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Are We at War with Islam? January/ February 2006
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This is not to sa} that the majority of Arabs
' Some cx-~ 1 11sl im s, such :l<; Walid Shoehat,
are ali gned with this belief - to the contrary. see a direct correlation belwl.'en the apoca-
They will, however, find themsell3 in thc lyptic scenarios found in the Book of I~cve[a­
same situation ,L<; the rest of us - suhmit or tion and the apocal~ptic pmphL'C il!'i of Islam.
die. W are already ~tnessi n g this in Iraq.
e II is interesting to noW thaI R evelalion 20:4
II has been happening all along in the I'al- pmphesics that the faithful Believers will he
e;tinian territories in Israel as well. but it is beheaded. U recent years, it was difficult
ntil
With increasing fn!qllency our news 110t publiCized. . 10 imagine that in modem tem)s. Islam,
is dominated with 'Wars and nltnOI~ of Vhythis sudden surge of Islamic violence howl.''C r. is the olle religion that commands
wars .. . (Matt. 24:6) Arc these dissimilar
t·
around the globe?W arc entering a time (i n
e this barbaric custom (and is doing it todayto
and varied OPI}(lI1l!lll<;, or is there a com- Muslim pll)phecy) called the Great Caliph ate, those they consider to l>e "infidels"). "When
mon antagonist in most, if not all , of these or thc Third Jihad. Thcre are many prophe- you meet the unbelicvers in thc battlefield,
wa~? If we are honest and cOllrageom, we cies regarding this "end-time" expectation, strike off their heads ... ,. (Smah 47:4)
must answer ··ves." Then~ is a common foe not the least of which is the appearance of Y w must remember that this is a clash
et, e.
in nearly a[l. if n01 all of the conflicts and the "1velfth Imam,'· a figure that mirrors of [spiritual] kingdoms. We do not war with
violence in today's world - whether in thc the '·tuHi-Christ" in lllany w One of the
ays. flesh tuld blood, blltliitimatel ~~ with powers,
Middle Ea<;t, Africa. the F onner Soviet Union, halhnarks of this time is the final submission principalities, and spiritual fOIt'ffi of wicked-
Indonesia, ~ I icro n esia, Pakistan , Austra[ia, of the nalions of Ihe earth to A ah . There wi ll
ll ness in heavenly realms. The god called Al -
the Philippines, Spain, Great iiritain, France, no longer be any tolerance for the '·Dar-al- lah, is the god that OfJI>OSCS the God of Israel.
or the United Stmes. The comlllon antago- harb" (the Ilouse of U nbelief, also kno1) as IIe Will, in u)e end, he defeated. A alongnd
nist is ·'radical" Islam. 'TIle title "radical" the HOllSC of War), bllt on I' the '·Dar-al-Is- ~th him, he takes the millions that scn'e
may be a misnomel; howevcr, as inherent to lam" (the 1 ·louse of Islam) 'will exist. where him, belieVing he is the tme God. Our heans
the religion of Islam and ilS holy books are tme Shari 'a Islam mles. There is no tOl1ure mllst break, and we must pray for those en-
tile tenelS that call fo r gl~pal ji had (holywar or penal tytoo draconian to achieve this go'll. snart.u in lhis dreadrul deception - fll/djor
on the ·'infidels") and lilt matc domination. Islam. in ilS most orthodox fonn is anything lbose bral'e missionaries IIx" sl!l"l:e ill/be
htl ;I rc . 'Ill ' and 0 nd • . I .dlltl 11"' · m. -- 'If(, "{di r
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3. Shalom (rom onothon!
Where In Il e
h
World is
Jonalhall
Bernisi»
Please rememb,~r
to I)ray for Jo nath,:m
as le tr,wels around Delr Ministry Parrners and Friends.
the world .
Jonathan 's sche dule As we begin the New Year, we turn our attention once again in this issue ofJewi$l, Vo icc Today to the global
for January & dlre~t of fan:ltic 1sI:l111. Vith :ln Administration continuing ro :lSSLLre the Americ:ln public that Isl!lm is reall y
February 2006: a religion of peace. and .1 nation thar is quickl}' riring of Otl r involvemenr in I raq. we felt we needed ro remind
j;mu.ary I - 3 Believers once again thlt Islam, at its core, docs not promulgate a message of peace ;lOd Jove at aiL
Ft. Lluclo:rdllc. Ft
On the contrary. the holy book of Islam, the Kor;m. teaches a message of Jilmd or IJoly Wilr. Its Hue fo llow-
Mess!'1nic Apostol'lr
ers :re committed to the dt:struction of all "unbelievers," known as infidels. -nlis includes Israel as well as the
Glth<,ring
United States. along with the entire Vest. It includes Jews and Christians alike.
January 4 - 6 Over 20 years ago. a missio nal,), recendy returned from serving rhe Lord in the Middle East who was staying
Fr. Lmderdalc. FL in my home, warned me of the impending threat offanatic Islam. He had lived in the midst of a deepl,' devo te
MJBI BO:lrd Meeti ng:
Muslim society for some time and caml' to understand their culture, mindset and agenda, I d istinctly remem-
ber his words to me. "The grearest attack of ~atan again.~t ChriHianiry (lnd the world fo r that maHer) within
JOImmy 7
Syracuse. NY the next decade will be from the fanatic Islamic world. TIlis will uititlll[eiy bring abom the great showdown
B3,rMit;o;v;1 "erween the God of Israel and satan himself." It seems he was correct,
Ve need to underst~nd that the Ar:lb world's hatred of Israel :md commitment to her destruction is only the
JanUJI')' 8 ~ 12
tip of the iceberg. AmericJ and the entire Free World afe also targets, as al -Qaeda has so graphically demon-
Orlando. FL
strated. If 9/ 11 t:wght us any thing, it should be that these funatics will stop at norhing to accomplish their
JAMCS Rabbi
Conference goals. Human life, including their own. is meaningless in this pursuir. Plelse t!lke rhe time to re~d the various
articles and edueare yourself with rhe truth . I believe it is importanr for all of us who believe in and follow
j:lnu:ur 13 God's Word to understand what we are facing. We need to pray, we need to aetivel), speak the truth. mJcl 11'('
Palm Beach. FL nud to 51!/lr.: (he G05pd wid, all. Only the Messiah Jesus can tr:lnsfoTll1 a life - ':VCII tlll· /if.: oj all Is/mlli, tarori5t'
Peer [(J Peer EveJl't I know· I've mer several who are now serving rhe Lord!
JJnuary 19 - 21 On the ministry fronc, we have:! very busy and exciting year ahead of us. We are just beginni ng the renovation
Van Nuys. CA of what wil l soon bc"Thc Internltional Messianic Medi!l Center;' and hope to he in it by Augus t. Please keep
Ro~d ro jerus:ller.n this in prayer as we await various approvals needed by the City of Phoenix to complete all the work.
Ve !lr.: alSQ gcaring up for [he largeST medical outreach in the hiSTory of our ministry. our medical mission
February 7 - 15
to the tWO jewish Commun ities remaining in Eehiopia . rhe Bera Avr:!ham and rhe Heta Israel. Our team of
Marco Isl<lnd. Fl.
PreSldent's Forurll donors, dentists, nurses and !ninisrry wo rkers will leave for Addis Ababa on March 4tb. Ve still bave some
Special Evenr openings, so if you arc interested in joining u~, please call Ill)' assistant. Debbie Uptain. No s pecial skiJJs arc
required. You ju~ t need co be over 16. love the Lord and have a desire to se!'ve H im.
