About Daniel Shayesteh

Dr Daniel was born into a Muslim family in Northern Iran. He became a radical Muslim leader and teacher of Islam in the militant Free Islamic Revolutionary Movement, closely supporting Ayatollah Khomeini. However, after falling out of favor with Khomeini’s political group, he escaped to Turkey where there began an amazing journey to faith in Jesus Christ.

Daniel's mission is to help others understand and lovingly respond to those who do not know Christ. He is also deeply concerned for the future of Western societies, their loss of confidence in Judeo-Christian values, and their persistent naivete about the implications of the world-wide Islamic revival.

Showing posts with label Tolerance and intolerance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tolerance and intolerance. Show all posts

Islamists: Beyond Public Criticism

They believe that Islam is a perfect religion, but their relational philosophy is very immature in dealing with opposition. How is it that a group of people with a "perfect" religion deal so chauvinistically with their opposition and want to get rid of them? They attack, destroy or kill depending on circumstances. They teach their children that Islam has the best plan for life and their children actually believe them. Some of these children show interest in logic and decide to prove the superiority of their religion with reason, but they can be stopped or tortured or killed for taking the initiative to compare their religion with others, since studying other religions and free expression are discouraged in Islam.

What kind of perfection is this that fights against freedom of choice, which is the only platform to perfection? Who can become free without expressing his/her free will?

There are countless Muslims in prisons in many Islamic countries because of their desire to exercise freedom, because the so-called perfect Islam does not allow such self-determination.  Islamists group their own freedom-fighting children with ‘Zionist or American Agents’. Christians and Jews have been the groups who have stood their ground and challenged Islam more than other groups throughout history, since Judeo-Christian values allow freedom, and since Israel is the number one free country in the Middle-East.  America, also, along with other Christian nations remains free. Any Muslim who desires freedom must therefore be dealt with like a Zionist Jew or an American Christian who shows favor towards the Jewish state!

Zionists and Americans are claimed to be the prime reasons for every challenge or problem in the Middle-East. No-one will challenge a committed Muslim leader unless he is Zionist or American, or so radical Muslims believe. I was called a Zionist and American Agent when I was in prison awaiting a death sentence in Iran for my opposition to Khomeini’s suppression, yet at the time I had nothing to do with either Americans or Israel.

It is not a new thing for an Islamist to try to intimidate freedom lovers trying to exercise their freedom of choice about Islam. The war against the freedom of choice started from the birth of Islam by its prophet Muhammad:

It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error (The Nobel Quran 33:36).

The Quran has already conditioned the minds and hearts of Islamists to react harshly towards those who stay away from Islam or challenge it:

You who believe (Muslims), kill any disbeliever who are close to you (relatives and neighbors) so that they may find out how harsh you are.  Allah is with those who are pious (Q.9:123).

Based on such texts, hostility and blind rage in Islamists’ behavior are integral to Islam.  The desire to force people into silence is the order of Muhammad and Islam sanctioned by Allah in the Quran, allegedly from eternity, since the Quran was designed and written in eternity, or so Muslims believe. Verses 6, 13 and 31 in chapter (sura) 8 of the Quran are speaking about those who dispute the words of Muhammad and accuse him of plagiarizing the ancient sources of other faiths. The critics are called hostile (verse 15), deaf, dumb and the worst of beasts (verse 22); those who hear but do not listen (verse 21). The instruction against these critics is the death sentence, firstly by chopping off their finger tips and then their heads (verse 12).

It is in light of such doctrine that Islamists are at war with the freedom of speech in the West, though justifying their violence with new excuses. Of course, these new excuses are the best tools they can muster for brain-washing their own followers and also for stirring up anti-Christian westerners to confuse people in the West, create conflict and chaos, and pave the way for the advancement of the Islamic anti-freedom laws. The recent invasions of American embassies in various Islamic countries are the examples of such conspiracies. Islamists used a YouTube video as an excuse for their invasion but in reality it was because of America’s religious and cultural bond with Israel and of her social fabric based on individual freedom which is a barrier for the establishment of Islam in America and the world.

Suppose the invasions were merely because of this video made by an American Coptic citizen. Why then were American embassies invaded on the anniversary of Sep 11 while the video was on YouTube for months before Sep 11, 2012?  It is foolish to believe that this violence was solely a reaction to this film. Since Sep 11, 2001, I have repeatedly been saying that there would come a day when Islamists would openly celebrate Sep 11 as a victory day for Osama bin Laden and a demonizing day for America. That day was the Sep 11, 2012 when Islamists were chanting in front of American embassies that Osama bin Laden was not one but millions. I said this because I used to be one of them and know their doctrine, hearts and minds.

The attacks on American embassies were orchestrated in a way to commemorate Osama bin Laden and those Muslims who gave their lives in the destruction of the twin-towers. The film was used as an excuse to make the politically correct leaders in the West apologize to Islamists, so that they could more freely press on for imposing their Sharia on us.

