An Experiment and Some Guidelines for Muslims
By Jim Croft
Valley of decision
If you are a Muslim, I know that the contents of Islam Review’s website might be painful and perhaps infuriating for you. You know that the behaviors that have been cited in the various articles are not rare occurrences. If you are residing in a Western democracy, you likely immigrated to escape the stifling influences endemic with Islamic regimes. I entreat you not to dismiss that which has been stated by rationalizing that every religion undergoes periods of unbecoming policies. Most religions have modified their former abusive excesses. This was done to keep pace with universally accepted standards that demand respect for every individual’s right to freedom of choice. Any spiritual discipline that habitually insults basic human dignities is at risk of falling into disfavor and becoming obsolete. The seeds one sows tend to reap multiplied crops of that which was sown. If we have been intolerant of others, vast numbers will be harsher with us.
Islam’s current reputation is deplorable to the global community. At this juncture, liberal France is concerned with the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. It has recently enacted a law forbidding female Muslims to wear head coverings in public schools. Belgium is considering the same and many German provinces already have them in place. France’s interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, is threatening to expel any foreign Muslim religious leader who disseminates extremist propaganda. Should this occur, it could eventually escalate to include every foreign Muslim. Historically, it has happened to other groups, and history does repeat itself. If France provides a precedent, other democracies could follow suit. Many want to be rid of elements that have proved to be subversive. Without question, the propensity of Islam to assert its will on non-Muslim populations is becoming increasingly disconcerting within numerous countries.
Apparently Islam’s reputation is also disconcerting to those within its own ranks. Its ineptness at producing productive cultures for the nations it controls and its various barbarous policies are costly. According to an article posted in 2004 on the Arabic version of the Al-Jazeera news network’s website, it is losing millions of members each year. In Africa alone it is losing six million adherents per year. The article’s complaint was that the majority of them are converting to Christianity. It also inferred serious concerns about the masses of the world’s Muslim intellectuals who are making an exodus from Islam. In this regard, Iran and Western democracies have been especially hard hit. Interestingly, the reasons for departure that the educated cite are precisely the issues that are addressed in this website. Surely, there is a message in all of this for you.
Muslim friend, the True God has been confronting you with a choice as you have reviewed these articles. It pertains to your earthly and eternal destiny. You are likely Islamic by birth rather than choice. Liberate yourself and your descendants by committing yourself to a religion that bears evidence of the blessings of God. Christians are not perfect, and Christendom certainly has a few problems. But, between Islam and Christianity, when it comes to objective evidence of God’s affirmation, Islam is overwhelmingly outweighed. As you ponder these matters, there are questions that you must resolve. What is it about Islam that causes its adherents to engage in, or to routinely acquiesce to, practices that other religions find objectionable? Does the content of the Koran have a greater tendency to enhance people’s compassion for their fellow man or their inclination for barbarism? Is there any objective evidence that God endorses Islam more than any other religion? If you had not been born into a Muslim family, would the overall quality of life demonstrated by the world’s Muslim populations attract you to Islam?
Invitation to experiment
Hopefully, you are willing to engage in an experiment that has transformed the lives of thousands of Muslims. As you have seen from reading the testimonies posted on this website, God has a special love for Muslims. He often reveals Himself to those from Islamic backgrounds through supernatural experiences that are out of the ordinary from that which most Christians experience. It is not uncommon for them to receive supernatural dreams and visions in which the Lord reveals Himself and points to the way of salvation through Jesus Christ. Many hear His voice speaking their names. God the Father knows your name. Jesus is waiting for your heart cry to know the True and Living God. His desire is that you no longer labor to appease a remote god who gives you no assurances that your prayers are heard. Here is the experiment with which I challenge you. Ask God the Father to reveal Jesus to you through the power of the Holy Spirit. I assure you that you will not be disappointed. He has appeared to thousands of Muslims in various ways. He will grace you with a spiritual encounter that will thoroughly convince you that Jesus is the Living Son of God. He knows that the spiritual obstacles that Islam has established in your heart require extraordinary signs to convince you that Jesus is the Way. Therefore, He routinely gives Muslims supernatural revelations. Such are the vehicles that He uses to launch Muslims, like you, into lives of joyful, intimate, two-way relationships with Himself and His Son, Jesus. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by saying that simple prayer. It has revolutionized the lives of many Muslims. Yours can be too. It is something wonderful, why shouldn’t you experience it?
Especially for Muslims
Unless a minister was either born into a Muslim home or has studied Islam for years, they have no conception of the challenges that face Muslims who convert to Christ. Few understand the peer pressures and the intensities of the spiritual warfare that can assault you. I want to share some insights with you that will make your journey as a new Christian easier.
Know your enemy – You have previously been a devotee to a religion that is empowered by the satanic spirit of anti-Christ. Satan will use every device and every demon available to disrupt your enthusiasm for your newfound faith. For this reason you must avail yourself of every spiritual weapon in God’s vast arsenal. You will need to sleep, eat, and drink the Word of God. Every time the Devil pops a negative thought about Christianity into your mind you must respond instantly with praises and confessions of what the Bible says the blood of Jesus has done on your behalf. Along with that, you should command the spirits of unbelief and discouragement to leave you in Jesus’ name. This is what the Bible defines as resisting the Devil. Its promise is that he will flee from you.
Repent and renounce – Your years of quoting the Koran and reciting the Salat have established a stronghold in your heart and mind that must be broken. Repent for your homage to the Koran and ask the Lord to shatter its walls in your mind. It is also helpful to sever the soul-tie that you might have to the Mullah whose voice you followed as he taught you Koranic verses in Arabic. That can be accomplished by specifically renouncing him by name. And last, but not least, it is essential that you renounce Muhammad’s Allah and the Shahada.
Your blood confession – The following is a prayer that will liberate you from all of the aforementioned bondages. Through the blood of Jesus all of my sins are forgiven. I am redeemed, cleansed and forgiven by the blood of Jesus. I hereby repent of every connection that I have had with Islam. I renounce the concepts that Muhammad’s Allah is God and that the Shahada is a godly confession of faith. I do not believe that Muhammad was a true prophet and apostle. God is One by the fact that three distinct Divine persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit flow in unified harmony. I believe that Jesus Christ, of Nazareth, was physically raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is my Prophet who gives direction to my life. He is the Apostle of my faith who empowers me to overcome Satan. The Koran is not divinely inspired, only the Bible is the true Word of God. I renounce the Mullah (insert his name) who taught me the Koran. I sever the umbilical cord of any soul-tie to him in the name of Jesus. The Word of the Lord is like a hammer that breaks the rocks in pieces. It now shatters the demonic Koranic and Sharia walls of Islam in my heart and mind. From this point forward Satan and the anti-Christ spirit of Islam have no power over me, and no unsettled claims against me. Islam and Satan are vanquished from my life by the blood of Jesus. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The members of my body are instruments of righteousness, yielded to God for His glory and His service. I will never again kneel toward Mecca. I will worship the Living God in spirit and truth anywhere, at anytime. Lord, I praise Your name that I am a new creation in Christ Jesus. For me, all things are new and all things pertaining to me are of God. In Jesus name, Amen!
Baptisms – The foundation doctrines of the Christian faith are found in Hebrews 6:1-3. They are repentance from dead works (adherence to the Sharia in an effort to appease Allah is a work that produces death); faith towards God; the doctrines of baptisms; laying on of hands; the resurrection from the dead; and the eternal judgment. Your building permit to advance in Christian maturity is predicated upon becoming familiar with these doctrines. Notice that the word baptisms is in the plural. There are two forms that are essential for you. One is baptism in water by immersion. The other is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Baptism in water is not an empty ritual like Islam’s ablutions, which have to be conducted five times daily before performing each session of the Salat. It is a onetime initiation into Christianity that is your personal identification with the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. When you are immersed you are demonstrating that when Jesus died and was buried that by faith you were in Him and were also simultaneously buried. The Muslim that once feared breaking one of the Sharia Laws is dead and buried. As you arise from the waters of baptism you are signaling that when Jesus arose from the dead, you also arose from the dead. You are no longer the slave of Muhammad, but rather a member of the Body of Christ and a beloved child of God. I heartedly suggest that you do the following when you are baptized in water. Tell the minister what you chronic problems are with sin, emotional issues and your health. Ask him to state that those specific problems are being buried as he puts you under the water. Then ask him to proclaim that as you come forth from the waters that you are arising to newness of life. Through the years many people have testified that this practice has liberated them from lifelong troublesome issues. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an immersion in the Holy Spirit that comes at your request, subsequent to your salvation experience. It equips you with the supernatural gifts of the Spirit that will enable you to function in power, as did the early apostles.
Get into a good fellowship – Regular sessions of fellowship are the lifeblood for all believers. While you listen to sermons it edifies your spirit. The other members of the church have gifts of the Holy Spirit that you need exercised on your behalf. Likewise, you have gifts that they need. God has designed the Body of Christ in manner that partially makes us interdependent upon one another on the earthly plain, as everyone looks to the Lord and is filled with the Holy Spirit.
Stay in the Word and prayer – Reading the Bible in a language that you understand is not like it was when you read the Koran in Arabic and attempted to decipher meaning from its confusion. The author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit. Each time that you prayerfully approach His Word He is there, as your onsite personal guide. You will hear the voice of God and receive guidance for every aspect of your life, as you read the Bible. The power of prayer cannot be overemphasized. It is your most viable tool in warding off the powers of evil and apprehending God’s best for you and your family. It should always be punctuated by intermittent praise and thanksgiving to God.
Witness – Share your testimonies of God’s power in your life with everyone who will listen to you. Be bold enough to step out in faith by praying for people’s healings. Those who have been healed of sicknesses as the result of your prayers are much more apt to listen to the Gospel through you.
By personal experience, I can promise that if you follow these steps, you will enjoy a victorious Christian life. That is my prayer for you. Please contact Islam Review if you have any questions pertaining to the Spirit-filled life in Christ. We also eagerly await the testimonies of what God has done in your life.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Muslim Friend, Wake-up
Muslim Friend, Wake-up
A call for Muslims to reevaluate Islam as they enter the 21st Century
By Jim Croft
Muslims have genuine capacities for love, compassion, and noble achievements. The majority of those that I know personally are affable, productive members of society. Like all people, they also carry the potential for counterproductive, destructive behaviors. There is something, however, that Muslims have that has for centuries caused many to live beneath their abilities. It is currently causing them embarrassment within the global community. The culprit is their faithful allegiance with Islam’s demands that all Muslims comply with its eccentricities.
All religions have embarrassing islands of history. Commonly, most have obscure, antiquated, doctrinal elements that are not compatible with contemporary sensitivities. None are exempt from fringe radicals that find purpose and identity by expressing these bizarre elements. Islam, however, stands alone in its ability to incite the masses. Its basic doctrines compel its fundamentalists to enact extremist policies. The moderates comply through their silence. They are silent because they know that the fundamentalists accurately depict what Islam teaches. The end result is that Islam continues to espouse principles that defy the expectations of what most civil people would perceive as acceptable behavior. The purpose of this article is to challenge Muslims to assess what Islam has produced in societies heretofore. Hopefully, this will persuade them to reevaluate its ability to empower them for the 21st Century.
Repetitive behavior + expecting different results = Insanity
Most Muslims, like most people that are labeled as Jews and Christians, did not purposely choose their religious label. The label bestowed on them was a matter of birth rather than a personal decision of conscience. The distinction is, those labeled as Muslims, in spite of their personal aspirations, are weighted with a religious system that has failed to bless cultures. On the other hand, regardless of their personal attributes, those labeled as Jews and Christians have been carried along by the blessings inherent within Judeo-Christian cultures. This is verified by the national economic and educational statistics of the World Almanac. A comparison of statistical information on Islamic-controlled nations and Western democracies indicates acute disparities between the two.