J have so much more to share bur space will nor allow. Please know tilJt we love ~nd ~ppreciate
you and we
thank God for your partnership with us as we sha re to Good News of Yeshua around the Vor!d ... to the Jew
First and also to the N;ltions.
LJ~
Jonathan Bernis, President
Jewish Voice Ministries. International
P.S. A$ (his mllgaziul' I{!.U Sl'ltt 10 tl)c pril1ll'r. lUI' rcarlll'd II(lUj tlml II dl'ar fril'lId oJjcwisl) VoiC!'. <Iud il
precious brotl)cr, Rellcrc,ldjolm Willsto/l oj AI/dlml Pradcsh. Sour/, /Ildiil, /'IIS gOlle 10 be witl, I/Je Lord.
jolm was G(lIl!rai Sur!!wry jor u.c.c/., Ullilt:d Christirlll C/mrch oj b,riia, .wd was al! ilH!!gral part oj Ollr
JC$lill.11 OI/(fCdc/)e$ in 1m/ill. H e .1150 oversaw (h( Ofp/)IIlIflgCS i)1 illdi,1 that je'wis/) Voice I,c/ps to support. jolm
111M .1 1rJ/(~ 111<1/1 oj God 11,.11 Ilccomplisl)l:d nwelJ Jor tl)c Kingdom . A/II)ougl, we h,lve /05t " trcilSlln-a co·/ft-
bor(r, his wife' il bdowd husbllud, I/Ild his clJi/tire/! ft mr/eI, /ol'e'd Jarher, 1IIe' !Ilki' COIIIJOrt ill the (lmITlIllCt' 11>(//
hI' ij illl'lCmilY rl'<ll'illg Ilu rl'wards oJI)i5 milliHry 011 I'arl/).
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- sejlar, tedji'01n terrorism?
a
W ith this New Y"'DallTES the
- with Islam? The W 1 llite ·louse ha,; repeatL>dly bomhed and de;troYL>d buildin gs. pl;Ules
OOIlI inuing w,~ in the Middle E";t denied th is, staling that its new war is not and vehicles. Their terrorism has literallv
- a wru- tf" will ocrupy tho W est
.. an attack on any religion, race, or coun- covered thc globe: Kenya. Algeria, llldone~
For ITmy new ye,,,", to aJlre. try. A although the ·'enemy·· has b
nd een sia, Tanzania, Egypt. Iran, Sudan, Libya,
While nust of us recin tI~s New cal led a "global menace," it has not been Y emen, Afgh.lnistan Syria. Lebanon, Israel,
Yea- with ox normi;) rOlrtinc, we identified with any global entity but simply Jordan, F onner Soviet Bloc countries, South
do!'O with the r",~iwt i()1 thlt OlU- dubbed the "war on terroriSIll." H owevcl; A merica, North Amcrica, and lllost recently
wo-id d1",~ 0 11 Septent:er 11 if we look at a definition of "terrorism " we Spain. Gre;lt Britain anu Fr.Ulce. For this
XX) L "xl OlU- flU.LU-e now is de- can sec wlw stich identification is unclear. reason (and the evidence from the Septem-
termined by loreign ,dT,;rs M'I1Y ·'TCI'I'orism:· is ··the unlawful usc or threat- ber 11 attack). the ten'O rists targeted by the
<Iiso enter IGis N ew y"",- with olil ened lise of force or violence by a person or U.S. are Mml ims.
qte<l.i()1s mncerning the ",m-e of an organized group against people or prop-
tl~s lUlpnnxlented wa' ()1lm"O"- erty with the intention of intimidating or nlcrcforc, dcspite the U.s. administration's
ISlTl c(>erci ng .~ocieties or go"(! mmenl~, often for desire to separate the religion of Islam from
ideological or poli tical reasons. " Based on the tactic of terrorism, the religion of Islam
The u.s.waron terrorism is a war with radi- this defini tion. it is apparent that terrorism is the COllllllon denominator for all of the
cal l$lamic organizations such as AI -Qaeda, is a taaic llsed by an enemy ilnd not the en- groups with which we are at war. X11ile ter-
wh ich is resident in 60 countries, and the emy il~lf. Then, who or whm is the enemy? rorism can be scparalL'{l from Islam. there
u.s. has declared war against any state or '111e President has stated that the enemy is is a question as to whether Islm11 C<Ul be
countlYthat h ;lrbo l~ H~ r rorism , which will "evil. '· BUI, "does this "evil'· ha'C a name? separated fmm terrorism. The name syn-
largely be Islamic states (like Afghan istan). In November 200 1, thc Rercrend Franklin onymous with terrorism thus far has been
'111is course of action 1l<L~ put the u.s. in a Graham (who had gi'C1l the address at Os;u11a bin Laden, the M uslim warlord who
direetconfI"Ol1t.llion the National Prayer Se"'ice in Washing- h cad~ the terrorist organization AI-Qaeda
with Islam and ton D.C.) said: "Islmn as a whole is evil." and who Sllpp0l1L>d the fonne r Talihan gov-
ha'i provoked 111is has been bom out during the past l'iO ernment in Afghanistan. Even though the
the question "Is decades a'; Islamic terrorist'; ha'e attacked u.s. govemment denies that it is at war with
the u.s. at war and 1llllnlercd th omand~ of people and Islam, O sama hin 1.auen h :L~ stated that
Islam is at war with America and that he
By Dr. Randall Price belie'es religion is the essence of the con-
Dr. Pric~ is founder and President of World o(rhe Bible M;nistr~s.
