Staying aware of Islams march

[i]As I read through some of the links I was reminded of something that I read from a book called "Christianity and the American Commonwealth". It is a collection of lectures given by a Methodist minister named Charles B. Galloway [b]in 1898[/b]. This following is from the first chapter, Religion and Civil Government, and is about Islam specifically. I'll qoute it at length:[/i]

'Mohammedanism has produced an enslaved personality. "Its Koran demands intellectual slavery; its harem requires domestic slavery; its state implies and enforces both a religous and a civil slavery." The Koran puts a premium upon war, offering the highest rewards to those who slay the greatest number of infidels. Mohammed's cardinal principle, that the end justifies the means, consecrated every form of deception and lying, and encouraged every sort of persecution and violence; commercial confidence is almost unknown, and hence there are few banks and buisness partnerships. The citizen is the slave of the state; he has no rights to be respected. Mohammedanism is an absolute despotism, the most gigantic engine of intolerance and persecution the world ever saw.

There is a proverb which says: "Where the Turkish horse sets its hoof the grass never grows." The Turkish horse is the synonym of the Turkish government, which is the political expression of the Moslem religion. In every land swept by this heartless despotism it has left a tale and trail of blood. Its simple touch is a blight. Commerce languishes, then decays; harvests cease, and then the fields become barren as the uncovered rocks of the eternal hills. All history attests the atrocious verity. A glance at Mohammedan nations will recall the facts of this mournful story.

But, while the shrieks of dying Christians in Armenia still linger in our ears - dying by the cruel edge of the Turkish swords, wielded by Turkish slaves, and in order to propagate the Moslem faith - we may well veil from our eyes the desolations of Mohammedan generations.'

'Mohammedanism has produced an enslaved personality'

'Mohammed's cardinal principle, that the end justifies the means, consecrated every form of deception and lying, and encouraged every sort of persecution and violence'

John, I just read one of the December 19 entries from the jihadwatch site that you mentioned.

It states that a US Court has charged suspected members of Al Qaeda with plotting to traffic cocaine in order to fund terrorisim.

I've thought for some time now that selling addicting drugs to people like that has to be one of the lowest and dispicable acts a human being can do to another. Not only does it enslave the physical body but it enslaves their soul.

Disgusting.

'Mohammed's cardinal principle, that the end justifies the means, consecrated every form of deception and lying, and encouraged every sort of persecution and violence'

I was thinking about some similarities between Communism and Islam in their quest for world domination and how they look like crafts of Satan to weaken the nations(Is 14:12).

Following are some qoutes from a book called "Marx & Satan" by Richard Wurmbrand:

'There have been many revolutions in history. Each had an objective. The American revolution, for example, was fought for national independence, the French revolution for democracy. Marx is the only one who formulates as his aim a "permanent revolution," terrorisim and bloodshed for revolution's sake. There is no purpose to be attained; violence to the point of paroxysm is its only objective. This is what distinguishes Satanism from ordinary human sinfulness.'

He also qoutes Lenin as saying:

"We have to use any ruse, dodge, trick, cunning, unlawful method, concealment, and veiling of the truth. The basic rule is to exploit the conflicting interests of the capitalist states."

John 8:44

For anyone interested, Voice of The Martyrs publishes a book of short testimonies of people that have become Christians in the Islamic state of Iran. The title is [i]Iran: Desperate for God[/i].

One testimony in particular is avaible as a small booklet. It is called [i]The Fanatic[/i].

I watched a video today and thought to pass it along to you all(see insidetherevolution dot org)

The video is a recording of a TownHall style meeting held at a Calvary Chapel to discuss Radical Islam, Israel, and the Church's role in the Middle East.

Testimonies of former Muslims that have come to Christ are presented along with some other inspiring stories. The question is put forward how we as Christians can respond to these things and the exhortaion that is made several times above all else is that we must love.

I think that the stories and testimonies will be inspiring to others and the exhortation to love is a good reminder for us always always always.

I was reading a recent entry from one of the sites that John gave; the entry is about the suspect in the attempt on the 23rd to blow up an Airliner and it suggests that he had written in chatroom posts about seeking friends and being lonely.

We never know who the people are around us or what they are going through, or what love might do for them.

Hi everyone,

I was watching a documentary related to this subject today that was put together by a Dutch Parlimentary offical who is also now set to stand trial because of it(the documentary). I thought the music that was set in the background was so beautifull that I wanted to find out more about it so I looked it up.

The title of the score is 'Aase's Death' and it was composed by Edvard Grieg, who I discovered had composed it as incidental music for the play "Peer Gynt".

I decided to find out what the play was about and read an article about it on wikipedia.

Something the author of the article writes at the beginning really jumped out at me and seemed so much to relate to some of the things mentioned here; if true, maybe it was also a reason the film's producers choose the soundtrack.

He says that Peer Gynt,

'...is the story of a life based on avoidance".

[i]edited to correct song title[/i]