The Muslim Brotherhood, with the complicity of the Obama administration, has infiltrated the U.S. government at the highest levels and is influencing American policy that leaves the world’s Christians in grave danger, warns internationally known evangelist Franklin Graham.
“The Muslim Brotherhood is very strong and active here in our country,” Graham tells Newsmax. “We have these people advising our military and State Department. We’ve brought in Muslims to tell us how to make policy toward Muslim countries.
“It’s like a farmer asking a fox, ‘How do I protect my hen house?’”
That same Muslim Brotherhood is fomenting much of the rebellion and the deteriorating social order roiling the Middle East, forcing millions of Christians to flee for their lives, says Graham, son of beloved evangelist Dr. Billy Graham, and founder of The Samaritan’s Purse international charity.
Let me begin by being clear…. building a mosque anywhere near ground zero demonstrates cruel insensitivity toward the families of both the victims and the heroes of the deadliest attack in history on American soil. It has rightly been compared to building a monument to Japanese Imperialism at Pearl Harbor or a placing a statue of Hitler at Auschwitz. The Muslim world, while publically feigning outrage at the opposition the mosque has generated is privately celebrating the irony of the most powerful county in the world allowing such an “in your face” display of Jihadist triumphalism.
Having said that, all the heated rhetoric being generated by the debate over this issue needs to be dialed back a level. In a country that cherishes freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and private property rights, the force of the government cannot undo some things that ought not be done. People still have the right to be wrong if they are operating within their constitutional rights and the scope of the law. I agree that ground zero is hallowed ground. But unless the U.S. government is willing to declare it and the surrounding area a nationally protected site, private property owners have a right to build whatever they want.
On Friday night President Obama spoke at the Iftar dinner, which signaled the end of the Muslim holiday Ramadan. Concerning the Mosque being planned near ground zero the President said:
“Let me be clear. As a citizen, and as President, I believe the Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America. And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government is essential to who we are. The writ of the Founders must endure.”
His comments created a firestorm on the right. GOP Senator John Cornyn accused the president of being “disconnected from mainstream America.” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tweeted on Saturday, “President Obama is profoundly wrong in misrepresenting the ground zero mosque. There is no issue of religious liberty.” Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin asked, “Mr. President, why they so set on marking an area with a mosque steps from what you described, in agreement with many, as hallowed ground?”
Families of the victims of 911, already enraged by plans to build the mosque, reacted to President Obama’s comments like salt being poured into an open wound. The group 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America released a statement saying Obama “has abandoned America at the place where America’s heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see.”
Those are strong words that reflect the depth of the emotional response the building of this mosque and community center has generated. Like Pearl Harbor, Ground Zero will forever be a symbol of those in the world who would extinguish the light of freedom and trample the rights of the individual. It will also represent the resilience of the American spirit and the resolve of the American will.
But Ground Zero must not become an excuse for taking away the rights of property owners because of their religious beliefs or because we are incensed by their lack of sensitivity. If the people behind the Cordoba Project are closet terrorists then lets clean out and the closet and close down the mosque. If it can be proven they intend to use the mosque and community center as an incubator for Islamic hatred against the United States the site should be cordoned off as a crime scene.
But if no criminal activity can be proven and no terrorist connection can be made, we must not call upon the forces of any government to prohibit the project. Freedom means being free to be wrong without being forced to be right by the strong arm of government. I am personally offended by those who think building this mosque on this particular site is a good idea. But I would rather be personally offended by a bad idea than to be part of the government enforcement of what it thinks is a good idea.
The President is certainly politically tone deaf on this issue but he also happens to be constitutionally correct. As Christians, we must not allow our emotions to guide our thinking when it comes to the understandably visceral response we have when we think about what happened on 9/11. Part of what makes our country different from every other country in the world is our ability to be offended without taking our offense out on those who have the right to be wrong. We should condemn the building of this mosque near hallowed ground. We should use all of our powers of persuasion to convince the owners of the property that nothing good can come from raising a symbol of the religion that inspired the death of so many within site of their final resting place.
But when all the arguments have been made and all the pleading has been exhausted, we must respect and revere the fact that we live in a country where religious freedom and the right to private property must be protected even at the expense of our hurt and anger.
You can hear Dr. Tony Beam live on Christian Talk 660 weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 AM (EST) as he is the host of Christian Worldview Today. You can also listen to recorded broadcasts in the Christian Worldview Today Archive.
Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and the Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville College in Tigerville, South Carolina, Dr. Tony Beam received his Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and his Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
I received this email below from a dear pastor Friend from Rock Hill, SC. If you have ever thought to pray for our country, NOW would be the time to do it! If this video and email below doesn’t snap American citizens to attention, I don’t know what will! Especially the official appointments in our Federal Government discussed at the end. God help us all! First watch this video and realize this was filmed in Dearborn, MI, USA.
http://www.answeringmuslims.com/
If you have questions about the legality of preventing Christians from distributing copies of the Gospel on a public street, you may contact the Dearborn Police Department at 313.943.2240
My pastor friend writes:
John B. is a missionary and spent a number of years on the field. Our church supports his ministry. He is not a sensationalist and he is passing this information along for us, so we can be knowledgeable.
We learned firsthand about the push for halal (Islamic “clean” foods) in the supermarkets and restaurants when we were in Norway and Amsterdam this past year. It’s coming to us – we need to be aware and alert. As Americans we want to be kind and understanding to others who are “different” – something we were taught from childhood – but this group is not so inclined toward us and will trample us without mercy if we allow it. Heaven help us in our political correctness. Pray for America and our leaders.
We forget the nature of the enemy we face, this cancer that is growing world-wide, including right here at home.
Islam Explained in Layman’s Terms (Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.)
Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.
Here’s how it works:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77..5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
“Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel.” — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.
Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.
Well, boys and girls, today we are letting the fox guard the henhouse. The wolves will be herding the sheep! President Obama appoints two devout Muslims to Homeland Security posts. Doesn’t this make you feel safer already? Obama and Janet Napolitano appoint Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim who was born in Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
Editor’s Note:
Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant…? Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions? Doesn’t this make you feel safer already??
Was it not “Devout Muslim men” who flew planes into U.S. buildings September 11, 2001? Was it not a Devout Muslim who killed 13 Americans at Fort Hood?
The video above is a collection of media sound-bites. Whatever the President’s true faith, it is striking how fluently and casually he uses Islamic rhetoric and how conversationally he injects Islam into his speech. Now consider the following…
Editor’s note: Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin is an online, subscription intelligence news service from the creator of WorldNetDaily.com – a journalist who has been developing sources around the world for the last 25 years.
A refugee from the Muslim Middle East thinks he has discovered Islam’s 20-point plan for conquering the United States by 2020 – a plan revealed in the latest issue of Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Anis Shorrosh, author of ”Islam Revealed” and ”The True Furqan,” is a Christian Arab-American who emigrated from Arab-controlled Jerusalem in January 1967.
”The following is my analysis of Islamic invasion of America, the agenda of Islamists and visible methods to take over America by the year 2020,” Shorrosh says. ”Will Americans continue to sleep through this invasion as they did when we were attacked on 9/11?”
I have to admit I had second thoughts about the title of this column….especially in light of the words of James in chapter 2 verse 18; “And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” I also had second thoughts when I consider the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the peacemakers because they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9 HCSB).
But when I read the words of Paul written to his young protégée Timothy encouraging him to “fight the good fight for the faith” (1 Timothy 6:12 a) and I when I hear Paul say at the end of his life “I have fought the good fight….” (2 Timothy 4:7 a), I am convinced the title is appropriate.
Charles Colson, former Nixon advisor and founder and President of Prison Ministry Fellowship, verbally paints an accurate and disturbing picture of the challenges evangelical Christians face in the world today. Colson said, “Christians face two serious threats, one from the East (radical Muslim extremism) and one from within (the culture war).
The threat from Islamofacism is growing exponentially as radical elements within the Muslim faith try to destroy the very foundations of Christianity. Extremists use both the sword and fear of the sword to gain an advantage over the complacent hearts and minds of Westerners. Many Christians in the West believe the extremists represent a minor departure from the mainstream of the Muslim faith and that we should not be too worried about the possibility of another 911 type of attack. These misguided brothers and sisters in Christ believe if we will just leave the extremists alone they will leave us alone.
That line of thinking applied to Adolph Hitler by the Europeans prior to World War II left most of Europe in ruins and cost the lives of well over a million people. We make the same mistake today if we do not take the threat of an Iran armed with nuclear weapons seriously. We make it when we fail to realize the influence the terrorist nation of Iran has in Iraq, in Syria, in Afghanistan, in Lebanon, and most recently, in Gaza. We should remember it took the defeat of the Turks by the Polish cavalry in 1683 as the Turks encircled Vienna to stem the fast rising tide of radical Islam. If the United States loses its resolve to win the war on terror, however and wherever that war manifests itself, we may well see the day when all we hold dear will be relegated to the dust bin of history.