Inc.. on Ofgonlzotion specializing In r~search and communication flict. In his Al·JazL't!rn teb'ision mcssagl'S,
o(in(ormotion about the ancient and modern world orthe B/ble . broadcast illtenmlional1y by the lll(.>dia,
He le<:tures in coo(erence$ worldwide and appeaf5 In the medlo he has declared: ··They came out to fight
as an upert on the Midd/~ East His organization PUbJiSMS 0
bi.monthly news/eHer. World of {he Blb/e News & Views VIsit lSI:II11 with the name of fighting tcrmriSlll
his website a t: www.worldofthebible.com . .. I say these t'cnts have split the whole
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world int() tW() camps: the camp of helief also exercised. In some cases IshlTn simply martyrs who :Ire making the world safe for
[Muslims] :mu disbelief [non · ~ ll1sJims J ." stepped into the political vacuum crealL'tl by mankind under the sanctit~' of Islam," Thl'
In like manner an Islamic website which the wcakening of other empires (such as the West is depicted as "the Great Satan" who
boasted it was the ··ears. the eyes. and the Byzantine Empire) and in other ca'iCS (snch wants to conquer "tnle believers" (Muslims)
voice of Muslims" po~tt.'tI Oil its homcp<lge as Serbia) the higher birthmle of Muslims as did the Cmsadt::rs of old and confonllihe
the words: "World War IJ I ~ America against altered the demographiC') and pennittoo world to infidel idolatry. The Islamic idea of
Islam!" Furthennore, the Islamic terrorists Islam to dominate. Historically, where'Cr Dar Islam hind~ all Muslims in a solidar-
wlto attacked the World Trade Center and Islam has overtaken :t culture, it has been ity thai constitutes any attack on a Muslim
the Pentagon proclaimed their actiOns as a almost impossible to reverse its dominance, cOllnt!)' (such as Afgllanislan) as an attack
Jihad (holy war) againstAmerica.111ercforc. A one time Islam as a major force was ex-
t on the whole of the Muslim world. Radical
whether or nol America and the West inter· pelled from Westem Europe, hut we see a Muslims capitalize on this religiolls solidar-
prcl this war as one wilh lsi am, the radical modern cOl1vergence in numbers and influ- ity while under the guise of social justice tell
clement in Islam has avowed it is slIch, encc creating tension and hostility, cmwds of economically repressed Muslims
that U.S. co!onialism and imperialism is
Islam exists toda~' as a religion comprised 'n,e belief system of radical Islam combines responsible for (heir povel1y, £'ell the aid
of the major orthodox divisions of Sunni the Islamic call to extemal Jihad with the given b~' the U.s. to Third Vorld Muslim
ruld Shi'ilc, although scores of other mi - vll1Ues of maJ1yrdom, exegcting Qur"anic COUll tries is said bv the radicals to he a "dc-
nor sects also exist. Muslims that employ lexts to justify terrurism and suicide bo1llb- ception" to lure tlie we~k away from Isl,un,
termrism bave been called "Fundamental- ing with the reward of etcmal hedonism, Thll~, as we have witnessed in the case of Af-
ist." "Militant." 'Tanatical," "Extreme" Kadical Muslims believe they are Mlljahi - ghanistan, the S177 million tllC U.S. gives to
and "R,ldical", All uf these lilies describe clL'Cn ("holv warriors [of Alhlh] "), 11,ev tbis poor country is used by the radicals 10
followers of Islam who operate 011 the ba~is bel ieve they' must establish a purely Islamic teach it~ people to hate the hand that feeds
of the Islamic tenet of Jihad. Moderate MLl~ ­ state, the Khalifah, a fusion of religion and them, However, while the U.S. is building it~
lims hal'e attcmptt:d to downplay coali tion of Islamic countries it has
the number of jihadi lluslirns by been careful to state Ihat attacks 011
stating that theycomprisc only 1% terrorism are not attacks On Islam
of all Muslims worldwide. Such
a statistic (which canno! be sup- Mosl.Americaos d~n't and (hm it intend" no att,lcks 011
Arahst ales. However, the U.S. is quite
pOltcd by fact), is hardly comfol1-
ing, sinl'e it tIIlllllmts IQ 18 milliQn realize that Muslim aware that Iraq is also to hlame for
thc ,macks of Sepl~ml~r II ,lIld is
temlrist) -enough to take over any
COlmt!)', especially with nuclear tundamentalists think that a threat in the area of hiotcrrorisill
for both the U.S. and Israel and will
and biochemical We,lp()llS at their
disposal! Americans are the e~il surely h;l~ been targeted fo r ,mack.
Howc'(!r, d!5pitc tlle plans for Iraq,
Tilt:! teachings of the Islamic holy demented monsters and the lllll~ the U,S. is able to get Israel
to make progress tovard peace with
lxXlk. the Qur'an and Hadith, are
absolute and authoritativc- and terrorists are hOly heroic the Palcstinians, as the Ar.:th slates
dcmand, the delicate coali tion will
contain C(Jmll1and~ fo r extemal
Jihad in its two fonns of offen-
sive and dcfcnsi'c military ac-
martyrs. . fall apart. Radical Muslims believe
that the U.S. is allied wilh Israel
against Islam so that it can take
lion. Offensive Jihad is the merulS over the world and establish :l jewish-
comrnandL'<i hy Ml1hammad tn spread the state which rigidly cnnfonns to the Imvs ChristilUI kingdOin. Tiley contin ually refer
religion of Islam through the conquest of (Shm'i',dl) sci dUWll by Prophet Muhal11 ~ to the U. S, as "Zionist-l'O ntrulled America,"
non-Muslim lands) . Defensive jihad must mad. '111C radical hlslim helicves that the The presence of the Jewish Sl:tte of ISf:lcl in
he cmployed to take 11l1ck any Mll~lim land solution for tllC prohlem of the Ummah the midst {If the Islmnic empire lind Oil land
that h,l~ been conquered by non-Muslims (the international Muslim comml1nity) is briefly ruled by Iuslims in l'l'CCnt centuries
(such as Ismel. nlis basic understanding thmugh the estahlishment of ;l lighteolls is the greatest offense to Islam. America's
refutes the claim I)t!ing made today that the Khalifah (a single state fUSi ng together re- SUppOit of Israel h,l~ linked tllC two together
terrorists' religiun is not that of Islam, that ligion and politics govemed by Islamic law) in Muslim thinking and preaching respec-
the radical 's religion is.1 !)CJi'crsion of Islam. that willullite all Islamic lands and peoples ti'Clyas "The Great Satan" and '''l1le Little
;md that the ten-orists alt! vengeful nrpoliti- and subjugate the rest of the world (noll- Satan."
cally motivalt:d, while the religion of Islam ~ll1slims) to Allah.
is pcaccful and lovi ng. 'nmmghout the his- Despite the religioLls motivation of radical
tory of Islam. fmm its emcrgence hI tlle Ara- I~adica l Islam belicves that the U.S .. ;l~ the Muslill1s in the war, the U.S. administration
bian Peninsula 10 its assault of the Iberian leader of the West, is an enemy of the ~' ll1slim maintains its official pOSition thai ilS war
Peninsula, tlIe religion has been spread br >xlrld. As one rabbi put it: "Most Americans h:l~ nothing to do with religion, and is not
conque1from the Fcl1:ile Crest'Cnt 10 Vest- don't realize that Muslim fundamen talists a war with IskUll. If America 'il'wet.I itself as
em Europe. ~ost of tht:se conquests wc~ by think that Americans <I1'e the evil dementL'<I a "Christian " (rather th,mSl'(:ular) cOlilltl)',
the sword, hut other fomls of conquest were monsters and the termrists are hOly hemic it might interpret an attack by :lI1olher rc-
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Is Islam really a beautifull'eligion oflove and peace?
~ternhcr 11, 2001, OLlrworld changed killed commllters on their wav 10 work on mov 200 miles away to the city of Medina,
ed
b , lr. /slamic.terrorislS h.ijacked American the trains in Madrid, killed subway and bus where he fOll lld most lleople more accepting
'llrplanes, tUn111lg them 11110 b01ll1 ilndJ5, dders in 1.ondon. And vet lhere has been no of his message, except the Jews and C hris-
kil1L><13,OOO innocen t people, leaving behind of
public condemnation this religion, what ti:IIlS. Nonethdess, hematle this newcitv his
wivcs, hushands, children, and parents. l1ley it really teaches, what its real agenda is. home. 'M1en caravans fmm Mecca wou ld
will cany the scars from that day for the rest We leam that followers of Islam come through, he'd attack them. He even-
of thei r lives. And so will tile. have heen maiming and tonuring al1d tually attacked their lmny and took Mecca,
E if we did !lot lose friend<; or
ven ki lli ng thOlL~and<; upon tho llsand~ of men, too.
loveO ones on that horrific day, we have also women and chi ldren for the past 1400 yellrs. Mohammed's revelations have
suffered. We remember the days when we And y we are discollrilged from speaking
et been collected in book fonn: this book is
could go through ai rpol'l security with our against this religion and find that a good known as the Koran, the holy book of the
shoes on. '!11e da~'S when scenes of military number of people ,H quick to defend it.
e religion of Islam. '111 followers of Islam are
e
troops carrying AK-47s in the streets were Even ~ I llid the most recent atltlcks in Lon- callt>d Muslims.
something you saw only in foreign , perhaps don, there remains silence on our pan.
third-world cOlilltries, but not in the U ted ni 7/Je Spin
States of America. The days when then Penn- IV/~)I lVon ]'?