This begs certain questions amongst thinking people. Are people that carry certain religious labels innately more intelligent than others? Are they born with abilities for creative business ventures and technological advances that surpass those of others? Of course, the answer to both of these questions is, No. The basic difference between the three people-groups in question is spiritual programming. None is genetically predisposed to be more creative and progressive than the other. Spiritual surgery removing the teachings of Mohammed from the hearts and minds of the people of Muslim countries would be beneficial. Within a relatively short period it would put them on an even plain with other nations. Reason should caution people from continuing with belief systems that have failed to produce tangible blessings for the people of nations that would otherwise be blessed.
The tale of two nations
In short, you can tell the value of a religion by observing the plight of nations that have lived under its influence for an extended period. If a religion has merit, it will inspire creativity from those that adhere to it. South Korea was predominantly Buddhist prior to its war with Communist North Korea in 1950. Christian nations defended South Korea, and subsequently the majority of its citizens have embraced Christianity as their religion of choice. Even though its economy was devastated by the war, it has risen from the ash heap and now has a gross national product (GNP) that dwarfs those of the oil rich Islamic-controlled nations. Christianized South Korea’s GNP for 2001 was $764.8 billion. Its per capita income was $16,100; infant mortality rate 7.6/1000; literacy rate 98%; and its exports were electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships, textiles, clothing, footwear and fish.
Saudi Arabia should be the crown of Islam, as it was its birthplace in the 7th Century. Keep in mind that Saudi Arabia’s Islam claims to be superior to all other religions. These are the statistics that the “true religion” spawned for 2000: GNP $232 billion; per capita income $10,500; infant mortality rate 49.6/1000; literacy rate 63%; and its sole exports were petroleum and petroleum products. Considering that their clerics claim that the faithful will be blessed, this is not an impressive showing for 1,300 years of multiple daily prayers to a deity. The fact is, the royal family of Saudi Arabia would be riding on camels, rather than in air-conditioned Mercedes, if it were not for the oil drilling technology of Christian nations. Wherever Islam is the primary focus of a government, the majority of its citizens languish in an abased existence. If those same people emigrate to a democratic society, where the pursuit of happiness is primary and their degree of religious expression is optional, they are apt to flourish.
Economic progress frustrated
Whenever the value of Islam is brought into question, Muslims remind those making inquiries of its “golden age”. During this period, from 700-1100AD, Europe was in the Dark Ages. The Middle East and Asian nations that had been conquered by Islamic Jihad (holy war or struggle) led the world as they continued to make advances in the disciplines of literature, science, and math. However, there was a curious cessation of their leadership after the eleventh century. In contrast, progress was restored in Christianized nations during the Renaissance and continued through the Industrial Revolution into the high-tech achievements of the current era.
Islamic countries were left sitting in the sand. One would be hard pressed to cite a single original medical, industrial, or technological innovation that has come forth from an Islamic-governed nation without the undergirding of Western influence and education. During the past 500 years Islamic nations have not produced one contribution to science, technology or industry in a stand-alone manner. There are no innovative products for sale in the world’s markets that were invented and produced by Muslims in Islamic-controlled nations. Students from the global community are not lined up to apprehend visas to study at the universities of Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. The foreign embassies of Christian countries are flooded with visa applications from Muslims that are seeking opportunities to live in the fertile environments that are built on Judeo-Christian values. If Heaven’s approval has been bestowed on Mohammed’s doctrines, it would seem that we would see people from Christian nations flocking to get work and educational visas in Islamic states.
What caused the cessation of academic progress in the nations that were conquered by Islam? Did some DNA mutation kick in that caused people’s intelligence to be altered? This could not be the case because many of the same nationalities prove to be brilliant in settings that are founded on principles other than interpretations of Mohammed’s teachings. The Jews come from the same Abrahamic genetic pool, and their scientists and intellectuals have been awarded 139 Nobel prizes. There have been only 9 Islamic recipients, and most of them were privileged with educations in Western democracies. The finger of guilt points toward the Muslim religion and the teachings of its clerics. The cessation of innovation was caused by the rule of Islam from 700-1100AD. It took 400 years for it to finally take hold and totally stifle the progress of the nations that were under its influence.
America, The Great Satan
Islamic supporters have a repertoire of influences to blame for the lack of progress in Islamic states. America is called the “Great Satan”. Clerics espouse that if it were not for our evil influence, their citizens would be flowing in freedom, prosperity, and health. How soon they forget that the wealth that their leaders squander in lavish lifestyles and the medical advances that save their citizens from epidemics were birthed in Westernized democracies.
Others assert that regional conflicts and harsh environments are the culprits. Interestingly, there are other nations that have experienced the same and risen above the adversities. This will be exampled by a comparison of the statistics on Islam-controlled Iran, predominantly Lutheran Iceland, and Israel.
Iran’s stats for 2000: arable land 10%; per capita income $6,300; infant mortality rate 28.1/1000; literacy rate 79%
Iceland’s stats for 2000: arable land 0%; per capita income $24,800; infant mortality rate 3.5/1000; literacy rate 100%.
Israel’s stats for 2000: arable land 17%; per capita income $18,900; infant mortality rate 7.5/1000; literacy rate 96%.
The statistics that have been provided thus far in this article should provoke thinking readers to ponder the possibility that there is something grossly amiss with Islam. Basic logic dictates that the faithful should be able to overcome any real or imagined satanic obstacles, if Allah is all-powerful and Islam is indeed a superior religion. To the contrary, Muslim-controlled regimes that demand that their citizens pray 5 times daily, obey the Koran, follow the dictates of their imams, fast the 40 days of Ramadan, and make pilgrimages to Mecca have proved impotent in bringing reasonable prosperity to the masses within their societies.
Religion in the mix
It is Islamic countries, not Christianized nations, that insert the spiritual dimension into every equation. The Muslims of Islamic states are usually far more zealous for the agendas of their clergymen than the nominal Christian populations of Western countries are for those espoused by their pastors. Westernized democracies that have Christianity as a prevalent religion do not call for the citizens of fellow nations to join them in holy wars against other nations. This has not occurred since the shameful period of the Crusades 900 years ago. During the ensuing years Christendom has undergone a major reformation. It no longer has Church-State governments. Calls to war are issued on the basis of mutual self-defense and to facilitate freedom for politically oppressed people. In isolated instances the leader of a Westernized nation might express his personal faith when his troops go to war. However, the secular compositions of genuinely free democracies prevent them from calling for war in the name of a particular faith a matter of national policy.
Islam has never had a reformation. Its leaders are following the examples of Mohammed and the early caliphs of Islam to this very day. Everything is done in the name of Allah and for the cause of Islam. All the while, these efforts belie all evidences of Heavenly support. The Jews of Israel continue to prevail regardless of the multi-national Islamic decrees calling for their extinction in the name of Allah. Saddam Hussein declared that Allah would give Iraq the victory over the infidels in 1991. His boast was that his God would give them success in what would be the Mother of all battles. Less than 100 hours later, it proved to be the Mother of all retreats.
In the war for Iraq’s freedom of 2003, Saddam’s Minister of Information constantly swore, by Allah, that soldiers and peasants on the borders of Iraq were slaughtering Coalition forces. After 25 days of armed conflict, he was nowhere to be found, and Iraqi Muslims were kissing the hands of the infidels that liberated them. It was reported that many Iraqis were laying the blame for their culture’s demise at the feet of the parties whom they believed to be responsible. These citizens physically beat and stoned the spiritual leaders that had assured them of victory. The contemporary generation of Iranians is also getting the picture. Televised documentaries on Iran that were filmed in secret have revealed some interesting facts. Those interviewed, between 20-30 years of age, reported that the vast majority of their contemporaries wanted to throw off the limitations of Islam and embrace Western values.
Islam vs. Judeo-Christian values
Muslims need to evaluate whether Islam will enhance their journey into the 21st Century or continue to be excess baggage. The following contrasts Islam’s performance versus that of nations founded on Judeo-Christian ethics. The nations and people of the latter do not make a habit of using religious precepts to rationalize unacceptable behavior. The motivations for their behavior are founded upon their desires to make meaningful contributions for the welfare of the community of mankind. Undoubtedly, these same noble aspirations reside in the hearts of many Muslims. Unfortunately, the fruition of these hopes often becomes bogged in a mire of spiritual prohibitions and technicalities. Each of the following comparisons points out unacceptable practices for which there are precedents in Islam’s history and holy books. I challenge any that question the validity of what is stated to explore these two websites: http://www.islamreview.com and http://main.faithfreedom.org These provide Koranic and Hadith references, along with testimonies of ex-Muslims, that support this article.
Cruel gender bias
Many Islamic states deny females the right to vote and equal opportunities for higher education. The policies of the majority of them demand that women wear full body burkas, or at least a head covering, while in public, regardless of whether or not they are Muslims. An ex-Muslim Iranian woman has a letter posted on the Faith Freedom website. This is the gist of her alarming testimony. In Iran any woman that rejects the principle of Hijab (head coverings) is considered an apostate. Under Islamic law the punishment for an apostate is death. Girls condemned to death may not undergo the sentence as long as they are virgins. Thus they are systematically raped before the sentence is executed. According to the clerics, the only way to prevent a virgin from going to heaven is to take her virginity. Apostates, they declare, don’t deserve heaven so they are raped to insure that they will go to hell.
One of the most horrifying aspects of Islam is that it rationalizes what we would term as nothing less than pedophilic rape. A high value is placed on wives coming to the marriage bed as virgins. To insure chastity, girls are often given in marriage between the ages of 9 and 11. The moment the girls reach puberty their husbands engage in sexual intercourse with them. The men are often 30 years senior to their little wives. For these hapless children their first sexual experiences amount to frightening rapes. – In westernized cultures women have equal rights with men. No civil authority has the right to enforce religious regulations. Anyone that sexually abuses a minor would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Human rights infractions
Statistics indicate that Muslims perpetrate a disproportionate number of human rights infractions to that of any other single religious group. OPEC nations import disadvantaged boys, aged 4-6, to be jockeys for camel races. The children are fed meagerly to keep them light in weight. Many are seriously injured, and some have been trampled to death. Sudan, Mauritania, and Kuwait actively engage in slavery. It is not unusual for convicted thieves to have limbs surgically removed. Women charged with adultery are stoned to death or receive a gun shot to the temple. Enactments of these punishments have been verified by televised documentaries on Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Often they are occasions of public entertainment. Thousands of Muslims have been taped cheering as the punishments are meted out. To diminish sexual desires, some Muslims practice female genital mutilation, circumcision of the clitoris. This invasive procedure usually ceremoniously takes place just prior to puberty. – In compassionate societies child labor laws have been in place for more than 150 years. Slavery is an unacceptable and prosecutable offense in every Christianized nation. The ultimate goal of Western criminal codes is rehabilitation rather than mutilation. Anyone that intentionally performs a surgical procedure that diminishes the quality of life is liable for suit and prison internment.
License to riot and loot
There is something virulent about the nature of Islam that incites its adherents to violence. This phenomenon is not restricted to Arab Muslims. If authority figures of Christian democracies utter even a hint of disrespect for Mohammed or the Koran, Mullahs start issuing death decrees. Violent riots ensue in every nation that has a significant Muslim population - Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Africa, and the Middle East alike. At the conclusion of the war for Iraq’s freedom, thousands of its citizens began to loot and burn government facilities. Most would grant a temporary dispensation for this when the years of frustrating repression are taken into consideration. But, the looting included the shops of their hard-working fellows, libraries, and even medical equipment from the rooms of hospitalized patients. Museums were not spared. Irreplaceable treasures of Iraq’s history were carried away without conscience. - The citizens of free societies do not make a habit of demonstrating their displeasure over religious issues by rioting. Riots rarely occur, and when they do, they are commonly restricted to specific sections of cities rather than entire cities. Those rioting seldom loot the establishments of their fellows. It is unheard of for even the most calloused to loot medical devices from the rooms of patients that need them for survival. National pride prevents the ransacking of historical museums.
