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"(Reuters) - Sitting amid a group of turbaned,
bearded Sikhs, President Bush urged Americans on Wednesday to show
tolerance after the Sept. 11 attacks provoked a backlash that
appeared to include the killing of a Sikh...'I have told the
nation more than once that ours is a war against evil, against
extremists, that the teachings of Islam are the teachings of peace
and good,' Bush said...Muslim cleric Muzammil Siddiqi of the
Islamic Society of North America gave Bush a copy of the
KORAN..."
"Spiritual Manual Guided Hijackers - The Sept. 11 hijackers
had step-by-step instructions to pray, smile and kill while
earning a life in paradise...according to a document released
Friday. Four handwritten pages of fervent prayer and directions
for everything from what to wear (tight clothes) to the last words
to utter ('There is no God but God') were found in the suitcase of
one of the hijacker, Mohamed Atta, who boarded an American
Airlines flight that smashed into the north tower of the World
Trade Center...Attorney General John Ashcroft called the writings
on lined paper 'a disturbing and shocking view into the mindset of
these terrorists.' He said the document also was clear evidence
linking the hijackers...'You're doing a job which is loved by God,
and you will end your day in heavens where you will join the
virgins,' it said. The document contains numerous prayers and
poetic versus. Ashcroft said those references were 'a stark
reminder of how these hijackers grossly perverted the Islamic
faith to justify their terroristic acts.'..." (AP, Sept.28)
"A prayer before killing...- The instructions include the
exhortation to 'strike your enemy above his neck,' one official
said...." (Dallas Morning News, Sept.27)
"BBC, Sept.28 - 'Continue to pray throughout this night.
Continue to recite the Koran.'.."
Comments: As I revealed last week, the Koran is filled with the
same types of things that are found in this "manual." If
this document is "a stark reminder of how these hijackers
grossly perverted the Islamic faith...", then what is the
Koran? It contains the same type of teachings! It is obviously a
stark reminder of how Mohammed and the Muslims grossly perverted
the New Testament faith!
By the way, the "Surah" is not a specific book in the
Koran. It is just like our "chapters" in the Bible. I
went from the start of the Koran to the end, giving the reader a
complete overview. One radio station was ridiculing anyone who
implied that the Islamic faith was dangerous. I called up and was
able to read the quotes from last week's Kingdom Alert. The host
said that the Christian Bible had some of the same things. I
replied that in the NT, there is no more killing for religion.
Jesus said "He that is without sin among you, let him first
cast a stone at her" (John 8). I stated that there is no NT
in the Koran. It is a war manual from start to finish, provoking
Muslims to kill Christians and Jews. The host appeared to
understand.
And even some of those Muslims who try to defend the Koran by
simply preying upon the fact that most Americans have never read
it, make disturbing statements:
"Imam: Koran doesn't justify attacks - As a 5-year-old boy in
Egypt, Ahmad Nabhan learned the Koran, Islam's holy book, by
heart. 'I can tell you passages in the Quran faster than a
computer,' says Nabhan, 39, and the spiritual leader, or imam, of
the Colorado Muslim Society mosque. Nabhan insists there's nothing
in Islam's holy book that justifies last week's terrorist
attacks....Still, he's frank about other ferocious feelings, which
he once shared. 'I grew up hating America,' he said. 'The feeling
is America controls all the world, and that there is no justice
between the Palestinians and Israel - America helps Israel in
everything.' Until that political reality changes, he says, hatred
for Americans will remain entrenched in Islamic countries. So why,
in 1993, did he emigrate to a country he hated - and become an
American citizen? 'That is an appropriate question,' he said. 'I
wanted to understand this country....'...Would America's diversity
and secularism be a reason for radical Muslims to consider all
Americans infidels and feel justified to slaughter with impunity?
Nabhan believes not; he considers the United States a Christian
country - and besides, he does not accept that radical Muslims
either respect or follow the Koran. While individual Jews are to
be respected and welcomed as People of the Book, 'The first enemy
is Israel. When they take your home, take your money, your schools
- for that you can fight.'" (Scripps Howard News Service,
September 24, 2001)
"For the truth is, there is no clean distinction between
'good Islam' on one side and 'bad Islam' on the other. There is,
rather, a continuum. Take the estimated four to seven million
Muslims in the U.S.A. At one end, and clearly this constitutes the
majority, you have the peaceful Muslim family living down the
street that obeys our laws, pays their taxes and are proud to be
Americans. But since Sept. 11, we have learned that, while we were
asleep in this country - with our borders wide open, giving
high-technology to our enemies - an unknown number of terrorists
also have set up shop in America, along with their supporters,
sympathizers, apologists and funders. In between these two types
of Muslims – the loyal American and the enemy – you have many
degrees of dissatisfaction and outright anger at the United States
of America, of sympathy for Palestinian suicide bombers, of secret
and sometimes open agreement with the Sept. 11 attacks and, in
some cases, of actual cooperation with America's enemies. There is
a great deal more to this adversary than meets the eye." (WND,
"Politically correct terrorism")
We cannot judge Islam by the way Muslims act when they are a
minority in a free country. As with Catholicism, one can make a
more accurate judgment upon it by observing how they act and
respond when they are in a majority. Both religions have usually
historically led to a denial of religious liberty for all others
when they are in a majority in a country. Let us love American
Muslims enough to evangelize them. Let us grant them political
freedom to live as they please within the law. But let us, as a
country, also understand the dangers of the Islamic religion.