After 9/11 . Illllny of us began taking
sylvania Govemor Tom Ridge could be !i(.'C1l Should we be concemcd about this a closer lexlk at Islam. trying to understand
announcing Ule opening of the Slate Fair. religion? At times, Islam seems SO fa r away. it, and wondering whether all Muslims were
instead of announcing that we were now It seems confined to countries overseas ,lIld like the 1 hijackers who killed thousands
9
at the Orange Alcl1lcvel on the color chan doesn't really concelll us. B l lslam is any-
U of our people. Si nce then, the Islamic com-
indicating terrorist threats. '111C days when thing but small and confined. t outof cvery munity, the meOia, and even our 011 go'-
homeland security meant how to protect 6 people on the planet follows this religion. emment offiCials, have told us the fol lowing
your fann fmm a tomado, instead of how to Isl am has 1.1 billion members worldwide, alxlllt Islam: that Allah, Islam's g{x1, and our
protect a whole nation fro111 people bent 011 domi nati ng 52 countrie; of the world. It is G{xi, are the same. That Islam is a religion
exploding themselves. Europe's 2nd largest religion; 32 million of of peace; but like any other reH gion, it also
YOLl would think that after Sep-
them ih'e there. 778 milliun ~Iuslims live has ilS goOO people, and iL bad people. And,
<;
tember 11th there would b 11 national out-
e in ~ia. Africa has 306 million. 111cre are that Israel is to blame for many of the proh-
cry against Isbun. We leam that 99% of all 64 million in China and 8 million in lhe lems Islam faces IIxlay. 111is is whm we've
bombi ngs around the world last year were United States. been told. A ton m:lny of us have simply
nd
carried out by those who follow the religion beliered it. Even our President believes this.
of Islam. We leam A/uballlll7ed - His 5101J1 The media has tried to port ra~' Islam as a
it was followers of gentle, loving faith. This is another lie, and
Islam who killed Let me give yOLI a brief history of
Isbill: ncarly 1500 years ago, a man mimed here's how they've tried to fool liS: follow-
vacationers in ing the latest wave of hombings in Britain,
Bali, killed yOll11g Mohammed was bom into a trading family
in Mecca. When he wa" 40, he claimed the there were many Muslims who came out
school children condemning the' attack.." saying tllUse who
in Russia, angel Gabriel visited him, giving him spe-
cial revel ations and the litleof Goo'sChosen committed the atrocilies do not express the
1lcsscnger. Mohammed began spreading his t111e teachings of Islam.
revelations. W thL'Y w popular with
hile ere If it's against Islam to do thiS, then
his fam ily, his message of the one god of Al- why when Osama B Laden and Al Qaida
, ill
Jack attacked us on September IItb, have the
lah W'JS nol received bythe pagans of !'!cCGI,
who kicked him out of lown as a result. H e vast majority of "Iuslim nations, to this day,

7. S eClallnterest
done ahsol utely nothing to hunt dov"n these A th rough ulcir sweat and blood and
nd their fists in the air, and praised Allilh. '11leir
~Ol alors of th is supposed religion of pc~tCC, hard work, the Je~sh Pl'O ple turnctl much K oran says: "Fi ght those who do not belicve
or evcn condemn them? [n fact, jLlst the op- of Ulat barrell desen into lin oasis, w orking in Allah." (SLIra 9:29) We do nOl believe in
posite - most M uslim nations consider Ihe.'it the land. irrigating the soil, making it pms- Allah; therefore, thei r g(xi comm(mti' them
violalo~ of the 'Holy K oran,' to be h ~roes. peRJlIS, and becoming economicallystrong. to attack us. Should we be concemed?
And only then did the Arab world take notice. TIley are I.J billion strong, and
j ust Ihe facls, Ma'am Only ulcn, O of al l of the epochs in history,
llt their goal is to bring everyone under submis-
The Muslim community wants to did they find reason to claim that it belongs sion to [slam. In fac t, the vClyword "Islam·'
know why H is so misunderstood. The fiCl~ to them. But in reality, lhis is Gocn I.and. He means submissioll. According to ~Ie Koran,
speak for themselves. If vou 're a Muslim gavc it to Abraham's descendants, but Israel if YOLI do not believe in Allah, Yli ha'e two
O
living in the Weit Bank tOday, and HamllS has never been gran ted the right to give any chOiCes, con,ersion or dcmh. The agenda of
decides to hold a protest against Israel in of it away in the fi ~t place. Islam is worldWide domination; it simply
the streets, and you refuse to take pan in it, does not allow for ~ lOse who do not believe
Ibe ~;ltlerM"g Agent/a in Allah. When the Council on Ameri can - l ~ ­
this is considered waging Will against Allah;
and indLm, many MlL~li ms who would not Now, if vou want to know what lam ic Relations held a banquet in F ~rnon t,
protest Im'C been tllurden.-'d by their own the 1iddle East conniel is all about, how California, in 1998, the Chairman of the
pl'opie. ln fact, local Arabs have killed more tllis war between Israel and the Palestinians Board, Omar Ahmad, said this: "[slam isn't
of thcir own people than have been killed really began, I will tell YOLI. and you won 't in Americ~lto he equal to anyother faith , but
hy the Israeli Anny, and we have yet to heat' hear this in the medii). hut these are the to become d(lminant. The Koran should he
Palestinian Prime M inister Mahmoud Ab- facts: M,l ~' t4, 1948, the day Israel became the highest authOrity in A merica, and Islam
bas denounce it, when it's A against
rab the (Jn ly accepted religion on carth .'· This
A I n fact, we have yet to hear any
rab. is !lot hidden, but rather repeated
throughout the world at Muslim ral-
other M uslim leader denounce this ei-
ther. This is not a religion of peace. It
99% of all bombings lies every d:W A reporter, for a PBS
never has heen: when Mohammed be- around the world spft:ial callt-'d 'Jihad in Amcrica,·'
gaiJ1(.'Il access to a mosque in Atlanta,
gan looting the trade caravans of those
who didn't acknowledge him as God's last year were Gl'urgi a, and recorded a speaker say-
ing: '-Bloud tl1ltst now, there Illll'l he
messenger, and when he took 1000
Jewish men one dav and had them all
carried out by those widows, there mllst be orphans, hands
beheaded, aJld whcil his SllCu:ssor welll who follow the :md limbs mllst be cut, and limbs :lIld
blo<Xl mll'it be eveJ)where!"
on a kil ling spree through nl rkey and
south to Afliea, murdering C'CI)'onc in religion ofIslam IVbat Call I Do?