Geneva Convention defiance
Islam is unique in that it routinely encourages practices that would never be considered by spiritually sensitive people of other faiths. Women and children are used as human shields in battle. It is not unusual for boys as young as six years of age to be conscripted for wartime service. Adolescent boy and girls are celebrated for decisions to become homicide bombers. Muslims are known to utilize Red Crescent ambulances to transport troops and munitions. Hospitals are commonly used as command posts for combatants. Islamic regimes make a habit of killing the wounded of opposing forces and disposing of bodies without forwarding information about the fate of their victims. The various terrorist groups that operate in Israel often mutilate dead Israeli military personnel beyond recognition. - The Geneva Convention was designed to protect non-combatants, the wounded, those surrendering, and prisoners of war. It specifies that no one under the age of 15 can be conscripted for war. It prohibits the use of medical care facilities to camouflage aggression. In addition, each nation must follow procedures to identify the dead and wounded of opposing forces and to send information to their families. All peace-loving nations that value fairness and the dignity of the human race make every effort to comply with the spirit and intents of its regulations.
Distain for other religions
It is a well-known fact that after the Israelis reclaimed Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, they were faced with an exhaustive clean-up project at the site of Herod’s temple. For years the local Muslim Arabs had been using the base of the Wailing Wall as a public toilet. This defilement was nothing less than an intentional assault on the Jew’s spiritual history. The Italian journalist, Oriana Fallaci, authored a book entitled Rage and Pride. In vivid, vernacular terms she described how offended she was about immigrant Somali Muslims defiling the grounds of a cathedral in Florence, Italy. They stained the marble edifice with their urine and filled the exterior entrance to the Bishop’s Baptistery with their excrement. – This type of behavior is simply beneath the sense of common decency that most religious people possess. Even in times of war, the soldiers of civilized countries refrain from dishonoring the belief systems of others. They take great pains to preserve their enemy’s houses of worship.
Muslim brotherhood myth
During the past 30 years, Muslims have purposely killed more Muslims than the combined number of deaths inflicted by their non-Muslim enemies. Anyone that has kept up with Middle East events understands that the concept of the brotherhood of Islam is a myth. It does not become a talking point unless one of their nations is facing non-Muslim foes.
If Israel or the coalition against international terrorism happens to accidentally harm civilians, the Muslim world riots in protest. There have been no international Muslim protests over the numerous incidences in which Muslim terrorists purposely maimed and killed citizens of free societies. Muslim communities around the globe take it in stride when factions within Islam commit genocide against one another in Jordan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq and Iran.
The war between Iran and Iraq took around 1,000,000 Muslim lives. On various occasions, Saddam Hussein butchered tens of thousands of his own countrymen. In 1970, King Hussein of Jordan got wind that the Palestinians were going to attempt to take a portion of Jordan as their homeland. In a military campaign that is now called “Black September”, he sent troops into the refugee camps of Southern Jordan and Lebanon. It is estimated that as many as 4,000 Palestinians perished in the assaults. The global Muslim community did not riot in protest of this atrocity against their displaced brethren.
During the month of February of 1982, it became apparent that Islamic extremists headquartered in Hama, Syria were mounting an effort to make Syria an Islamic-governed state. President Hafez al-Assad took decisively brutal action. He bombarded the city with artillery and then had it bulldozed into the appearance of a giant parking lot. Amnesty International estimates that from 10,000-25,000 civilians were slaughtered in the siege. There were no reports of the Muslims in other nations crying out that this was a grievous injustice against innocent civilians. – After times of armed conflict nations that are built on Judeo-Christian ethics feed and clothe displaced persons. They rebuild the nations of their former enemies. It is interesting to note that when natural disasters strike Muslim countries, one rarely sees mercy missions initiated from fellow Muslim nations rushing to their aid. There are no occurrences of relief efforts coming from Islamic societies when disasters strike non-Muslim countries. Whenever and wherever disasters occur, the world can depend upon the financial resources and the relief efforts of nations that are built on Judeo-Christian values. It is apparent that Islam is as inept at fostering merciful compassion as it is in creating fruitful economic conditions within the nations it controls.
Predictable unpredictability
Throughout this article, it has been emphasized that Islamics routinely do things that mystify non-Muslims. Perhaps, one of the major enigmas that the world is learning to associate with Islam is its predictable unpredictability. In Iraq, the Coalition forces liberated the Shiite Muslims to celebrate a holiday that had been forbidden under Saddam Hussein’s rule for 30 years. To the shock of all, the celebrations included anti-Coalition chants as well those attributing greatness to Allah. This is very different from the gratitude that was expressed by the Europeans when the Allied forces liberated them from Hitler’s regime. Another example is the ludicrous lies that were told by Iraq’s Minister of Information in 2003. He continually asserted that the Coalition forces were nowhere near Baghdad. In reality US soldiers were taking showers in Hussein’s palace several blocks away from the site where he conducted his interviews. During the 1,300 years since Mohammed appeared on the scene, the world has drastically changed. Technology records and transmits the statements of statesmen and the actions of the masses around the globe instantaneously via the Internet and televised broadcasts. This being the case duplicitous spokesmen are quickly exposed. Religions that spawn human rights infractions and riotous violence soon accumulate reputations that reflect their true colors. For Islam this means that it can no longer hide behind its academic’s claims that it is a progressive religion of peace and tolerance.
There are two ancient sayings that may help explain what causes many Muslims to react in unreasonable ways. The first is a prophetic utterance from the book of Genesis (Gen. 16:12). The Angel of the Lord told Hagar of her son, Ishmael (father of the Arabs), “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers." This falls into line with the second, which is an Arabic proverb: "I against my brothers; I and my brothers against my cousins; I and my cousins against the world." It is my conviction that both are activated by the negative spiritual dynamics of Islam rather than a genetic curiosity resident in all Arabs. The Christian Arabs of America and the Middle East demonstrate no evidence of the prophecy’s and the proverb’s imprints on their lives. However, whenever Islam is embraced by any nationality, including Arabs, significant portions begin to demonstrate the bizarre behaviors indicative of the ancient sayings.
Fox News and some reports published in periodicals gave details about the psychological warfare that the Coalition forces used against the Iraqis. The Coalition understood that it was important to understand the psychology of Arabic speaking Muslims. Psy-Ops units wisely discerned that any group of men that would commit themselves to suicide to attain a paradise with scores of virgins and increased sexual strength would host numerous other earthly weaknesses.
Here are two curiosities that were uncovered. Pride compels them to demonstrate fierceness in battle by brandishing weapons and making boastful threats prior to any actual battle. Unlike the leaders of western nations, Islamic statesmen frequently brandish weapons and fire them in public. The masses respond with glee and fire their weapons, giving no thought to those in other vicinities that might be injured as the bullets fall from the sky. The Psy-Ops response to this quirk was ingenious. Leaflets were dropped that encouraged them with a way to save face and return home as war heroes. When the enemy comes make an initial charge and fire a few shots. Then lay down your weapons, discard your uniforms and go home. Another tactic was used for those that insisted on continuing the fight from hidden positions. Taped messages in Arabic would be broadcast from mobile units. These taunted the warriors with insinuations that there were rumors questioning the extent of their stamina in sexual exploits. Both worked. Thousands laid down their arms after firing a few shots and returned to their homes. Thousands of others blindly charged into target areas to vindicate the insults relating to their sexual capacities.
Conclusion
If you are a Muslim, I know that the contents of this article have been painful and perhaps infuriating. You know that the behaviors that have been cited are not rare occurrences. If you are residing in a Western democracy, you likely immigrated to escape the stifling influences endemic with Islamic regimes. I entreat you not to dismiss that which has been stated by rationalizing that every religion undergoes periods of unbecoming policies. Most religions have modified their former abusive excesses. This was done to keep pace with universally accepted standards that demand respect for every individual’s right to freedom of choice. Any spiritual discipline that habitually insults basic human dignities is at risk of falling into disfavor and becoming obsolete. The seeds one sows tend to reap multiplied crops of that which was sown. If we have been intolerant of others, vast numbers will be harsher with us.
Islam’s current reputation is deplorable to the global community. At this juncture, liberal France is concerned with the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Its interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, is threatening to expel any foreign Muslim religious leader who disseminates extremist propaganda. Should this occur, it could eventually escalate to include every foreign Muslim. Historically, it has happened to other groups, and history does repeat itself. If France provides a precedent, other democracies could follow suit. Many want to be rid of elements that have proved to be subversive. Without question, the propensity of Islam to assert its will on non-Muslim populations is becoming increasingly disconcerting within numerous countries.
Muslim friend, this generation is confronting you with two choices. These could easily determine the destiny of your children. One is, unite with other concerned Muslims and demand that your clerics enact a reformation of Islam. This reformation must abolish every vestige of the abhorrent practices that are mentioned in this article. Only this can nullify that which the global community has learned to expect from Islam. The second choice is surely the wiser. You are likely Islamic by birth rather than choice. Liberate yourself and your descendants by finding a religion that bears evidence of the blessings of God. Christians are not perfect, and Christendom certainly has its problems. But, between Islam and Christianity, when it comes to objective evidence of God’s affirmation, Islam is overwhelmingly outweighed.
Finally, as you ponder these matters, there are questions that you must resolve. What is it about Islam that causes its adherents to engage in, or to routinely acquiesce to, practices that other religions find objectionable? Does the content of the Koran have a greater tendency to enhance people’s compassion for their fellow man or their inclination for barbarism? Is there any objective evidence that God endorses Islam more than any other religion? If you had not been born into a Muslim family, would the overall quality of life demonstrated by the world’s Muslim populations attract you to Islam?
Hopefully, you are willing to engage in an experiment that has transformed the lives of thousands of Muslims. Ask God the Father to reveal Jesus to you through the power of the Holy Spirit. An Egyptian who was the Amir of the Islamic terrorist group Gamma Islameyya did so. You can read his testimony in Abdullah Al Araby’s book, “Snatched from the Lion’s Jaws”. Jesus walked into his room, enshrouded in a glorious light, and declared, “I am He for whom you have been searching”. The man’s life was revolutionized. Yours can be too. It is something wonderful, why shouldn't you experience it?
A call for Muslims to reevaluate Islam as they enter the 21st Century
By Jim Croft
Muslims have genuine capacities for love, compassion, and noble achievements. The majority of those that I know personally are affable, productive members of society. Like all people, they also carry the potential for counterproductive, destructive behaviors. There is something, however, that Muslims have that has for centuries caused many to live beneath their abilities. It is currently causing them embarrassment within the global community. The culprit is their faithful allegiance with Islam’s demands that all Muslims comply with its eccentricities.
All religions have embarrassing islands of history. Commonly, most have obscure, antiquated, doctrinal elements that are not compatible with contemporary sensitivities. None are exempt from fringe radicals that find purpose and identity by expressing these bizarre elements. Islam, however, stands alone in its ability to incite the masses. Its basic doctrines compel its fundamentalists to enact extremist policies. The moderates comply through their silence. They are silent because they know that the fundamentalists accurately depict what Islam teaches. The end result is that Islam continues to espouse principles that defy the expectations of what most civil people would perceive as acceptable behavior. The purpose of this article is to challenge Muslims to assess what Islam has produced in societies heretofore. Hopefully, this will persuade them to reevaluate its ability to empower them for the 21st Century.
