was he known as a
Jew (Hebrew) until Islam came along?
The statements of Mohammed’s life recorded in the Hadiths
which shaped the Quran cannot be ignored. As Muhammad was dying, he
asked Allah, to curse the Jews and Christians (Bukhari, Vol. 1, #427). Does God
curse his own people? Is this the way of Peace? Contrast this with Jesus words
of asking the Father to forgive while he was dying- FOR them.
The Qu’ran mentions the gospel, called
injil, but it is not "the power of God unto salvation to everyone that
believes in Christ" (Rom 1:16). It is different Gospel brought by another
angel that the apostle Paul warned of in Gal.1:6-9. Even today there are angels that call
themselves Gabriel, Michael, Jesus, Mary that visit people. This Gabriel denied
the very words of the real Gabriel, that salvation is through the Jews (Lk.1:32-33).
There are
Billboards seen across Sydney, Australia, stating “Jesus: a prophet of Islam.”
The advertising campaign is being run by Islamic group “My Peace.” The purpose
of the campaign is to encourage interfaith relations between Christians and
Muslims.
How is a Jewish Messiah a prophet of Islam? We
read, "Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are harsh to
the unbelievers but merciful to one another" (Surah 48:29). And they are
also harsh to those who follow the prophets of God who happen to be Jewish.
History tells us of today
There are
Muslims trapped in this religious system looking for a way out. Our best way to
counter them is by their own words. What does the Qu’ran or Hadith really say, what do their
leaders teach what it means.
What
Muslim’s do is what
Mohammed did, that is whom they follow. That is whom we should focus on to
learn about their religion. Not everything in Islam is found in the Qu’ran, there are the Hadiths where
Mohammed’s life is
the example of everything for the Muslim. So when they say you can’t find that in the Qu’ran they know it is found in the
Hadiths, which few other than Muslim’s read. A Muslim does not celebrate any other prophet's birthday, ONLY Muhammad's.
Whenever Muslims pray their compulsory prayers, they MUST give blessings to
Muhammad, him ONLY. There is no verse in the Qu’ran that speaks about the ‘Five
Prayers a day’ this ritual came from the Hadith on Muhammad’s journey
heaven.
Allah originally demanded prayer of 50 times which was
reduced to 5 times. Mohammed’s HEAVENLY JOURNEY “Thereafter he ascended with
me till I was taken to such a height where I heard the scraping of the pens
Allah then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned
with that and passed by Moses. Moses, said: What has thy Lord enjoined on thy
people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses said:
Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah would not be able to bear this burden. Then I
came back to my Lord and He removed a portion out of that. I then again went to
Moses and informed him about it He said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah
shall not be able to bear this burden. I then went back to my Lord and He said:
They are now reduced to five prayers each day but will be equal to fifty, and
what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said:
Go back to thy Lord. (Sahih
Muslim1:313) (Sahih Al-Bukhari/ Vol. 1/ Book 8/Number 345)
I find the point of Mohammed saying my Lord and Moses
saying Return to thy Lord, quite revealing.
Researchers
have said Allah once had Muslims to direct their prayers toward Jerusalem and
then turned them toward Mecca, some early Hadiths suggested that Muslims
specifically pray facing away from Jerusalem, those who pray in al-Aqsa Mosque
have their back to the Temple area. When Muslim’s pray, they have to face Mecca and only to
Mecca, Muhammad’s
birth place. Any direction other than Muhammad’s birth place is forbidden or ‘haram’. They have to pray in Arabic only. Mecca, is
the eternal city of Islam, the place where Muslims believe Abraham nearly
sacrificed Ishmael (not Isaac on mount Moriah where Jesus was sacrificed).
Non-Muslims are strictly forbidden there.
History
tells us Arabia was a peaceful place, foreigners, Jews and Christians went
there to do business and make a living.
Then Muhammad came. When Mohammed
fled Mecca to Medina, he told the Christians: “We believe in what has been sent
down to us (the Qu’ran)
and sent down to you (the Bible). Our God is the same as your God” (Surah
29:46). But later in Medina when Muhammad gathered a following and was
militarily strong and the Jews and Christians rejected his claims something
changed. Allah told him: “Fight people of the Book who do not accept the
religion of the truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior.” When he became rich and powerful in Medina he
conquered Mecca, many were killed. Today you can fill in the cities name in the
blank space before a bombing. When we mention bombings by Islamists one
must be specific or they may confuse the London bombings with the Madrid
bombings with the Bali bombings with the Iraq or Afghanistan bombings etc. etc.
This is
why in early history Islam was known as Muhammadism. Muhammad is Islam, or there is no Islam.
The tip of the iceberg is melting
Islam
makes their religion mandatory everywhere possible, having the people
submissive to Muslim ‘supremacy.