his path whu wouldn't convcrt. lhat's
when this religion became known ~L~ Our coulltn' is so cotlcemed vith
the religion of the sword, and it still is. bei ng politicaily correct - of not of-
a state; it was an immediate affront to the fending Muslims, ret 99% of all terrorist at-
111e Pa/estil1itlll iII)'I" Arab nations. These Jews were ·the cursed tacks last year w carried Oll t by M
ere uslims
ABuw me to speak to the Palestin- people' of the Koran - they had no right to - in the name of Islam. And Islam is growi ng
ian iSSlle fo r a lllomelll We have heen told exist -certainly!lot ,L~ neighlxm~ to ivluslims. at an almming rate around the world. More
through the media that the reasoll Muslims So ule day after this ncw nalion was bum, people attend Islamic sen~a:s in B ritain to-
hale the jews is btC<lU U1C fi~t settlers of
5e 7 Arab countries launched a massive attack day than attend Christian selVices. And there
the Land of Israel were really Palestinians against it. 11mA ncver cven brought up
rahs arc many in Westem society thatclailll to be
and ~l at jf the jews would get Ollt (or give thc I.and; ~lCY madc no demands, they just "moderate" or ··secular: · but this is often a
up the land) there would he peace. '111is is attacked. 1 x.'Cause their goal then is thei r tactic to gain confidence - it is called '·Taki-
another lie, it's not ahollt land, it never has goal now; to kill all the jCvs. M a bonus, yah." Takiyah teaches Muslims to do what-
heen about land. ,,"riend,. Islam cormnandli the Arabs would then of course take over all ever is necessary to achieve victory over the
~Iusl ims to hate the Jews because the jews of Israel, out land was never the rea<;(}n, it'~ "enemy" or "infidels:· !.ie, promise peace,
t'Cjectcd Allah 12 centuries ago - this was been used ~L' a poli tical exClise to pmmote even flct like an infidel, then when thei r
long before Israel ever l>e(ame tl state and their :lgenda to dominate not just Israel, but guard is down, crush them!
IOllg before t.hose who call themselves Pal- the entire world. Friends. /lie must speak truth
estinians even had any interest in that small In 1994. lkitain allowed thelargt'S t boldO'. and we must pl"{~y! We 1I1USt
slrip of land. TIle K tells Muslims to kill
oran cver ga~lcring of ~luslims OUl~idc the M id- pr{l)lfor America's leadership, dud we
jC's wherever they happen to be. dle EllSt at Wemhlev SL'ldiurlI. At th at meet- must Pmll for Muslims euelJllllbere Ibal
In the mid-to-lat.c 1800's, Israel ing, the organi7.ers·plil. together the official are ellSli,ired in tbis halo/Ill religion
wm; there for the picking, hilt nolxxly paid posi tion of Islam: ·· ... the total destruction of Ibat ultimale(JI brings destmclion 1 0
it mueh attention because it was ban"Cn des- the St.1le of Israel and the e.slablisbmelll tlJemsellJes as well.
ert. Some years later, the United Nations, in f!f (I global Islamic slale. " '1Jen th at
what they felt wa~ a noble geslllf'e, gave that n..()l ltLi()!t passt'll, lhol15and'i l tpOIl thou-
~
harren patch of noth ing hack to the Jews. sands of Muslims got on their fcct, shook
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thecal! of Islam. and they arc not Willing to
pay LIS the iizyah (tax) to have the right to
lllan ClII5f..'ti me. "YOli
bh1.~phcmc r!" '111e
--
Pifu.'cn years ago I was the Imam of <t prJcticc their beliefs. l11crefore. the onlyop- IlIli'ersit' fired me
mosque in the cit}' of Giza, Egypt. where the tion the' hare is the sword of Islamic law." and calli'( Ihe Eg~ll­
famolls pyramids are located. An [m:1m of a ~c •. ,{;.:...:; .. If" 'r ,... . ,.1, !ian St.'Cret police .
mosqlle i~ a position similar to p:l'itor of a
Ch ri ~tial1 church. [prcachL'{1 the message of ~lv conrcr.;ations with him drove me to
.
.I~ .:,·' . . n~ ·':>
the wL'Ck on Frida}'S. pour over the Quran and Ihe books of the It was 3 o'clock
One Friday the topic of my message was Islamic law. I couldn't change the reality uf in the lllun1ing when
ji had. I lold Ihe IWO hundred fiflY people what I read.l11£: Quran had m arl ~' contr'adic­ my fathe.r heam the
seated on Ihe ground before mc: '1ihad in lions. I wondered how Allah. almighty and knocking at the door
Islam is defending the IS;llll ic nation llnd al l powerful, could ei ther contradict himself of our house. '(11 en
Islam agai nst the attack.'i of Ihe enemics. Is- so mllch or change his mind so much. he opened thc door,
lam is a religion of peacc and wm ollly fight Even the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, IS to 20 men nrshed
against one who fights it. '[11L's(.' infidels, practiced his faith in ways thai colltmdicled in carrying Russian
heathens. 1)cIW:I1S, Christians and Allah's lhe Quran. The Quran said Muhammad W,l'i Kalashnikov ,l'S<!U!t
grievers, theJews, Ollt of envy of l)Caccfulls- sent to show the mercy of God to tlll~ world. wc:tlmlls. i'.'y par-
lam and it.. prw het-they sprc:1d the myth B he hccamc a milit:1ry dictator, attack-
lIl ents, hrothcr,;, their
that Islam is promulgated hy the sword and ing, killing and taking plunder to finance SIXlUS('S and children
~o l en cc. These infidels, the accllsers of Is- his empi re. H is that ~howing mer!),? A
ow l- were awake, weep-
lam, do nO acknowledge Allah's words:' At
I lah, tire god ft''t!.lleu in the Quran. is not .1 ing and terrified, ,l~
this point I <jllowd frum the Quran: "And 10l'ing father. It says thai he u!:Sires 10 le,ld the men dra~ed me
do not kill anyone whose killing Allah has people aslray (Surah 6:39. 126). He does nol "'. .a..... £'CI''bodl' in
fo rbiddtm, ~'cept for a jllst cause." -Surah hclplhooe who ""led ;~Ir:ty by him (Surah tllC .area lieard' the
17:33, Thc Noble Quran . 30:29) and d!:Sires to lISC tllem to popu late commotion.
I W,IS freshly graduated from AI-Azhar hell (Sumh 32: 1 3). In the Illoming my
Un il'Cl'sity in Cairo, Egypt - the oldest and Islam is full of discriminatiol1 - against parcllt~ frantically tried () figufC out what
must prestigious Isl:im ic ul1ivcr,;ity in the womell, against non-Mus!ims, against had hawened to me. But nobody knew any-
world. sC"'ing ft~ the spiritual authority for Christians and most csl)(.'Cial ly againslJcws. thing abolll me. I was in the hands uf the
Islam worldwide. I was preaching whal they Ilatred is bUilt in to the religion. Egyptian secret Ix>licc.
taught me, but inside I vas confused aOOUl The history of Islam, l'v'hich was my spe- I wa~ taken 10 a place that looked like
the tlllth of Islam. Bm if I wallied to kecp ci:1 area of stud", could nnlv be character-
1 a prison and was pbced. in a cell. Fur three
my job and my slaHl'i at AI-Azh:u, I 1'lC('(cd ized as a ri'Cr of hloexl. . days I ~l~ given IlO food or water. Then the
to kt!cp my thOllght~ to myself or I would be ~ .... ~'.:;.· ~.:'>h.. ...3. . ..o;t;" . , .. interrogation began.
fired and would not be accepted to leach :It
anyother university in the nation.