Repetitive behavior + expecting different results = Insanity
Most Muslims, like most people that are labeled as Jews and Christians, did not purposely choose their religious label. The label bestowed on them was a matter of birth rather than a personal decision of conscience. The distinction is, those labeled as Muslims, in spite of their personal aspirations, are weighted with a religious system that has failed to bless cultures. On the other hand, regardless of their personal attributes, those labeled as Jews and Christians have been carried along by the blessings inherent within Judeo-Christian cultures. This is verified by the national economic and educational statistics of the World Almanac. A comparison of statistical information on Islamic-controlled nations and Western democracies indicates acute disparities between the two.
This begs certain questions amongst thinking people. Are people that carry certain religious labels innately more intelligent than others? Are they born with abilities for creative business ventures and technological advances that surpass those of others? Of course, the answer to both of these questions is, No. The basic difference between the three people-groups in question is spiritual programming. None is genetically predisposed to be more creative and progressive than the other. Spiritual surgery removing the teachings of Mohammed from the hearts and minds of the people of Muslim countries would be beneficial. Within a relatively short period it would put them on an even plain with other nations. Reason should caution people from continuing with belief systems that have failed to produce tangible blessings for the people of nations that would otherwise be blessed.
The tale of two nations
In short, you can tell the value of a religion by observing the plight of nations that have lived under its influence for an extended period. If a religion has merit, it will inspire creativity from those that adhere to it. South Korea was predominantly Buddhist prior to its war with Communist North Korea in 1950. Christian nations defended South Korea, and subsequently the majority of its citizens have embraced Christianity as their religion of choice. Even though its economy was devastated by the war, it has risen from the ash heap and now has a gross national product (GNP) that dwarfs those of the oil rich Islamic-controlled nations. Christianized South Korea’s GNP for 2001 was $764.8 billion. Its per capita income was $16,100; infant mortality rate 7.6/1000; literacy rate 98%; and its exports were electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships, textiles, clothing, footwear and fish.
Saudi Arabia should be the crown of Islam, as it was its birthplace in the 7th Century. Keep in mind that Saudi Arabia’s Islam claims to be superior to all other religions. These are the statistics that the “true religion” spawned for 2000: GNP $232 billion; per capita income $10,500; infant mortality rate 49.6/1000; literacy rate 63%; and its sole exports were petroleum and petroleum products. Considering that their clerics claim that the faithful will be blessed, this is not an impressive showing for 1,300 years of multiple daily prayers to a deity. The fact is, the royal family of Saudi Arabia would be riding on camels, rather than in air-conditioned Mercedes, if it were not for the oil drilling technology of Christian nations. Wherever Islam is the primary focus of a government, the majority of its citizens languish in an abased existence. If those same people emigrate to a democratic society, where the pursuit of happiness is primary and their degree of religious expression is optional, they are apt to flourish.
Economic progress frustrated
Whenever the value of Islam is brought into question, Muslims remind those making inquiries of its “golden age”. During this period, from 700-1100AD, Europe was in the Dark Ages. The Middle East and Asian nations that had been conquered by Islamic Jihad (holy war or struggle) led the world as they continued to make advances in the disciplines of literature, science, and math. However, there was a curious cessation of their leadership after the eleventh century. In contrast, progress was restored in Christianized nations during the Renaissance and continued through the Industrial Revolution into the high-tech achievements of the current era.
Islamic countries were left sitting in the sand. One would be hard pressed to cite a single original medical, industrial, or technological innovation that has come forth from an Islamic-governed nation without the undergirding of Western influence and education. During the past 500 years Islamic nations have not produced one contribution to science, technology or industry in a stand-alone manner. There are no innovative products for sale in the world’s markets that were invented and produced by Muslims in Islamic-controlled nations. Students from the global community are not lined up to apprehend visas to study at the universities of Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. The foreign embassies of Christian countries are flooded with visa applications from Muslims that are seeking opportunities to live in the fertile environments that are built on Judeo-Christian values. If Heaven’s approval has been bestowed on Mohammed’s doctrines, it would seem that we would see people from Christian nations flocking to get work and educational visas in Islamic states.
What caused the cessation of academic progress in the nations that were conquered by Islam? Did some DNA mutation kick in that caused people’s intelligence to be altered? This could not be the case because many of the same nationalities prove to be brilliant in settings that are founded on principles other than interpretations of Mohammed’s teachings. The Jews come from the same Abrahamic genetic pool, and their scientists and intellectuals have been awarded 139 Nobel prizes. There have been only 9 Islamic recipients, and most of them were privileged with educations in Western democracies. The finger of guilt points toward the Muslim religion and the teachings of its clerics. The cessation of innovation was caused by the rule of Islam from 700-1100AD. It took 400 years for it to finally take hold and totally stifle the progress of the nations that were under its influence.
America, The Great Satan
Islamic supporters have a repertoire of influences to blame for the lack of progress in Islamic states. America is called the “Great Satan”. Clerics espouse that if it were not for our evil influence, their citizens would be flowing in freedom, prosperity, and health. How soon they forget that the wealth that their leaders squander in lavish lifestyles and the medical advances that save their citizens from epidemics were birthed in Westernized democracies.
Others assert that regional conflicts and harsh environments are the culprits. Interestingly, there are other nations that have experienced the same and risen above the adversities. This will be exampled by a comparison of the statistics on Islam-controlled Iran, predominantly Lutheran Iceland, and Israel.
Iran’s stats for 2000: arable land 10%; per capita income $6,300; infant mortality rate 28.1/1000; literacy rate 79%
Iceland’s stats for 2000: arable land 0%; per capita income $24,800; infant mortality rate 3.5/1000; literacy rate 100%.
Israel’s stats for 2000: arable land 17%; per capita income $18,900; infant mortality rate 7.5/1000; literacy rate 96%.
The statistics that have been provided thus far in this article should provoke thinking readers to ponder the possibility that there is something grossly amiss with Islam. Basic logic dictates that the faithful should be able to overcome any real or imagined satanic obstacles, if Allah is all-powerful and Islam is indeed a superior religion. To the contrary, Muslim-controlled regimes that demand that their citizens pray 5 times daily, obey the Koran, follow the dictates of their imams, fast the 40 days of Ramadan, and make pilgrimages to Mecca have proved impotent in bringing reasonable prosperity to the masses within their societies.
Religion in the mix
It is Islamic countries, not Christianized nations, that insert the spiritual dimension into every equation. The Muslims of Islamic states are usually far more zealous for the agendas of their clergymen than the nominal Christian populations of Western countries are for those espoused by their pastors. Westernized democracies that have Christianity as a prevalent religion do not call for the citizens of fellow nations to join them in holy wars against other nations. This has not occurred since the shameful period of the Crusades 900 years ago. During the ensuing years Christendom has undergone a major reformation. It no longer has Church-State governments. Calls to war are issued on the basis of mutual self-defense and to facilitate freedom for politically oppressed people. In isolated instances the leader of a Westernized nation might express his personal faith when his troops go to war. However, the secular compositions of genuinely free democracies prevent them from calling for war in the name of a particular faith a matter of national policy.
Islam has never had a reformation. Its leaders are following the examples of Mohammed and the early caliphs of Islam to this very day. Everything is done in the name of Allah and for the cause of Islam. All the while, these efforts belie all evidences of Heavenly support. The Jews of Israel continue to prevail regardless of the multi-national Islamic decrees calling for their extinction in the name of Allah. Saddam Hussein declared that Allah would give Iraq the victory over the infidels in 1991. His boast was that his God would give them success in what would be the Mother of all battles. Less than 100 hours later, it proved to be the Mother of all retreats.
In the war for Iraq’s freedom of 2003, Saddam’s Minister of Information constantly swore, by Allah, that soldiers and peasants on the borders of Iraq were slaughtering Coalition forces. After 25 days of armed conflict, he was nowhere to be found, and Iraqi Muslims were kissing the hands of the infidels that liberated them. It was reported that many Iraqis were laying the blame for their culture’s demise at the feet of the parties whom they believed to be responsible. These citizens physically beat and stoned the spiritual leaders that had assured them of victory. The contemporary generation of Iranians is also getting the picture. Televised documentaries on Iran that were filmed in secret have revealed some interesting facts. Those interviewed, between 20-30 years of age, reported that the vast majority of their contemporaries wanted to throw off the limitations of Islam and embrace Western values.
Islam vs. Judeo-Christian values
Muslims need to evaluate whether Islam will enhance their journey into the 21st Century or continue to be excess baggage. The following contrasts Islam’s performance versus that of nations founded on Judeo-Christian ethics. The nations and people of the latter do not make a habit of using religious precepts to rationalize unacceptable behavior. The motivations for their behavior are founded upon their desires to make meaningful contributions for the welfare of the community of mankind. Undoubtedly, these same noble aspirations reside in the hearts of many Muslims. Unfortunately, the fruition of these hopes often becomes bogged in a mire of spiritual prohibitions and technicalities. Each of the following comparisons points out unacceptable practices for which there are precedents in Islam’s history and holy books. I challenge any that question the validity of what is stated to explore these two websites: http://www.islamreview.com and http://main.faithfreedom.org These provide Koranic and Hadith references, along with testimonies of ex-Muslims, that support this article.
Cruel gender bias
Many Islamic states deny females the right to vote and equal opportunities for higher education. The policies of the majority of them demand that women wear full body burkas, or at least a head covering, while in public, regardless of whether or not they are Muslims. An ex-Muslim Iranian woman has a letter posted on the Faith Freedom website. This is the gist of her alarming testimony. In Iran any woman that rejects the principle of Hijab (head coverings) is considered an apostate. Under Islamic law the punishment for an apostate is death. Girls condemned to death may not undergo the sentence as long as they are virgins. Thus they are systematically raped before the sentence is executed. According to the clerics, the only way to prevent a virgin from going to heaven is to take her virginity. Apostates, they declare, don’t deserve heaven so they are raped to insure that they will go to hell.
One of the most horrifying aspects of Islam is that it rationalizes what we would term as nothing less than pedophilic rape. A high value is placed on wives coming to the marriage bed as virgins. To insure chastity, girls are often given in marriage between the ages of 9 and 11. The moment the girls reach puberty their husbands engage in sexual intercourse with them. The men are often 30 years senior to their little wives. For these hapless children their first sexual experiences amount to frightening rapes. – In westernized cultures women have equal rights with men. No civil authority has the right to enforce religious regulations. Anyone that sexually abuses a minor would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Human rights infractions
Statistics indicate that Muslims perpetrate a disproportionate number of human rights infractions to that of any other single religious group. OPEC nations import disadvantaged boys, aged 4-6, to be jockeys for camel races. The children are fed meagerly to keep them light in weight. Many are seriously injured, and some have been trampled to death. Sudan, Mauritania, and Kuwait actively engage in slavery. It is not unusual for convicted thieves to have limbs surgically removed. Women charged with adultery are stoned to death or receive a gun shot to the temple. Enactments of these punishments have been verified by televised documentaries on Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Often they are occasions of public entertainment. Thousands of Muslims have been taped cheering as the punishments are meted out. To diminish sexual desires, some Muslims practice female genital mutilation, circumcision of the clitoris. This invasive procedure usually ceremoniously takes place just prior to puberty. – In compassionate societies child labor laws have been in place for more than 150 years. Slavery is an unacceptable and prosecutable offense in every Christianized nation. The ultimate goal of Western criminal codes is rehabilitation rather than mutilation. Anyone that intentionally performs a surgical procedure that diminishes the quality of life is liable for suit and prison internment.