The second enemy Colson mentioned is what he calls “Neo-atheism.” This new brand of 21st century atheism is much more pervasive and exceedingly more dangerous than any of its earlier manifestations. Neo-atheism goes much farther than the mere denial of God’s existence. It actually calls for the eradication of all forms of Christianity. One prominent Neo-atheist has gone so far as to suggest that Christian parents should be prohibited by law from passing their religious values down to their children. They consider the teachings of Jesus Christ to be the moral equivalent of child abuse. They believe absolute truth is a myth and objective, fact-based reality is a fairytale told by fools. Relativism has so infested the thinking of many Christians that they are slowly beginning to buy into the ideas put forth by the Left concerning what true Christianity is all about. Moral relativists on the political Left reduce abortion to nothing more than a woman’s right to choose and homosexuality to nothing more than one lifestyle choice among many. They turn the “faith once delivered to the saints” into the “faith once distorted for the sake of political gain.”
If Colson is right (and I believe he is), how can Islamofacism and Neo-atheism threaten a culture that claims to be overwhelmingly Christian? The answer lies in understanding the real threat to Christianity is not the philosophies we face but the faith we lack. It is what I call “Regressive Christianity.” Regressive Christianity’s main problem is the lack of standing room. In fact, every Church in America could use a sign posted prominently over the pulpit that says, “Standing Room Only.” The Apostle Paul, after reminding the Ephesians that our fight is not against “flesh and blood” but against rulers, authorities, the world powers of this darkness and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens” exhorted them to “stand therefore…”(Ephesians 6:10-17). He essentially called them to fight not with the weapons of the enemy but through the enablement of God with “truth like a belt, righteousness like armor, faith like a shield, salvation like a helmet, God’s Word like a sword, all while standing in the shoes of the gospel.”
A strange thing happened at the first Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War. People packed up their picnic lunches and loaded up in their fine carriages to ride out and watch the opposing armies do battle. But shortly after the battle began, those sideline thrill seekers realized being mere bystanders was not an option. Three times in this passage Paul says the key to the fight is to stand. It really doesn’t matter how well equipped we are to charge the gates of hell if we retreat or outright refuse to enter the battle. We must replace “Regressive Christianity” with the mystery of an aggressive yet gentle faith that is firmly grounded in God’s Word and faithfully demonstrated in the lives of God’s people.
You can hear Dr. Beam live on Christian Talk 660 weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 AM (EST) as he is the host of Christian Worldview Today. You can also listen to recorded broadcasts in the Christian Worldview Today Archive.
Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and the Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville College in Tigerville, South Carolina, Dr. Tony Beam received his Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and his Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the president’s June 4 speech in Cairo, he praised the Islamic holy book, the Quran, stating its peaceful lessons by citing Sura 5:32, “that if anyone slew a person … it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” Peaceful enough! However, if the president continued on to the next verse (5:33), he would have revealed the punishment for those who opposed Islam, such as crucifixion, stoning and amputation. Not so peaceful!
Was the president ignorant of the Islamic intolerance of other religions or did he intentionally omit the latter verse just to please his Muslim audience with politically correct speech.
To be sure, such hate is expressed by only a small minority of Muslims. Incidents like 9/11, the Fort Hood massacre, beheadings, bombings, bomb plots and “honor killings” of young women, etc,. by radical Muslims are just a few.
Obama admits that he is a Muslim. Obama bowing before a Muslim king. Obama talking about his Muslim family. Obama quoting from the Koran. Obama defending Islam. Obama visiting a Mosque. And many more clips of Obama and his Muslim connections.
Islam’s been at war with the West for over 1,400 years, from armed battles and occupation in earlier times to the more recent terrorism and infiltration of our government. Now our banks and Wall Street are allowing Saudi funds to impose Shariah finance (transactions governed by Islamic law) on our system.
Our PC media and president have failed to alert the public to Shariah law and eventual control of our economy and country by Islam. Wake up, folks! Learn, then teach others what is happening here by clicking on to www.ActForAmerica.org.
Around 1980 I remember reading an article discussing radical Islam. One thing that has stuck in the back of my mind was the point in the article that stated that Muslims planned to take over America by 2010. That was their stated goal. At the time, in 1980, it sounded laughable. Today I would say that unless enough American people sober up and realize what’s going on all around us, I would say the Muslim’s stated goal is probable. We now have a Socialist President who has exhibited far too many characteristics of being a Muslim, and none of the characteristics of a Christian. He has made it crystal clear who he will side with. This article “20-Point Plan for Conquering the United States“ puts the date at 2020, but I think that 2010 is not out of reach.
Add to all that the fact that the President is adding Combat brigades to NORTHCOM and it is not beyond the realm of possibility. Chuck Baldwin, on December 11, 2009, asks in his web article “Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War?“
By Dr. Tony Beam.
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By Dr. Tony Beam