-
I continued my (.Iucation at Al-Azhar
'I 'le~' were sure that I had oc'Cn e'angc-
lizcd and collvened 10 Christianity. SO the in-
11()1't.'vcr, [knew that what I was teaclri ng Un il"ersity ;tnd cornplctcd a master's degree terrogator' kepI badgering me, "What pastor
at the 1l1OSquC and at A J.Azhm W'IS 110t what in Qllranic commentary. One of my core did 1'0 1l talk to? '(~mt ch urch have rOll been
I'd seen in the Quran, which I had m enl(}- dassei WiL~ laught hy Sheik Omar Allele! l~sit'illg? 'M1~' have you bctra}'cd Isl:nn?" H e
ri7 in its tmtirety bythe age of twelve. What
.ed Rahman, the mancolllk!(.'d of m,l'itcnnind- ,lSkcd many questions. Gilt' time [ hcsilatL'(!
conflL~ me the most wa.'i lhat l W,l~ told to ing the 1993bomb attack against the '(Iorld 1<.0 lung when I answered. '111t.')' gral>lx.'tI
preach about ,In Islam of l()'(~. kindness and Trade Center. After n.'CCi'ing m~' doctorate in Ill)' h,lJ1d and held it dO111un the desk. My
forgil-erle'S. A the same lime. ~ ll1slirn fun-
I Islamic histof'l' and culture. I lral'cled exten- interrog:ttnr held a lit cigarette. lie re.lched
darnentalislS-thc ones who were Slll>pOSCd Sively thruugliollllhe Muslim world on loan over and extinguished it into Ihe top or Illy
10 be practicing Ime Islam-were bombing from Ihe unjvcrsiN. hand. I slill hare this scar. I also have the
churche; ;lnd ki lling Christians. On retuming from my tr::t'cls, I began to scar on my lip where he did the same thing.
I had bL-'e11 raiSL't1in a famit' th,1I W,L~ dialoguc wilh ll1ysll1denl~ abollt whctherthe Sometimes he l1SL'tlthe cigarcue' '11(11 he
well L'Slablishet1 in Isbm. :md ['had stud- QUidrl W;IS wrillell by the tnle God. Some of got a11gry: other tilllt!'; the offker:;: hit me
ied [slamic history. I was not iJwol't'tl in them were mcml)Cls of tmurisl movements, across llW face, <Ind one time he used a Itil
any radical grouJls. BUI onc of my Mll'ilim and theywere enraged: "Y can'l accuse Is-
ou hot iron iXlker presst.'tl into the f1e;h of my
friends was a memher of an Islamic group Iam.IJ'hat has happened to you? You have (0 aml to make his point.
that wa~ acti'el~' slaughtering Christians. agft~ (0 Islam." '111C university heani about '111cv wantoo me to confess Ihat I had
Imnicalll', he W:l'i :r chemistrv student and it, and I was calk'li in for a mctling in De· bctl1 C0I1VC'11ru, Inll 1said. "I didn'( bCLr-d'
had onh; recently hccome seri'OlL~ ahout his ccmher 1 1. To summarize the meeting,
99 Islam. I jll~t said 11at I helieve. I alii ail
faith. ~t",'enhel~, he W,l~ active ill jihad. I told them i1at "'IS in my heart "I (,Ill academic l)Crsoll. I alll a thinker. '111is is
One day 1asked him. "~11Y are you killing no longer say that the Quran L'Omes directly part of my iob and part of lmy academic life.
OUT neighbors and countrymen whom w e from hea'en or from J lIah. l11is cannOt be I could not e'Cn dream of converting from
grew lip With ?" 1Ie II',IS angry and astollishetJ the reyclation of the fme God." Islam-it i ~ my blood, my cultu re. my lan-
at my challenge. "Out of all M uslims >'ou These were I'cry blasphemous woni~, in guage, myfamily, my life. Bm If }'Ou accusc
should know. '111 Chrislians did not accept
e thei r opinion. They spat in my face. One me of converting from Islum for what J say
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1 YOll, then lake me
0 pr;wer to the God I did not yet know. The dog
out of Islam. I don" SIa11ed walking in ciTtles around me, like
mind to he oul of Is- an annnal about to eat something. l1len he
lam." came 10 me and licked mv car. IIe sat dO1l I did not speak of my new faith, X1,ile
~I' answer was not by my side and just slay tbere.
l'tf on a husiness trip to South Africa in 1994, I
whai Ute' wmltl..-d to When the officer.;; opened the door they spent time with a Christian family from In-
heaf. I vas taken to saw me prJying with the dog sitting next dia. 111e;t' gave me a small cross on a neck-
a room with a steel to me. I heard one say , C;tn'! believe this
... lace to wear: Vhen m' father noticed it he
hell in it. 111c' tied mall ii a human being. 111is man is :l de'i! hccamc very upSCl ··/h~' do you wear thi!;
llW fecI to the fool - hes saltm. " The other rcplit'd . ." don'l chain?" he dcmandt.'rl.
or" lilC bed and then hcliC'C that. There is lInsccn powcrst,mc.ling I replied. '·Father, this is a cross. 11 repre-
put heavy stockings hehilld this man and proll'Cting him." sents jesus, who died on a cross for me, for
Ull them, and began I was I"ken 10 a penn:menl prison in von and for eve1'body in the whole world. I
11ipping Illy feet. sotlthem Cairo. anc.1 then an uncle who was reech'ed je;l1s w; my God and Savior. and I
As I was beaten 1 a high-ranking politician secured my re- pray for you and for the rest of my family to
went unconsciolls, lease. also acceptJt.'Sus Christ :t~ Savior."
but when I woke LIp F one year I livL1 without any faith. I
or '( My father fainted right there in lhe street.
the officer W,l~ still had no God to pray to. to call to. to live fOf. My brothers rushed to him. and my mother
whipping my fee t. I believe<! in the existence of it God who was stm1ed crying in fear. 1 sta)'e<.i with thcm
Then he stopped merciful and rightl.'OllS, but I had no idea ;L~ they bathed. IlW father'S face with water.
and Ihey untied me, 110 He was. I had no knowledge of how to X~,en ·he came 10: he was w upset he could
;1ndoncofficcrcom- find Him. YOll havc to understand that if a hardly sl~ak. In a roice hoarse with rage he
mamlcd, "Stand Mw;lim comes 10 the concltt<;ioll I.hm Isl:un clied out, ··Y brother is a com'crt, 1 must
our
up:' I couldn't at is nut tllC tnlth and he ha.~ no religion to kill him loom'!"
first, but he took the tum to, it is the most difficult tillle in his life. My father always carried a gUll l1nder his
whip and beat my l:aith is in the fab ric of the life of it M idJle ann on a leather Simp. (Milst wealthy people
hack until I stood. E.1Stcm person. in Eg)VI carry guns.) He pulled out his gun
One c"cning I wa.<; taken to a small, -[1 ..sc"u'f."
,.- I and pointed il at me. I ran. and :t<; I dh'Cd
concrete room Witll nil windows or doors. .,.., l" 'Jc V l.,. ..p,l" around a comcr. I heard the bullcts whining
TIle OIlly opening w:ts a skyli~ht on the roof. pasl me. I ran for my life.