License to riot and loot
There is something virulent about the nature of Islam that incites its adherents to violence. This phenomenon is not restricted to Arab Muslims. If authority figures of Christian democracies utter even a hint of disrespect for Mohammed or the Koran, Mullahs start issuing death decrees. Violent riots ensue in every nation that has a significant Muslim population - Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Africa, and the Middle East alike. At the conclusion of the war for Iraq’s freedom, thousands of its citizens began to loot and burn government facilities. Most would grant a temporary dispensation for this when the years of frustrating repression are taken into consideration. But, the looting included the shops of their hard-working fellows, libraries, and even medical equipment from the rooms of hospitalized patients. Museums were not spared. Irreplaceable treasures of Iraq’s history were carried away without conscience. - The citizens of free societies do not make a habit of demonstrating their displeasure over religious issues by rioting. Riots rarely occur, and when they do, they are commonly restricted to specific sections of cities rather than entire cities. Those rioting seldom loot the establishments of their fellows. It is unheard of for even the most calloused to loot medical devices from the rooms of patients that need them for survival. National pride prevents the ransacking of historical museums.
Geneva Convention defiance
Islam is unique in that it routinely encourages practices that would never be considered by spiritually sensitive people of other faiths. Women and children are used as human shields in battle. It is not unusual for boys as young as six years of age to be conscripted for wartime service. Adolescent boy and girls are celebrated for decisions to become homicide bombers. Muslims are known to utilize Red Crescent ambulances to transport troops and munitions. Hospitals are commonly used as command posts for combatants. Islamic regimes make a habit of killing the wounded of opposing forces and disposing of bodies without forwarding information about the fate of their victims. The various terrorist groups that operate in Israel often mutilate dead Israeli military personnel beyond recognition. - The Geneva Convention was designed to protect non-combatants, the wounded, those surrendering, and prisoners of war. It specifies that no one under the age of 15 can be conscripted for war. It prohibits the use of medical care facilities to camouflage aggression. In addition, each nation must follow procedures to identify the dead and wounded of opposing forces and to send information to their families. All peace-loving nations that value fairness and the dignity of the human race make every effort to comply with the spirit and intents of its regulations.
Distain for other religions
It is a well-known fact that after the Israelis reclaimed Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, they were faced with an exhaustive clean-up project at the site of Herod’s temple. For years the local Muslim Arabs had been using the base of the Wailing Wall as a public toilet. This defilement was nothing less than an intentional assault on the Jew’s spiritual history. The Italian journalist, Oriana Fallaci, authored a book entitled Rage and Pride. In vivid, vernacular terms she described how offended she was about immigrant Somali Muslims defiling the grounds of a cathedral in Florence, Italy. They stained the marble edifice with their urine and filled the exterior entrance to the Bishop’s Baptistery with their excrement. – This type of behavior is simply beneath the sense of common decency that most religious people possess. Even in times of war, the soldiers of civilized countries refrain from dishonoring the belief systems of others. They take great pains to preserve their enemy’s houses of worship.
Muslim brotherhood myth
During the past 30 years, Muslims have purposely killed more Muslims than the combined number of deaths inflicted by their non-Muslim enemies. Anyone that has kept up with Middle East events understands that the concept of the brotherhood of Islam is a myth. It does not become a talking point unless one of their nations is facing non-Muslim foes.
If Israel or the coalition against international terrorism happens to accidentally harm civilians, the Muslim world riots in protest. There have been no international Muslim protests over the numerous incidences in which Muslim terrorists purposely maimed and killed citizens of free societies. Muslim communities around the globe take it in stride when factions within Islam commit genocide against one another in Jordan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq and Iran.
The war between Iran and Iraq took around 1,000,000 Muslim lives. On various occasions, Saddam Hussein butchered tens of thousands of his own countrymen. In 1970, King Hussein of Jordan got wind that the Palestinians were going to attempt to take a portion of Jordan as their homeland. In a military campaign that is now called “Black September”, he sent troops into the refugee camps of Southern Jordan and Lebanon. It is estimated that as many as 4,000 Palestinians perished in the assaults. The global Muslim community did not riot in protest of this atrocity against their displaced brethren.
During the month of February of 1982, it became apparent that Islamic extremists headquartered in Hama, Syria were mounting an effort to make Syria an Islamic-governed state. President Hafez al-Assad took decisively brutal action. He bombarded the city with artillery and then had it bulldozed into the appearance of a giant parking lot. Amnesty International estimates that from 10,000-25,000 civilians were slaughtered in the siege. There were no reports of the Muslims in other nations crying out that this was a grievous injustice against innocent civilians. – After times of armed conflict nations that are built on Judeo-Christian ethics feed and clothe displaced persons. They rebuild the nations of their former enemies. It is interesting to note that when natural disasters strike Muslim countries, one rarely sees mercy missions initiated from fellow Muslim nations rushing to their aid. There are no occurrences of relief efforts coming from Islamic societies when disasters strike non-Muslim countries. Whenever and wherever disasters occur, the world can depend upon the financial resources and the relief efforts of nations that are built on Judeo-Christian values. It is apparent that Islam is as inept at fostering merciful compassion as it is in creating fruitful economic conditions within the nations it controls.
Predictable unpredictability
Throughout this article, it has been emphasized that Islamics routinely do things that mystify non-Muslims. Perhaps, one of the major enigmas that the world is learning to associate with Islam is its predictable unpredictability. In Iraq, the Coalition forces liberated the Shiite Muslims to celebrate a holiday that had been forbidden under Saddam Hussein’s rule for 30 years. To the shock of all, the celebrations included anti-Coalition chants as well those attributing greatness to Allah. This is very different from the gratitude that was expressed by the Europeans when the Allied forces liberated them from Hitler’s regime. Another example is the ludicrous lies that were told by Iraq’s Minister of Information in 2003. He continually asserted that the Coalition forces were nowhere near Baghdad. In reality US soldiers were taking showers in Hussein’s palace several blocks away from the site where he conducted his interviews. During the 1,300 years since Mohammed appeared on the scene, the world has drastically changed. Technology records and transmits the statements of statesmen and the actions of the masses around the globe instantaneously via the Internet and televised broadcasts. This being the case duplicitous spokesmen are quickly exposed. Religions that spawn human rights infractions and riotous violence soon accumulate reputations that reflect their true colors. For Islam this means that it can no longer hide behind its academic’s claims that it is a progressive religion of peace and tolerance.
There are two ancient sayings that may help explain what causes many Muslims to react in unreasonable ways. The first is a prophetic utterance from the book of Genesis (Gen. 16:12). The Angel of the Lord told Hagar of her son, Ishmael (father of the Arabs), “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers." This falls into line with the second, which is an Arabic proverb: "I against my brothers; I and my brothers against my cousins; I and my cousins against the world." It is my conviction that both are activated by the negative spiritual dynamics of Islam rather than a genetic curiosity resident in all Arabs. The Christian Arabs of America and the Middle East demonstrate no evidence of the prophecy’s and the proverb’s imprints on their lives. However, whenever Islam is embraced by any nationality, including Arabs, significant portions begin to demonstrate the bizarre behaviors indicative of the ancient sayings.
Fox News and some reports published in periodicals gave details about the psychological warfare that the Coalition forces used against the Iraqis. The Coalition understood that it was important to understand the psychology of Arabic speaking Muslims. Psy-Ops units wisely discerned that any group of men that would commit themselves to suicide to attain a paradise with scores of virgins and increased sexual strength would host numerous other earthly weaknesses.
Here are two curiosities that were uncovered. Pride compels them to demonstrate fierceness in battle by brandishing weapons and making boastful threats prior to any actual battle. Unlike the leaders of western nations, Islamic statesmen frequently brandish weapons and fire them in public. The masses respond with glee and fire their weapons, giving no thought to those in other vicinities that might be injured as the bullets fall from the sky. The Psy-Ops response to this quirk was ingenious. Leaflets were dropped that encouraged them with a way to save face and return home as war heroes. When the enemy comes make an initial charge and fire a few shots. Then lay down your weapons, discard your uniforms and go home. Another tactic was used for those that insisted on continuing the fight from hidden positions. Taped messages in Arabic would be broadcast from mobile units. These taunted the warriors with insinuations that there were rumors questioning the extent of their stamina in sexual exploits. Both worked. Thousands laid down their arms after firing a few shots and returned to their homes. Thousands of others blindly charged into target areas to vindicate the insults relating to their sexual capacities.
Conclusion
If you are a Muslim, I know that the contents of this article have been painful and perhaps infuriating. You know that the behaviors that have been cited are not rare occurrences. If you are residing in a Western democracy, you likely immigrated to escape the stifling influences endemic with Islamic regimes. I entreat you not to dismiss that which has been stated by rationalizing that every religion undergoes periods of unbecoming policies. Most religions have modified their former abusive excesses. This was done to keep pace with universally accepted standards that demand respect for every individual’s right to freedom of choice. Any spiritual discipline that habitually insults basic human dignities is at risk of falling into disfavor and becoming obsolete. The seeds one sows tend to reap multiplied crops of that which was sown. If we have been intolerant of others, vast numbers will be harsher with us.
Islam’s current reputation is deplorable to the global community. At this juncture, liberal France is concerned with the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Its interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, is threatening to expel any foreign Muslim religious leader who disseminates extremist propaganda. Should this occur, it could eventually escalate to include every foreign Muslim. Historically, it has happened to other groups, and history does repeat itself. If France provides a precedent, other democracies could follow suit. Many want to be rid of elements that have proved to be subversive. Without question, the propensity of Islam to assert its will on non-Muslim populations is becoming increasingly disconcerting within numerous countries.
Muslim friend, this generation is confronting you with two choices. These could easily determine the destiny of your children. One is, unite with other concerned Muslims and demand that your clerics enact a reformation of Islam. This reformation must abolish every vestige of the abhorrent practices that are mentioned in this article. Only this can nullify that which the global community has learned to expect from Islam. The second choice is surely the wiser. You are likely Islamic by birth rather than choice. Liberate yourself and your descendants by finding a religion that bears evidence of the blessings of God. Christians are not perfect, and Christendom certainly has its problems. But, between Islam and Christianity, when it comes to objective evidence of God’s affirmation, Islam is overwhelmingly outweighed.
Finally, as you ponder these matters, there are questions that you must resolve. What is it about Islam that causes its adherents to engage in, or to routinely acquiesce to, practices that other religions find objectionable? Does the content of the Koran have a greater tendency to enhance people’s compassion for their fellow man or their inclination for barbarism? Is there any objective evidence that God endorses Islam more than any other religion? If you had not been born into a Muslim family, would the overall quality of life demonstrated by the world’s Muslim populations attract you to Islam?
Hopefully, you are willing to engage in an experiment that has transformed the lives of thousands of Muslims. Ask God the Father to reveal Jesus to you through the power of the Holy Spirit. An Egyptian who was the Amir of the Islamic terrorist group Gamma Islameyya did so. You can read his testimony in Abdullah Al Araby’s book, “Snatched from the Lion’s Jaws”. Jesus walked into his room, enshrouded in a glorious light, and declared, “I am He for whom you have been searching”. The man’s life was revolutionized. Yours can be too. It is something wonderful, why shouldn't you experience it?
The New Testament Honors Soldiers
The New Testament Honors Soldiers
Prior to the ministry of Jesus, John the Baptist preached repentance to the inhabitants of Israel. The only requirement that he put upon service personnel was that they refrain from extorting money from people and making false accusations. – Lk. 3:14
The Jewish elders of Jesus' day wanted Him to come and heal a Roman officer’s servant. Jesus sent the Spirit of Faith for healing to the man's home and healed the soldier’s servant. - Luke 7:2-10
The first occurrence of the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentiles to bring salvation and the baptism in the Holy Spirit to an entire neighborhood was prompted by the righteous acts of one soldier. The angel of the Lord clearly told Captain Cornelius that his gifts had come before God as a memorial of his kindness. As a result God graced all of his friends and relatives with the gift of eternal life. - Acts 10:1-5, 24, 34-48
The Apostle Paul referred to his co-workers as fellow soldiers. – Philip. 2:25, 2 Tim. 2:3
Every believer has spiritual weapons at his disposal. Any Christian that does not have a warrior’s mindset is ill-equipped to lead an effective life for the purposes of the Kingdom of God. – 2 Cor. 10:3-6, Ephes. 6:10-18
For Protection, Personalize These Verses In Prayer
My father was a highly decorated officer of the US Army that served in WW II and the Korean War. His commands had very low casualty rates though they were in many battles. His secret was that he would pray Psalms 91 each day over himself and his men.