People want peace in the world, especially among religions. 1/5 of the world is
Islamic and it will have to be factored into everything that takes place.
When you
have the pres of Islamic Republic of Iran willing to sacrifice his people to
eliminate both Israel and America for the sake of “Allah” we have to pause and
consider that this is a religion that promotes death more than life and we have
already seen the examples to understand what they will continue to do.
The God
of the Bible says all those who love death hate me. Jesus said “I am the God of
the living not the dead.” Then who would be the God of death? The one who promotes death is
someone most people do not believe exists. He tries to stay invisible (until
his time comes) but has a strong influence on politics, business, family, and
religion; some religions more than others.
In Persia
(ancient Iran) Haman wanted to get rid of Mordechai and ALL the Jews. Islam in Iran lives in the way of Haman. The
decree has gone out to eliminate all the Jews. The Jews, the nation in the land
of their forefathers only proves God’s word and it is a poke in the eyes of Islam.
However, Israel is the apple of God’s eye; that is where His focus is on. The God of Israel does not
slumber or sleep, He is vigilant to protect her. Jerusalem is the city of peace
because the prince of peace will rule from it. Satan wants the city of God to
be his, he has moved another religion to take it from Israel. He wants to be
worshipped in the city of God, in the temple of God, as God (2 Thess.2).
Arab
youth do not all agree with Islam as we see in Egypt’s second uprising. Egypt rejects the Islamic
government and the president from the Muslim brotherhood. But they are not
going to go easily. Morsi had pardoned accused terrorists and allowed them to
enter the country. Even the salafists who are hardliners went against Morsi.
This whole country is now in danger, even from other Muslim states. If Muslims
kill other Muslims in their land what do you think they will do to you, you
infidel? Islam is not going to change but they want us to change our view about
them.
A War is looming ever
closer in the Middle East, it may be short, it may be extended but we can be
assured it will affect the whole world. If you enter a fight with an enemy
but at the same time act as if they do not exist, you will lose. Until we come
to grips on who the enemy is and what their ultimate goal is, we will not make
progress.
But then
there is God…
God’s unconditional promise: Gen.
12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Blessing and cursing face the world as it did
Israel in Deut.28. But this is about the world acknowledging God’s covenant (Heb.8:8;
Rom.11:17-24)with his people or will they come against it?
More Jews
were killed in the 20th century than all the centuries combined, Stalin, Hitler
and now Islam wants to eliminate not only Israel but Jews everywhere. While
individuals may be eliminated it is a whole other thing to remove the nation
from its land. Here is the promise of the God of the Bible after he says he
will make a new covenant Jer.31:31: V.35-37 ‘Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a
light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
who disturbs the sea, and its waves roar (The LORD of hosts is His name): “If
those ordinances depart from before Me, says the LORD, then the seed of Israel
shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever.” Thus says the LORD:
“If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out
beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have
done, says the LORD.”
You need
to remove the ordinances to have Israel gone … If God does not keep Israel then
he won’t keep the
church, then you have no hope. Calling the church Israel will not help, we
still have to deal with reality. It’s time the church supports those whose
covenant they are grafted into to show that they truly believe what the Bible
says. For we are in a time of testing, purifying us for what is soon to take
place.
May we
know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
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Christ:
After doing cult evangelism for several years we saw the
need to form an official ministry here in the Islands to reach out to the over
¼ of the adult population that is involved in different cults or false
religions. We are one of the most active states (ex. 53,000 Mormons, and
7,000 Jehovah Witnesses going door to door (approximately 35,000 being
trained). The cults outnumber the church 2 to 1 in our state and are growing
rapidly here as well as everywhere else.
As pseudo Christian groups continue to grow we want to
deter the free evangelization that is being done door to door each day week
after week. In Mt. 24 Jesus warned his disciples and us about deception more
than any other thing. He stated many will come in his name representing him in
an untruthful manner. When this time comes many false prophets and teachers
will be common. I believe what we are seeing today is prophecy being fulfilled.
We are living in that time He has forewarned us about.
We have taken the initiative to do something about this
in these Islands, that has not been done before. We have three main
objectives. First - is to educate the community through the TV
and the Internet. We have found cults very much dislike publicity. By
making the public aware of what these groups really believe it prevents them
from joining. In this way communities are made aware of the counterfeit groups
evangelizing their neighborhoods. By sending out written information or making
it available on the net we are able to give people an intelligent choice
made on the facts from two sides instead of only one.
Second- to awaken the church to the
activities of these groups and the mainstreaming of the New Age movement that
has solidified itself in the schools, workplaces, the media and even the
church. By equipping believers with the tools and effective ways to witness we
can successfully see those involved in false spirituality abandon their
practices and receive Christ.
Third- to Equip
the church to be able to communicate better to those in the cult groups where
they differ from historic Christianity and to have them understand we are being
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