UNHOLY QUOTES FROM THE KORAN
THAT PROMOTE TERRORISM
Warning: The following quotes are blasphemous. They are taken from
the Koran (translated by N.J. Dawood). By reading these quotes you
will have a basic understanding of the Muslim religion, the wars
and tension in the Middle East, and the terrorism on September 11:
"...now that a Book confirming their own has come to them
from God, they deny it...they reply: 'We believe in what was
revealed to us.' But they deny what has since been revealed,
although it is truth...Say: 'Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel' (who
has by God's grace revealed to you [Muhammad] the Koran as a
guide...confirming previous scriptures)..will surely find that God
is the enemy of the unbelievers.'...And now that an apostle has
come to them from God confirming their own Scriptures, some of
those to whom the Scriptures were given cast off the Book of God
behind their backs...The unbelievers among the People of the Book,
and the pagans, resent that any blessings should have been sent
down to you from your Lord. " (Surah 2:88-, 98-, 103-)
"Slay them wherever you find them...Idolatry is worse than
carnage...Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God's
religion reigns supreme." (Surah 2:190-)
"Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike
it." (Surah 2:216)
"Men are tempted [in this life] by the lure of women...far
better is the return of God. Say: 'Shall I tell you of better
things than these, with which the righteous shall be rewarded by
their Lord? Theirs shall be gardens watered by running streams,
where they shall dwell for ever: wives of perfect
chastity..." (Surah 3:14, 15)
"The only true faith in God's sight is Islam." (Surah
3:19)
"Believers, do not make friends with any but your own
people...They desire nothing but your ruin....You believe in the
entire Book...When they meet you they say: 'We, too, are
believers.' But when alone, they bite their finger-tips with
rage." (Surah 3:118, 119)
"If you should die or be slain in the cause of God, His
forgiveness and His mercy would surely be better than all the
riches..." (Surah 3:156-)
"To those that declare: 'God has commanded us to believe no
apostle unless he brings down fire to consume an offering,' say:
'Other apostles before me [Muhammad] have come to you with
veritable signs and worked the miracle you asked for...If they
reject you [Muhammad], other apostles have been rejected before
you..." (Surah 3:183-)
"If you wish to replace a wife with another, do not take from
her the dowry you have given her..." (Surah 4:20)
"Forbidden to you are...married women, except those you own
as slaves." (Surah 4:20-, 24-)
"Believers, do not approach your prayers when you are drunk,
but wait till you can grasp the meaning of your words..." (Surah
4:43)
"Seek out your enemies relentlessly." (Surah 4:103-)
"Try as you may, you cannot treat all your wives
impartially." (Surah 4:126-)
"The Jews and Christians say: 'We are the children of God and
His loved ones.' Say: 'Why then does He punish you for your
sins?" (Surah 5:18)
"Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your
friends." (Surah 5:51)
"The God will say: 'Jesus, son of Mary, did you ever say to
mankind 'Worship me and my mother as gods besides God?' 'Glory to
You, 'he will answer, 'how could I ever say that to which I have
no right?" (Surah 5:114-)
"Believers, when you encounter the infidels on the march, do
not turn your backs to them in flight. If anyone on that day turns
his back to them, except it be for tactical reasons...he shall
incur the wrath of God and Hell shall be his home..." (Surah
8:12-)
"Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's
religion shall reign supreme." (Surah 8:36-)
"If you fear treachery from any of your allies, you may
fairly retaliate by breaking off your treaty with them." (Surah
8:51-)
"...make war on the leaders of unbelief...Make war on them:
God will chastise them at your hands and humble them. He will
grant you victory over them..." (Surah 9:12-)
"It ill becomes the idolaters [non-Muslims] to visit the
mosques of God..." (Surah 9:17)
"Fight against such as those to whom the Scriptures were
given [Jews and Christians]...until they pay tribute out of hand
and are utterly subdued." (Surah 9:27-)
"It is He who has sent forth His apostle with guidance and
the true Faith [Islam] to make it triumphant over all religions,
however much the idolaters [non-Muslims] may dislike it." (Surah
9:31-)
"If you do not fight, He will punish you sternly, and replace
you by other men." (Surah 9:37-)
"Prophet make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and
deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home." (Surah
9:73)
"Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you.
Deal firmly with them." (Surah 9:121-)
"Say: 'Praise be to God who has never begotten a son; who has
no partner in His Kingdom..." (Surah 17:111)
"'How shall I bear a child,' she [Mary] answered, 'when I am
a virgin...?' 'Such is the will of the Lord,' he replied. 'That is
no difficult thing for Him...God forbid that He [God[ Himself
should beget a son!...Those who say: 'The Lord of Mercy has
begotten a son,' preach a monstrous falsehood..." (Surah
19:12-, 29-, 88)
"Fight for the cause of God with the devotion due to Him...He
has given you the name of Muslims..." (Surah 22:78-)
"Blessed are the believers...who restrain their carnal
desires (except with their wives and slave-girls, for these are
lawful to them)...These are the heirs of Paradise..." (Surah
23:1-5-)
"You shall not force your slave-girls into prostitution in
order that you make money, if they wish to preserve their
chastity." (Surah 24:33-)
"As for the faithful who do good works and believe what is
revealed to Muhammad...He will forgive them their sins..." (Surah
47:1)
"Muhammad is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another." (Surah
48:29)
"Shall the reward of goodness be anything but
good?...Dark-eyed virgins sheltered in their tents...They shall
recline on green cushions and fine carpets...Blessed be the name
of your Lord..." (Surah 55:52-66-)
(Kingdom Alert, J.
Faust)
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