If you are outnumbered, pray this text - 2 Chron. 14:11 … "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you."
In the event that chemical and biological agents are used against you, ask the Lord to send it back on the enemy. You can also proclaim in faith that no deadly thing can harm you. - Psalm 35:8 “Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.” Mark 16:17-18 “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; [18] they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Go into battle with praise on your lips and faith in your heart. The battle is the Lord’s. - 2 Chron. 20:15 “He said: ‘Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you:’ 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.’ [21] After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.’ [22] As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. [23] The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.”
Confess that no weapon will accomplish the malicious intentions of the enemy on you and your comrades. - Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Make sure that you are spiritually prepared for eternity - Romans 10:9-10 “… if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Prior to the ministry of Jesus, John the Baptist preached repentance to the inhabitants of Israel. The only requirement that he put upon service personnel was that they refrain from extorting money from people and making false accusations. – Lk. 3:14
The Jewish elders of Jesus' day wanted Him to come and heal a Roman officer’s servant. Jesus sent the Spirit of Faith for healing to the man's home and healed the soldier’s servant. - Luke 7:2-10
The first occurrence of the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentiles to bring salvation and the baptism in the Holy Spirit to an entire neighborhood was prompted by the righteous acts of one soldier. The angel of the Lord clearly told Captain Cornelius that his gifts had come before God as a memorial of his kindness. As a result God graced all of his friends and relatives with the gift of eternal life. - Acts 10:1-5, 24, 34-48
The Apostle Paul referred to his co-workers as fellow soldiers. – Philip. 2:25, 2 Tim. 2:3
Every believer has spiritual weapons at his disposal. Any Christian that does not have a warrior’s mindset is ill-equipped to lead an effective life for the purposes of the Kingdom of God. – 2 Cor. 10:3-6, Ephes. 6:10-18
For Protection, Personalize These Verses In Prayer
My father was a highly decorated officer of the US Army that served in WW II and the Korean War. His commands had very low casualty rates though they were in many battles. His secret was that he would pray Psalms 91 each day over himself and his men.
If you are outnumbered, pray this text - 2 Chron. 14:11 … "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you."
In the event that chemical and biological agents are used against you, ask the Lord to send it back on the enemy. You can also proclaim in faith that no deadly thing can harm you. - Psalm 35:8 “Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.” Mark 16:17-18 “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; [18] they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Go into battle with praise on your lips and faith in your heart. The battle is the Lord’s. - 2 Chron. 20:15 “He said: ‘Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you:’ 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.’ [21] After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.’ [22] As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. [23] The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.”
Confess that no weapon will accomplish the malicious intentions of the enemy on you and your comrades. - Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Make sure that you are spiritually prepared for eternity - Romans 10:9-10 “… if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
God Participates In Battles For Just Causes
God Participates In Battles For Just Causes
1) Though invisible, He is helpful. He caused the wheels of the Egyptian chariots to fall off as they pursued the company of Moses. – Ex. 14:23-25
He has Special Operations units. One of God’s special forces tactical teams tricked the Syrians into fleeing from the battleground by causing them to hear the sounds of heavenly warhorses and chariots – 2 Kings 7:6-7
He sends angelic units to assist the outnumbered. When the Syrian army surrounded Elisha’s home in Dothan, an angelic army encircled him with protection. The angels afflicted the Syrians with blindness. Subsequently, Israel captured the Syrian battalion and treated them kindly as POWs. – 2 Kings 6:11-18
Many of the miracles that are recorded in the Bible relate to the Almighty’s intervention and assistance during periods of armed conflict. The short list of biblical heroes that experienced God’s guidance and assistance in matters of war includes: Abraham, Lot, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Samson, Deborah and Barak, Jephthah, Saul, David, Jonathan, and Jehoshaphat. – Deut. 4:34, Heb. 11:30-40
A great number of David’s Psalms were prayers and thanksgivings for victory over his military foes. – Psa. 35 & 149
He Uses War To Rid Nations of Evil Regimes
Two aspects of God’s eternal nature are His goodness and His severity. Any presentation of Him that neglects either of these is inaccurate and incomplete. – Rom. 11:22
He condemns national leaders that are cruel and corrupt. Throughout biblical history He has used the armies of man to express the severity of His displeasure in relation to the corrupt governmental administrations of various nations. – Hosea 13:16, Dan. 4:35
The doom of the wicked is sure. Iraq’s Saddam Hussein claimed that he was the reincarnation of ancient Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezer. Hussein’s alleged predecessor was driven insane by his pride and obsessive thirst for power. His insanity was orchestrated by the Lord to teach him that God gives kingdoms to whomever He wishes. For seven years he roamed the land eating grass like a cow. His son, Belshazzar, lost the kingdom to the Medes. Interestingly, our armed forces’ comrades in the war to depose Hussein’s regime were the Kurds of Northern Iraq. They are the descendants of the Medes of antiquity. – Dan. 4:25, 30-35, 5:1-6, 23-31
God removes evil. Present-day Israel was once the land of the Canaanites. The Israelis, because of cruelty and wickedness of the Canaanites, were empowered by God to dispossess them of their territory. – Deut 9:1-5
1) Though invisible, He is helpful. He caused the wheels of the Egyptian chariots to fall off as they pursued the company of Moses. – Ex. 14:23-25
He has Special Operations units. One of God’s special forces tactical teams tricked the Syrians into fleeing from the battleground by causing them to hear the sounds of heavenly warhorses and chariots – 2 Kings 7:6-7
He sends angelic units to assist the outnumbered. When the Syrian army surrounded Elisha’s home in Dothan, an angelic army encircled him with protection. The angels afflicted the Syrians with blindness. Subsequently, Israel captured the Syrian battalion and treated them kindly as POWs. – 2 Kings 6:11-18
Many of the miracles that are recorded in the Bible relate to the Almighty’s intervention and assistance during periods of armed conflict. The short list of biblical heroes that experienced God’s guidance and assistance in matters of war includes: Abraham, Lot, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Samson, Deborah and Barak, Jephthah, Saul, David, Jonathan, and Jehoshaphat. – Deut. 4:34, Heb. 11:30-40
A great number of David’s Psalms were prayers and thanksgivings for victory over his military foes. – Psa. 35 & 149
He Uses War To Rid Nations of Evil Regimes
Two aspects of God’s eternal nature are His goodness and His severity. Any presentation of Him that neglects either of these is inaccurate and incomplete. – Rom. 11:22
He condemns national leaders that are cruel and corrupt. Throughout biblical history He has used the armies of man to express the severity of His displeasure in relation to the corrupt governmental administrations of various nations. – Hosea 13:16, Dan. 4:35
The doom of the wicked is sure. Iraq’s Saddam Hussein claimed that he was the reincarnation of ancient Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezer. Hussein’s alleged predecessor was driven insane by his pride and obsessive thirst for power. His insanity was orchestrated by the Lord to teach him that God gives kingdoms to whomever He wishes. For seven years he roamed the land eating grass like a cow. His son, Belshazzar, lost the kingdom to the Medes. Interestingly, our armed forces’ comrades in the war to depose Hussein’s regime were the Kurds of Northern Iraq. They are the descendants of the Medes of antiquity. – Dan. 4:25, 30-35, 5:1-6, 23-31
God removes evil. Present-day Israel was once the land of the Canaanites. The Israelis, because of cruelty and wickedness of the Canaanites, were empowered by God to dispossess them of their territory. – Deut 9:1-5
God Identifies With War
God Identifies With War
He is called a Man of War. - Ex. 15:3
God is the Commander and Chief of Armed Forces. One of His names is the Lord of Hosts (Jehovah Saboath). The Bible refers to Him in this manner 281 times. The Hebrew words used indicate that the term could reasonably be translated as, the Lord that organizes military campaigns. – 1 Sam 1:3
He helps with offensive strategies. A divine personage that identified himself as the Commander of the Lord’s Army appeared to Joshua and gave him instructions for the battle of Jericho. – Josh. 5:13-15
He is a defensive weapon. King David was a warrior and a man after God's own heart. He used military terminology to depict the way in which he had learned to envision God. He called Him his Shield, Buckler, Tower, and Fortress. - Psa. 3:3, 18:2, 61:3
God has an arsenal of military weapons. King David knew God intimately and perceived Him as possessing weapons of war such as swords, spears, bows, arrows, warhorses, and chariots. – Psa. 45:3, 35:3, 7:11-13, 64:7, 68:17
He leads battles against evil. At the end of this age Jesus will lead His heavenly warriors in the Battle of Armageddon. It will end the need for war on planet earth. – Rev. 16:14-16, 19:11-21
The Lord Wants People Informed About Warfare
The Lord is a realist about the potential for unprincipled men to be oppressive. God purposely allowed some of Israel’s enemies to remain in the land so those that had not experienced war could learn about it. – Jud. 3:1-2
He does not believe that teaching children about war will wound their psyches. After the death of Saul and Jonathan, King David commanded that all Israeli children be taught the Song of the Bow as a tribute to the fallen warriors. – 2 Sam. 1:17-27
The Scriptures endorse heroism and the prowess of those skilled in battle. Within the covenant society of the Holy Land, the people celebrated the exploits and abilities of those that fought for the nation. Women danced as they sang about how Saul killed thousands and David tens of thousands. Men that could use either hand to wield weapons of war and those that had single handedly defeated multiple opponents were the boast of the population. - 1 Sam. 18:7, 1 Chron. 11 & 12
God supports the draft. Those that were recently married or were engaged in essential fields of employment were exempt from conscription. He also knew that the protest of cowards could discourage troops. Therefore, the fearful were permitted to stay at home to prevent them from contaminating the brave with fear. - Deut. 20:5-8
He knows military tactics. The Lord gave His people specific instructions about the strategies of warfare: officers were to encourage and order their troops prior to a battle; opponents were offered peace and paid harsh consequences if they refused; and every effort was made to preserve the ecological environments of besieged cities. – Deut. 20:1-19
He is aware that civilians can come into harm’s way. The Lord of Hosts commanded that all enemies that resided within Israel’s borders be executed. It appears that He did so to minimize the potential for future conflicts. With this in mind, our troops should never fear divine condemnation in the event that they inadvertently inflict collateral damage. – Deut. 20:16-17
He is called a Man of War. - Ex. 15:3
God is the Commander and Chief of Armed Forces. One of His names is the Lord of Hosts (Jehovah Saboath). The Bible refers to Him in this manner 281 times. The Hebrew words used indicate that the term could reasonably be translated as, the Lord that organizes military campaigns. – 1 Sam 1:3
He helps with offensive strategies. A divine personage that identified himself as the Commander of the Lord’s Army appeared to Joshua and gave him instructions for the battle of Jericho. – Josh. 5:13-15
He is a defensive weapon. King David was a warrior and a man after God's own heart. He used military terminology to depict the way in which he had learned to envision God. He called Him his Shield, Buckler, Tower, and Fortress. - Psa. 3:3, 18:2, 61:3
God has an arsenal of military weapons. King David knew God intimately and perceived Him as possessing weapons of war such as swords, spears, bows, arrows, warhorses, and chariots. – Psa. 45:3, 35:3, 7:11-13, 64:7, 68:17
He leads battles against evil. At the end of this age Jesus will lead His heavenly warriors in the Battle of Armageddon. It will end the need for war on planet earth. – Rev. 16:14-16, 19:11-21
The Lord Wants People Informed About Warfare
The Lord is a realist about the potential for unprincipled men to be oppressive. God purposely allowed some of Israel’s enemies to remain in the land so those that had not experienced war could learn about it. – Jud. 3:1-2
He does not believe that teaching children about war will wound their psyches. After the death of Saul and Jonathan, King David commanded that all Israeli children be taught the Song of the Bow as a tribute to the fallen warriors. – 2 Sam. 1:17-27
The Scriptures endorse heroism and the prowess of those skilled in battle. Within the covenant society of the Holy Land, the people celebrated the exploits and abilities of those that fought for the nation. Women danced as they sang about how Saul killed thousands and David tens of thousands. Men that could use either hand to wield weapons of war and those that had single handedly defeated multiple opponents were the boast of the population. - 1 Sam. 18:7, 1 Chron. 11 & 12
God supports the draft. Those that were recently married or were engaged in essential fields of employment were exempt from conscription. He also knew that the protest of cowards could discourage troops. Therefore, the fearful were permitted to stay at home to prevent them from contaminating the brave with fear. - Deut. 20:5-8
He knows military tactics. The Lord gave His people specific instructions about the strategies of warfare: officers were to encourage and order their troops prior to a battle; opponents were offered peace and paid harsh consequences if they refused; and every effort was made to preserve the ecological environments of besieged cities. – Deut. 20:1-19
He is aware that civilians can come into harm’s way. The Lord of Hosts commanded that all enemies that resided within Israel’s borders be executed. It appears that He did so to minimize the potential for future conflicts. With this in mind, our troops should never fear divine condemnation in the event that they inadvertently inflict collateral damage. – Deut. 20:16-17