11ley made 111t: climb a ladder to the top and I suffered constantly from helulachls and Ten years have gone by since I accepted
dcmandl>d, '·Get in: · X11C1l I sat 011 tile l>dgC had to go tn the phannacy once or l:'lvicc a the I.ord jesus as my Savior. He called rne
and plll Illy feet down in the opening. I felt week for tablets to take. Onc dav the 1l1ar- > and gave mc a personal R'lationship -ith
watcr. I could also see there w:t<; something macisl asked me: ··What is goi ng·oll in your Ilim-somcthing that Islam nC'C r offered
swimming nn the top of the water. 11,iS is Iifet' I (Old her. "I havc no complaint except I have never SIOI~)Ct[ cl)'ing for my Mus-
my gra'c, 1 ~lought. They are going to kill for one thing: I am living without God. I lim people, whom Ilcft hehind, il~ki n g Ihe
me today. I slid dO1l into the opening and don·' know who Goo is."' Lord to dd h'C r them from the darkness of
felt the water risc lip over my ixxlYI but thell "OK," she said. '·T oday I will givc }l)U Islam. It is tht: teachinw; of IS;I111 that havt::
to my surprise I fel t solid grollnd ul1der my these tablets, and I will givc rou this book·- product'<i terrorists who seemcapable of allY
feet. ·n,C water only came up 10 my shoul- the Bible, But plcase pmmisc me 110t to take kind of cvil in the namc of Allah. Now the
clers. 111en 1,lts started cfilwling all ol'cr my any tab[el~ before you read something from whole world WaJlts to understand what Islam
head and face, I was 'CI)' scared for the first this book." teachCli. A great amollnt of misinfonnatioll
minute after they closed the skylight. All that 1 took the honk home and (~)cl1ed it at has lx.'Cn shart'tl ill the media and on the 1 11-
night nol one rat bi t me. 'n,C}' climbed all mndom. ~Ive'es fell on M:llthl'' 5:38: "YOll lemet. M goal is to help you see plailllywhy
y
over Illy he:ld and in my hair and played hare heard'lh~lI it was said, 'Eycfor eye, and these people do what they do. J don't want
~th my ears, but I ne'er felt a tooth. 111e~' tooth for tooth: But llcH you, do not resist to mOli'alC YOli to anger. however, 1want to
left me there all night and then Clime bilCk an ('vii person. If someone strikes you on the 1ll0tiV:ltCyou to be.1it''l!-IO believe/ r lbe
o
the next Illoming to see If I was alh'e. Wl,Cf1 right cheek. tum 10 him the other also.'" /(11/ qfM(l1J/ fllld lbe reletlscofil.l·t:llplilies,
thesl.;ylighl opcned and I saw the sunlight, it I b.5t all track of time. It felt:ts if I were ill Jesus ' Name.
was hope for me that I wa.'i still alh'C. sitting on a cloud :thorc a hill , and in front
The intcrmgation W;l~ not orcr: 1vo people of mewas the greatest teacilCrin thc univcr.iC
took me inside an empty room and then left telling me ahout the secrets of heavcn anJ Mark GDbnf!:1. Ph.D /s
me with a large dog and shut tht: door. TIl is the he<lrt of Gud. I could easily l1nnpare tllC the aUlhor of "lsIom
was the first time my heart cried to my Cre- Bible to what I had leamed frum mv ~!ar,; of and Terrorism "
ator, .VII are my Pa{ber. my God tOll are stud)~ng the QUJtlll. and there was ill, dOllhl (Charisma House) ,
10 look aJle/" me. /low ctlJl)'OIl fen/"e me i ll in my mind that I was finally encountering (rom whICh this arflc/e
wos adap ted.
(/m,,(! (jli/l JXl1lll.~? I t/on1IJ1/()llIlflf)(l/ 1IJ(~~e the true Goo. 1was still reading in the early To order this timely
IJ(Jople are "ying to do to /lie. {mil know hOUTS of the next day, and hy daw~l I gave and insightfUl
)"Uu {(Jill be {(Iilh mr:allt/onedl()' I {('il!.~'(! my heart to .leStl'i. 1 ~el l :.L<;lel:!p Wi thout it book. turn fO
rOlf ({lid llleet )'Oli. I I,I,'cnt in mv heart 10 headache ror the first l11llC 111 a year. page 15.
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The Real Roots of Terrorism
In spite of the unparalleled sacri nce (fur homicide bombers, Newsweek uses D r.
)Cace) of Ismells turning over their homes, to make the claim that it is Israeli
llusinesses, and synagogues in Gush Katif last ",Iethatt promotes "suicide" bombing,
!-lOever, despile "official corldernnalion"
fall. and becoming homeless in the process,
terrorism has not ceased in the Holy I..md. of terror attacks, by providing cash for the
On Oct(~ler 26, fh·c Israelis were killed and f<unilics of suicide bombers and using its state
doz.ens wounded in a bombing carried Ollt at controlled ml'lli:lto glorify "martyrdom," it is
a busy open-air market in the Israeli town of :lclllall} the Palestin i:ln Authority ~lich is the
'
Hadera. Palestinian Islamic Jihad -the group hrtK)t cause" of PaJestiniallterrorislll.
Paleslin ian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas nle Palestinian dai ly :II Hayat al Jadida
,
has lefl free to ki ll Israelis in flagr.1J11 violation has reported thai PA Chainnan 1lahmoud
uf numerous commitmcnls to prcl'nt Ihcm Ahh:l~ , S igned a new law to suppOJ1th~ fam ilies
from doing so - took credit fo r t:lfgeling the of sll ici~ bombers. Enacting :I special i;!w 10
civil ian shoppers. 111is lime a female homiCide fil1 allci :~ly support terrorists w ensure that
ill
bomber was suspected, this kind of activity continues. Each f:lmily
[n vet anotilcr hloodv Palestinian terrorist of a terrorist ':s/)a!Jid " will receive a monthly
attack on D ecember 5, n',c more Israel is were stipend <Jf <llieast S250. '111c fami Iyof a married
murdered, and more than 50 injured outside :1 shahid will rro:i'c an additional S50. Parents
I mall in the cO:lS:1city of Netanra. will receive an additional S25. with additional
inrcstigating the phenomenon of children receiving another
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Ahmadinejad wamoo countries and lead- took sllch remarks
ers recognizing the 'Zionist regime,' sa'ing scriollslr, It the conccms w e
they face the 'iTalh of Muslims and wilf for- ha'e about fran's nuclear intentions." he
evcr be disgraced. told reporters. - Ir:ul ll:lll!'/Rroters
S]leakill~ at a conference dubbed "'!lIe
World Without ZiOllism," attended bv some
3,000 cOlIscn'alive studenl>; who chanted
"D 1 IS ,. and "Death to America,"
eath 0 r.l.cl
Ahtnlldincjad said. " Israel lllllst be vipc<l
off the map. The Islamic world will not let
it>; historic encIIlYli'e in it'i heartland."
"The world amJgant powers founded the
'Zionist regime' in the heart of the Muslim
world a base for implementing tht!ir ex-
palllSiol',i't intentions." he said and further
that · world without the U.S. and
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Series of Dramatic Archaeological Finds in Israel
early as the 10th Cenllll"' B.c.