5 Things that you can do to protect your family and community!
5 Things that you can do to protect your family and community!
Educate your kids - It is unbecoming for Christians to relate to anyone, including Muslims, with uncharitable haughtiness. Nonetheless, it is essential that parents educate their children about the dangers of embracing Islam as the path of expression for their personal faith. The points that have been made in this report can be modified and gently shared with your youngsters. In reality, becoming a Muslim holds sure perils that eclipse the remote potential of being harmed by Islamic terrorists. This is particularly true of your daughters. Islamic law puts women in a position that excludes them from many of the liberties that Western parents expect their children to enjoy as adults. My book, The Muslim Masquerade, and Abdullah Al-Araby's, Islam Unveiled, disclose many of the human rights violations that Islam routinely permits Muslim men to perpetrate against women. Many young women from Christian backgrounds have fallen prey to the intriguing appeal of Islamic men. Countless numbers of these hapless women have reaped tragic lives of heartache. Don't let it happen to your child. God honors the prayers of parents that begin to regularly pray for the future spouses of their children while they are still in diapers.
Pray that our national, state, and local police investigative agencies will uncover the plots of the multitudes of terror cell members and their supporters that are living amongst us. In faith, rather than fear, intermittently ask the Lord to protect your children, family, and friends from potential harm by homicide bombers.
Pray that our nation's Immigration and Naturalization Service will have the wisdom to limit the number of visas granted to persons under the age of 50 from Islamic backgrounds. Ask the Lord to help the authorities locate those that have false documents and expired visas.
Become a profiler - The liberal establishment insists that our nation's constitutional amendments limit the extent to which ethnic and religious profiling can be utilized. Regardless of the politically correct limitations, as an American citizen, you are free to choose not to be politically correct. You can assist in the needed profiling. When profiling do not hone in on people simply because they have Middle Eastern physical features. Potential Islamic terrorists cover the entire spectrum of the nationalities of those that adhere to Christianity. It is erroneous to suspect that everyone with Arab physical features is a potential terrorist. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs. Less than 25% of the followers of Islam are of Arabic heritage. In America, 80% of the resident Arabs are actually Christian in their religious affiliation. The identification of potential terrorists should never be based solely on racial features. When it is, a Thai Buddhist can easily be mistaken for an Islamic Indonesian. A group of Nigerian Muslims could easily pass as African Baptists. Armenian Christians may look very similar to Afghani Muslims. The key is to be observant of everyone's demeanor. Keep a watchful eye on fellow travelers when using public transportation. Nervousness, exaggerated clock-watching, over concern with carry-on luggage, and rude avoidance of customary cordialness can all be indicators. If anyone or anything looks suspicious, regardless of the nationality of those involved, report it to the authorities. Subsequent to terrorist attacks monitor the responses of people in venues where terrorism supporters might be expected to congregate: mosques, convenience marts, university campuses, etc.; if anyone acts hostile or overly jubilant, report it to the FBI.
Educate others - Put legs on your prayers by sending this report to your friends, clergymen, and any civic representatives that are responsible for the safety of the nation and our communities.
Educate your kids - It is unbecoming for Christians to relate to anyone, including Muslims, with uncharitable haughtiness. Nonetheless, it is essential that parents educate their children about the dangers of embracing Islam as the path of expression for their personal faith. The points that have been made in this report can be modified and gently shared with your youngsters. In reality, becoming a Muslim holds sure perils that eclipse the remote potential of being harmed by Islamic terrorists. This is particularly true of your daughters. Islamic law puts women in a position that excludes them from many of the liberties that Western parents expect their children to enjoy as adults. My book, The Muslim Masquerade, and Abdullah Al-Araby's, Islam Unveiled, disclose many of the human rights violations that Islam routinely permits Muslim men to perpetrate against women. Many young women from Christian backgrounds have fallen prey to the intriguing appeal of Islamic men. Countless numbers of these hapless women have reaped tragic lives of heartache. Don't let it happen to your child. God honors the prayers of parents that begin to regularly pray for the future spouses of their children while they are still in diapers.
Pray that our national, state, and local police investigative agencies will uncover the plots of the multitudes of terror cell members and their supporters that are living amongst us. In faith, rather than fear, intermittently ask the Lord to protect your children, family, and friends from potential harm by homicide bombers.
Pray that our nation's Immigration and Naturalization Service will have the wisdom to limit the number of visas granted to persons under the age of 50 from Islamic backgrounds. Ask the Lord to help the authorities locate those that have false documents and expired visas.
Become a profiler - The liberal establishment insists that our nation's constitutional amendments limit the extent to which ethnic and religious profiling can be utilized. Regardless of the politically correct limitations, as an American citizen, you are free to choose not to be politically correct. You can assist in the needed profiling. When profiling do not hone in on people simply because they have Middle Eastern physical features. Potential Islamic terrorists cover the entire spectrum of the nationalities of those that adhere to Christianity. It is erroneous to suspect that everyone with Arab physical features is a potential terrorist. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs. Less than 25% of the followers of Islam are of Arabic heritage. In America, 80% of the resident Arabs are actually Christian in their religious affiliation. The identification of potential terrorists should never be based solely on racial features. When it is, a Thai Buddhist can easily be mistaken for an Islamic Indonesian. A group of Nigerian Muslims could easily pass as African Baptists. Armenian Christians may look very similar to Afghani Muslims. The key is to be observant of everyone's demeanor. Keep a watchful eye on fellow travelers when using public transportation. Nervousness, exaggerated clock-watching, over concern with carry-on luggage, and rude avoidance of customary cordialness can all be indicators. If anyone or anything looks suspicious, regardless of the nationality of those involved, report it to the authorities. Subsequent to terrorist attacks monitor the responses of people in venues where terrorism supporters might be expected to congregate: mosques, convenience marts, university campuses, etc.; if anyone acts hostile or overly jubilant, report it to the FBI.
Educate others - Put legs on your prayers by sending this report to your friends, clergymen, and any civic representatives that are responsible for the safety of the nation and our communities.
IN COMMEMORATION OF 9-11
IN COMMEMORATION OF 9-11
ISLAMIC TERRORISM
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
By Pastor Jim Croft
Post the 9/11/01 Islamic terrorist attacks on America the major television networks began filling the airwaves with interviews with consultants that specialize in Islamic issues. The majority of them have been less than candid about the role of Islam in spawning international terrorism. They present the traditions and Holy books of Islam as those that promote peace, tolerance, and truth. The experts neglect to inform you of the overriding aspects of Muslim traditions and writings that encourage hostility, intolerance, and lying as a policy, particularly to non-Muslims. In reality, if the teachings of Mohammed and Muslim clerics were extracted from the hearts and minds of the 19 hijackers of 9/11, 3,000 Americans would still be living members of their families. The points related in this report have been gleaned from years of investigating Islam and correspondence with Arabic-speaking ex-Muslims that have chosen to put their faith in Jesus Christ.
7 Things the Islamic experts won't tell you!
About Islam's worldview - The Muslims of Islamic states, and many within the USA, have the tradition of a worldview that divides humanity into two opposing halves. Dar al-Islam, House of Islam, is the zone where Islam rules. The other side is the war zone that is called, Dar el Harb, House of War. This worldview dictates that war will continue between these two sections of humanity until the supremacy of Islam is fully established throughout the earth.
About deceptive revisions of the Koran - There has been a great effort among Muslim translators to enhance Islam's appeal and reputation among people of other faiths. To accomplish this they have adopted a slanted, freestyle method of translating certain sections of the Koran. This is done to veil the truth about their religion's primitive barbarism and contempt for Christians and Jews that is revealed in the original Arabic texts. Here is an example from the new French translation of the Koran in regard to the Jews. It reads, "The people of Israel will be twice destroyed as an innocent victim, and God will reward them by elevating them to great heights." The original translation reads just the opposite. "The people of Israel, after sowing corruption twice on earth for the purpose of dominating other people, will push themselves up into a position of extreme power before being punished by God."
About the Koran's violent verses - The Koran was written in two major stages. These have been integrated and arranged by chapter length as opposed to the chronological order in which they were initially written. The first part was penned in the early years of the Islamic movement while Mohammed was living in Mecca, Arabia. The experts boast the verses from these chapters as proof that Islam is a bastion of peace, love, and tolerance. They avoid references to verses from the second and largest portion of the Koran. It was written after the movement relocated its headquarters to Medina, Arabia, and increased in strength. These verses often reflect religious intolerance and encourage cruel hostility towards non-Muslims. Here are two examples that were aimed at Jews, Christians, and Arabs that clung to traditional tribal polytheistic beliefs. - So when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters, wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush…. (Koran 9:5) The only punishment of those that wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is that they should be murdered, or crucified, or their hands and their feet should be cut-off on opposite sides, or they should be imprisoned…. (Koran 5:33)
About the stage of weakness/the stage of strength strategy - The stark differences in the tone of the verses that were written in Mecca and those written in Medina exposes a tactic that has been characteristic of Islam throughout its history. Traditionally, Muslims determine the strength of the religion in various settings as being in one of two states; the stage of weakness and the stage of strength. When Muslims are in the minority and perceive that they are vulnerable, it is their custom to agree to most anything and to be conciliatory towards other religious groups. The moment that they sense superiority in numbers and influence, a form of ruthlessness sets in. They begin to oppress minority religious groups and to demonstrate a blatant disregard for the agreements that they made during the stage of weakness.
About sanctioned lying - Unlike Christianity and Judaism, Islam does not simply make a provision for forgiveness if one tells a lie; it actually encourages lying in certain situations. This is evident in both the Koran and the Hadith. The latter is a collection of Mohammed's sayings and deeds according to his wives, relatives, and companions. Next to the Koran, it is the most important part of Islamic law. In the Hadith, Mohammed was quoted as saying, "The sons of Adam are accountable for all lies with the exception of those spoken to reconcile two men that are quarreling, for a man to appease his wife, and in war, because war necessitates deception." This is what often makes life such a nightmare for non-Muslim women that marry Muslim men. Without the pangs of conscience, men are licensed to appease their wives with promises which they have no intention of keeping. In addition, within Islam there is the principle of "Al Takeyya." The term means, "prevention". This principle permits Muslims to lie at their discretion whenever they interpret that it is expedient for the influence of Islam or their personal protection and well-being. They justify lying by using the following verse as a springboard for expanded applications of Al Takeyya. "Let not the believers take the disbelievers for friends rather than believers. And whoever does this has no connection with Allah unless it is done to guard (Takeyya) yourselves against them, guarding carefully. And Allah cautions you against His retribution. And to Allah is the eventual coming." (Koran 3:27) The principle of Al Takeyya is precisely what makes negotiations with Islamic statesmen such a frustrating endeavor for the naïve diplomats of Christianized nations. It is imperative that diplomatic envoys learn that when dealing with Muslims, what Muslim statesmen say is not the issue. The real issue is, what do they mean and actually intend to do in their hearts.
About the depth of hatred for the West - The pro-Islam experts endlessly reiterate that only a small number of Muslims would qualify as West-hating-radicals. The claim is that the majority are peace-loving moderates. This may be true of the majority of Muslims that have immigrated to America in pursuit of economic opportunity. For most of these, strict compliance with the dictates of clerics in relation to the teachings of Islam is secondary to their thirst for prosperity and political freedom. However, their sentiments are not indicative of the majority of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims. The facts are as follows:
Polls indicate that high percentages of our supposed allies in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia support Osama Bin Laden.
Post 9/11, his first name, Osama, has attained a favored name status for newborn male children in a dozen or more Muslim nations. (In some nations 7 out of 10 baby boys are the namesakes of the terrorist).
Numerous Mosques in Islamic states exhibit the photo of Bin Laden as a hero of the faith.
The abbreviated list of nations wherein Muslims mob the streets gleefully chanting "Allah Akbar" (Allah is greater) every time America or Israel suffers from Islamic terrorist activities includes Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Philippines. In America, Muslims have been observed doing the same in many convenience marts and mosques. (It may be true that Christianity has a miniscule number of violent radicals; however, you don't find pictures of IRA terrorists hanging in the vestibules of Christian sanctuaries around the globe or hordes of America's Catholics streaming to the aid of their oppressed brethren in Northern Ireland.) The experts can claim that most of the world's Muslims are peace-loving moderates, but the stats reveal that it is the radicals that have the power to influence the hearts and minds of the Muslim masses.
About envy of the West - There are two interrelated spiritual factors for the radical Muslim's hatred for our way of life.
Islamic clerics and political leaders espouse inflammatory anti-Semitic and anti-Christian rhetoric based on the writings and sayings of Mohammed.
The prosperity and technology of nations that are based on Judeo-Christian values embarrasses the Islamic claim of spiritual/cultural superiority and provokes them to virulent jealousy. The premise for Islam's exaggerated sense of spiritual/cultural superiority is built on the widely held Muslim view that they led the world in advances in math, literature and the sciences from 700AD until 1200AD. Many scholars contend that the advances were actually a continuum of the momentum that had been attained, prior to the arrival of the Muslims, by the Persians, Jews, and Christians. A comparison of Islamic nations and other nations gives ample evidence that Islam stifles rather than inspires innovations. No other nations, other than under Muslim rule, that have claimed a history of being fountainheads of cultural advances have ceased to continue as such. Two atomic bombs have not stopped the Japanese. Politically torn South Korea, without oil, has a gross national product of $600 billion. Oil rich Saudi Arabia's GNP is a mere $186 billion. Each year since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to people that have been distinguished for notable endeavors for world peace and in literature, and for outstanding accomplishments in the sciences. During the history of the Nobel there have been 139 Jewish recipients and well over 200 Christians, but only 6 recipients from Islamic nations. There is nothing lacking in the mental capacities of Muslim people, because they flourish in technology and the sciences when living in Westernized democracies. The objective evidence is that it is the rule of Islam that is the culprit that smothers creativity.
ISLAMIC TERRORISM
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
By Pastor Jim Croft
Post the 9/11/01 Islamic terrorist attacks on America the major television networks began filling the airwaves with interviews with consultants that specialize in Islamic issues. The majority of them have been less than candid about the role of Islam in spawning international terrorism. They present the traditions and Holy books of Islam as those that promote peace, tolerance, and truth. The experts neglect to inform you of the overriding aspects of Muslim traditions and writings that encourage hostility, intolerance, and lying as a policy, particularly to non-Muslims. In reality, if the teachings of Mohammed and Muslim clerics were extracted from the hearts and minds of the 19 hijackers of 9/11, 3,000 Americans would still be living members of their families. The points related in this report have been gleaned from years of investigating Islam and correspondence with Arabic-speaking ex-Muslims that have chosen to put their faith in Jesus Christ.
7 Things the Islamic experts won't tell you!
About Islam's worldview - The Muslims of Islamic states, and many within the USA, have the tradition of a worldview that divides humanity into two opposing halves. Dar al-Islam, House of Islam, is the zone where Islam rules. The other side is the war zone that is called, Dar el Harb, House of War. This worldview dictates that war will continue between these two sections of humanity until the supremacy of Islam is fully established throughout the earth.
About deceptive revisions of the Koran - There has been a great effort among Muslim translators to enhance Islam's appeal and reputation among people of other faiths. To accomplish this they have adopted a slanted, freestyle method of translating certain sections of the Koran. This is done to veil the truth about their religion's primitive barbarism and contempt for Christians and Jews that is revealed in the original Arabic texts. Here is an example from the new French translation of the Koran in regard to the Jews. It reads, "The people of Israel will be twice destroyed as an innocent victim, and God will reward them by elevating them to great heights." The original translation reads just the opposite. "The people of Israel, after sowing corruption twice on earth for the purpose of dominating other people, will push themselves up into a position of extreme power before being punished by God."
About the Koran's violent verses - The Koran was written in two major stages. These have been integrated and arranged by chapter length as opposed to the chronological order in which they were initially written. The first part was penned in the early years of the Islamic movement while Mohammed was living in Mecca, Arabia. The experts boast the verses from these chapters as proof that Islam is a bastion of peace, love, and tolerance. They avoid references to verses from the second and largest portion of the Koran. It was written after the movement relocated its headquarters to Medina, Arabia, and increased in strength. These verses often reflect religious intolerance and encourage cruel hostility towards non-Muslims. Here are two examples that were aimed at Jews, Christians, and Arabs that clung to traditional tribal polytheistic beliefs. - So when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters, wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush…. (Koran 9:5) The only punishment of those that wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is that they should be murdered, or crucified, or their hands and their feet should be cut-off on opposite sides, or they should be imprisoned…. (Koran 5:33)
About the stage of weakness/the stage of strength strategy - The stark differences in the tone of the verses that were written in Mecca and those written in Medina exposes a tactic that has been characteristic of Islam throughout its history. Traditionally, Muslims determine the strength of the religion in various settings as being in one of two states; the stage of weakness and the stage of strength. When Muslims are in the minority and perceive that they are vulnerable, it is their custom to agree to most anything and to be conciliatory towards other religious groups. The moment that they sense superiority in numbers and influence, a form of ruthlessness sets in. They begin to oppress minority religious groups and to demonstrate a blatant disregard for the agreements that they made during the stage of weakness.
About sanctioned lying - Unlike Christianity and Judaism, Islam does not simply make a provision for forgiveness if one tells a lie; it actually encourages lying in certain situations. This is evident in both the Koran and the Hadith. The latter is a collection of Mohammed's sayings and deeds according to his wives, relatives, and companions. Next to the Koran, it is the most important part of Islamic law. In the Hadith, Mohammed was quoted as saying, "The sons of Adam are accountable for all lies with the exception of those spoken to reconcile two men that are quarreling, for a man to appease his wife, and in war, because war necessitates deception." This is what often makes life such a nightmare for non-Muslim women that marry Muslim men. Without the pangs of conscience, men are licensed to appease their wives with promises which they have no intention of keeping. In addition, within Islam there is the principle of "Al Takeyya." The term means, "prevention". This principle permits Muslims to lie at their discretion whenever they interpret that it is expedient for the influence of Islam or their personal protection and well-being. They justify lying by using the following verse as a springboard for expanded applications of Al Takeyya. "Let not the believers take the disbelievers for friends rather than believers. And whoever does this has no connection with Allah unless it is done to guard (Takeyya) yourselves against them, guarding carefully. And Allah cautions you against His retribution. And to Allah is the eventual coming." (Koran 3:27) The principle of Al Takeyya is precisely what makes negotiations with Islamic statesmen such a frustrating endeavor for the naïve diplomats of Christianized nations. It is imperative that diplomatic envoys learn that when dealing with Muslims, what Muslim statesmen say is not the issue. The real issue is, what do they mean and actually intend to do in their hearts.
About the depth of hatred for the West - The pro-Islam experts endlessly reiterate that only a small number of Muslims would qualify as West-hating-radicals. The claim is that the majority are peace-loving moderates. This may be true of the majority of Muslims that have immigrated to America in pursuit of economic opportunity. For most of these, strict compliance with the dictates of clerics in relation to the teachings of Islam is secondary to their thirst for prosperity and political freedom. However, their sentiments are not indicative of the majority of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims. The facts are as follows:
Polls indicate that high percentages of our supposed allies in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia support Osama Bin Laden.
Post 9/11, his first name, Osama, has attained a favored name status for newborn male children in a dozen or more Muslim nations. (In some nations 7 out of 10 baby boys are the namesakes of the terrorist).
Numerous Mosques in Islamic states exhibit the photo of Bin Laden as a hero of the faith.
The abbreviated list of nations wherein Muslims mob the streets gleefully chanting "Allah Akbar" (Allah is greater) every time America or Israel suffers from Islamic terrorist activities includes Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Philippines. In America, Muslims have been observed doing the same in many convenience marts and mosques. (It may be true that Christianity has a miniscule number of violent radicals; however, you don't find pictures of IRA terrorists hanging in the vestibules of Christian sanctuaries around the globe or hordes of America's Catholics streaming to the aid of their oppressed brethren in Northern Ireland.) The experts can claim that most of the world's Muslims are peace-loving moderates, but the stats reveal that it is the radicals that have the power to influence the hearts and minds of the Muslim masses.
About envy of the West - There are two interrelated spiritual factors for the radical Muslim's hatred for our way of life.
Islamic clerics and political leaders espouse inflammatory anti-Semitic and anti-Christian rhetoric based on the writings and sayings of Mohammed.
The prosperity and technology of nations that are based on Judeo-Christian values embarrasses the Islamic claim of spiritual/cultural superiority and provokes them to virulent jealousy. The premise for Islam's exaggerated sense of spiritual/cultural superiority is built on the widely held Muslim view that they led the world in advances in math, literature and the sciences from 700AD until 1200AD. Many scholars contend that the advances were actually a continuum of the momentum that had been attained, prior to the arrival of the Muslims, by the Persians, Jews, and Christians. A comparison of Islamic nations and other nations gives ample evidence that Islam stifles rather than inspires innovations. No other nations, other than under Muslim rule, that have claimed a history of being fountainheads of cultural advances have ceased to continue as such. Two atomic bombs have not stopped the Japanese. Politically torn South Korea, without oil, has a gross national product of $600 billion. Oil rich Saudi Arabia's GNP is a mere $186 billion. Each year since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to people that have been distinguished for notable endeavors for world peace and in literature, and for outstanding accomplishments in the sciences. During the history of the Nobel there have been 139 Jewish recipients and well over 200 Christians, but only 6 recipients from Islamic nations. There is nothing lacking in the mental capacities of Muslim people, because they flourish in technology and the sciences when living in Westernized democracies. The objective evidence is that it is the rule of Islam that is the culprit that smothers creativity.
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