Tile disco'ery of the ,incient alphabet was
preceUl,'] by an annuullcement of the dis-
o F~~ ~,'~~;'~L..~ covery of a rare
Christian religious
structure from the
3rd or 4th Ccntu~
CE on the grounds Han University archaeologists diggill!- at
of Megiddo Prison. Tell es-Safi. the biblical citv ' Gath of the
in northem Israel. Philistin~," may hold a very large clue into
'111e discovery of a 3,OOO-year-old Excavations at the the histolY of the w -known biblical fig-
ell
Hebrew inscription is merelythe latest site, ca!'lied out ure Goli ath. The shard, which contains the
of a series of dramatic archaeological bv the Israel An- carlit'st known Ph ilistine inscription ever to
fiml<; in Israel, Archaeologists have ti~lUities Author- be discovered, mentions tw namcs that are
o
(lisc(l'ell..,(! a 40-pound stone contain- ity, i nel llded the remarkablv similar to the Il<lme "Goliath."
ing the oldest known example of the discovery of an The diSC(l't:ry is of parlicular importance
Hehrew alphabet, offering what some impressive mosaic since the Bible attributes Gath as the home
scholars say is the most solid evidence ret n{x)f and thrt'C ancient GIl..'Ck inscriptions. town of Goliath.
that the ancient Israeli tes were literate a.~ Asmall ceramic shard unearthed b}' Bar-
Schoolgirls Beheaded in Grisly Indonesian Attack
·/tm/ I .mll' fbe !;ul(l~' offbose fd;o IXld been l;elx.:aded
because ofIIXl;,. tesIiIllOIl)I... "(]{t' :!O:'+)
Oct 200) - Three Indonesian district of Sulawesi pro~ncc area ncar their Pentecostal
beheaded as they on their way to class. Church. - olctof!he~I~n:.I"i'ND
to a Christian school 1111s is an arca that has
a long history of rel igiollS
violence hctween Muslims
and ChristiaJls. Indonesia is
the world's most IX)I )ulous
MlL'ilim nation hut Central
Sulawe;i has a l"Oughlyequal
number of Muslims and
Christians.
Another attack occurred on
Novcmber 11 , in which two
Thc Weizlllllllll Institute of Science was voted the l)(!';t tlni,",,;itvI
in the world for life scientists to conduct research. The Wcizlllann
Institute is located in Israel. near '[el Aviv.
zoo; - Israel has nol been allowed full membership in
7 NolIt'llibef Newdmgs at the Institute arc being devcloped to helll "tll1",eric,,~ I
the lntcmalional Red Cros.<;, nor pcnnillcd 10 lise il~ symbol (m disea.~ slich jL<; multiple sclerosiS and ostercoporosis. Since 1997,
intemationai hum,mitarian missions for 57 vears because of the American doctors have been prescribing Copaxone to MS ":lliie",Is.
Star of David symbol. Isracl preferred the Star of Da~d symbol ovcr which was CrcatL'(] and dc'elopctl a! the Institute. t vaccine
the Red Crescent of Arah nations and the more familiar Red Cross, Hepatitis II is another product de'eloped b}' scientists at the Institute.
Switzerland will host a diplomatic conference Dec. 5-6 aimed lnil{)'ativt! de'clopmenL~ in medicine and life sciences at
at :lpproving a third emblem, the [prop<relJRed Crystal for Ihe Weizmann Institute will nnlvC(Hlti mle hecause of the delennination
intcmational Red Cross movement to include Israel. of ilS staff to ser'e Israel and the world.
- 'P f'IlIIIoII CRC - hnp-J11I~ je111sllI'!nullllbl'W)·.eorWlSOOrceIf.ducallonJl'el7Jllllll1.1uml
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Iecho Ol~ scntiment uf Daniel Pipes, Islamic read, "The cops are petrified of us--cvery- dinner, "We in America know th~ benevo-
CXllClt, who says that what is going on in thing must bunt You don't think we're really lcnce that is at the heart of Islam." Is that
Europe nuw may be a tllming IXlint in Eu- guing tOSlup now [t will continue nun-stuI'.
? what the Cllrrent situatiun reveals?
ropean his[ol)'. They bil'e reached the end of The French won't do anything and soon we
an era. TIle end began when they threw God will be in the majority here," JesllS said Ihat at U Hme of Ihe end nation
le
out twenty ycars ago, gave up their Christian would rise against nation. (Mati. 24:7-8)
roots. and established a cradle-to-grave wel- This is not :l. riot. This is an attempl at :lI1oth- Thc Gt'l"Ck wurd for " nation" is "cthl105"
fare system that lures imm i gnl n l~, pm ticu- cr French Revolution. Thi,.; is a new Islamic mean ing ethnic war. We have Sl'C1l these ex ~
lady from the Islamic world. They chose to front in the war on terror. /Is Gal)' B auer tensh'Cly in modem times and Europe is now
have lax borders like America, <lmllhey did says, ''Why did anyone in Washington think enduring one. 'nle Bible also characterizes
not ,L~k the newcomcrs to accept thc local the French govemmcllt would evcr find the the last days as "pcrilous times." (J [ lim. 3)
culture. nle jih;ldists- and that is
what they are--know We;;tem Europe Could anyof this be a judgment on
is ripe for the plucking and have France? Many French JCo'S n to ed
chosen to strike now and take vari- Call it what it is: A Israel months ago as life for them
uus countries by force.
European jihad or an in France became unbearahle. lh
wear a Slar of D V,l<; a risk. It is
m1d
00 not buy into the story that these
are "disillusioned youth." 'nley have
intifadeh being carried bitterly anti-Semitic and President
C hirac believes the ke)' to world
sophisticated bomb fac tories and out by self-proclaimed pcace is a Palesti nian state. How-
there is evidence of hea~' weapons.
Call it whm it is: 1 European ji had
terrorists who have a ever, the violence is now spreadi ng
to other countries bUI all of them
or an l11tifadch being carrit'() out b}' worldwide agenda. make up a part of the European
self-proclaimed terrorists who have Union, a mcmbcr of the "Quartet"
:1 worldWide agenda. It isn 't unem- pressuri ng Isracl to givc lip parts of
ployment thaI causes Ihe rioters to shout, courage to ,.; tand wilh lL~ in Iraq when it is her G(xl-givfIl lalld.
"Allah Akbar" as tht,}, torch cal'.) and build- not dear thtr arc preparl>J to defend Paris?"
ings. TIley are seeking the establishment of
Eurahia. They intend to conquer. In some They are also targeti ng the "people of the
pl aces they chant. "'I11is land belongs to lIS. hook"- Je-.vs <lnd Ch ristians, though the
1111S land belongs to Allah." JO$€ph Farah is bumi n!; (If churches and synagoguE!!' is vastly Wat«:h on Islam
right in Ihal they are trying to create their 1I11dcrrcP0l1t'(). Invcstigators are fi nding thaI 0 <1 I,iel1 -1: 5 ~ay$ that the: MKinj:! of the
own state: "Paristine." the mobs controlling many of the slrccl<; in S()1,h. ~ IveAmiJs, ~wi1l grow :-:trong."
France are a coalitiun of drug gangs, hood- They have si1H:L' thL' term "petrol
Poslings un some Muslim lums, and Islamic extremists united b~' their politics~ bCCJn1L' so i111ponanl. The
web log.~ indicate that the hatred of Western ch1lization. Bible s;lid Ihm the Amh's "h;lnd wO~11d
riots are NOT spontane- he :lga inSt everyone" :lncl 'hal he
ous outpolilings of rage, One has to hope and pray that America is voukl he as :1 ~ w i ld don k cy. ~ (Gl;!n,
bUI carefully planned taking notes, particularly Condoleeza Rice 16: 12) BllI God promi:;ed tf) mult iply
endeavors. One web log who said althe Slate Department Ramadan Ille dcs<,.'cnt!enlS of the Ambs (Gcne::;ilj
16: 10) and hkss them. He planted
thei r lenlS on lhl;! oil welts or
the
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