Unfortunately, the Islamists succeeded.  The best our Western politicians could do was to ignore the Islamists’ tricks and to speak in a way to denigrate courage for freedom in the West and hearten radical Muslims to be more hostile against freedom. Opportunist and anti-Christian politicians are doing everything in their power to ensure that no Islamic deception goes to waste, since Islamists are the best opponents of Christianity. Such politicians lounge around while hundreds of Christians are killed in Islamic countries every year, and while 64% of the Quran, 81% of Muhammad’s life story book and 32% of Muhammad’s instructions in Hadiths are insulting to Christians and Jews. But when a group of Muslims, rightly or wrongly, protest the slightest offense, these politicians appear before the cameras as proxies of human rights and trumpet that some individuals’ emotions have been hurt!

Since these western luminaries have been giving the green light to Islamic exceptionalism, Islamists have also become more zealous in finding new ways to impose their silencing doctrine on the nations of the world. A few years ago, Muslim ambassadors in the UN took a resolution (drafted by Muslim leaders) to the UN nations in order  make the criticism of religion (Islam) illegal among all nations. The resolution has not passed yet and is on hold. Now the signs are indicating that the recent violent protests against the above mentioned YouTube film could be a plot by Islamists to bolster support for the resolution in the UN. As Recep Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, said while speaking against the film, “When free speech is in the form of a provocation there should be international legal regulations against attacks ... on religion … There should be domestic laws, too. Freedom of thought and belief ends where the freedom of thought and belief of others starts."

In other words,  international powers are supposed to issue laws which recognize freedom only for Muslims but not for others. Muslims must be free to destroy the rights of others, but others should not have any right to defend their beliefs. Their duty is only to apologize to Muslims if they exercise their God given freedom of choice. 

In democratic countries individuals have a legal right, accept, reject or even demonize the beliefs and even the actions of another person no matter how offensive this may be seen by others. Individuals are free to exercise this freedom as long as it does not harm others physically, belittle them racially, or damage their reputation with lies.   Democracy is therefore dynamic, opens the door to everyone, regardless of their race, religion or nationality, to practice their beliefs and participate in public debate. Democracy also fosters human creativity. It is for this reason that democracy is superior to Islamic despotism, which favors sectarianism and blocks the door of creativity for people, in particular for non-Muslims and those who oppose Islam.  Islamists’ silencing doctrines are therefore inadequate and in clear opposition to our constitutional rights in the West. Freedom of speech is an inherent part of the Biblical culture which was used for the establishment of laws in the West and for the protection of individual rights. The God of the Bible respects human freedom of choice and speech. He is not like Allah who approaches people like a master to slaves, and allows them no right to question. The God of the Bible appears like a loving father, supporting people to establish a meaningful and intimate life free from tyranny.  Therefore, if our freedom of speech and our respect for people are causing Islamists to want to attack and kill us, it will be wise for us to expose the values of these blind fanatics, create awareness among people, defend and protect the fundamental aspects of our life and freedom, in unity.

Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their fruits … (Matthew 7: 15-16)



Strange Defenders of Pluralism!

Minority leftists and Islamists in the West raise their voices ever louder in support of pluralism, while many remain unaware of the motivations behind their celebration of diversity. They praise pluralism or multiculturalism, not out of any true love for diversity, but so their anarchic natures can manipulative these frameworks to promote their beliefs and ultimately to gain power for themselves. Once they reach positions of authority, they will start to destroy other cultures and make people subject to one totalitarian culture, whether communism or Islamism.  Their love for pluralism is feigned, for the purpose of seeing its ultimate destruction.

We will be able to understand the true nature of their mission if we look at the realityt of leftist and Islamist dominance in countries currently ruled by communism or Islam. Communists in N. Korea, China and Cuba have fought bitterly against diversity and closed their doors to pluralism. In a similar way, Islamists have also been trying harshly to uproot pluralism in Islamic countries (such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Sudan). Those who have dared to speak in favor of diversity in these countries have been tortured, blamed with being  Agents of America or Israel, and slaughtered. Not only non-Muslims but even minority Muslim sects are suppressed and have limited rights in Islamic countries. Recently Najib Razak the Prime Minister of the so-called moderate Malaysia said; "Pluralism, liberalism? All these isms' are against Islam and it is compulsory for us to fight these." (1)

When it comes to the western countries, leftists and Islamists approach pluralism in a different way. At they use tolerant vocabulary in order to present themselves as lovers of democracy. This is because they are in the minority and are aware that their aggressive plans will not be warmly received unless they baffle and incapacitate people from uncovering their dishonesty. One will not be able to understand their mission unless one knows their philosophies. In the West, they continue a subtle and progressive mission until they penetrate, strengthen their position, disarm the power of people using legal means wherever they can, and eventually hand over power to totalitarian rule.  This will represent the end of peoples’ rights and equal opportunity, and the full revelation of their aggressive, destructive values.

Such people have learned how to destroy pluralism but using the very values of pluralism against itself. They are aware that pluralism divides a unified nation, rids people of any care for values which strengthen national coherence and opens the door for power hungry groups to dominate. They know that pluralism also constrains the progress of integration among immigrants, incites them to establish their own cultural ghettos and fosters their divided loyalties. Pluralism, as we are aware, has even pushed immigrants in the West to demand that the host country to adapt to their cultural values (brought from their lands of origin) since all cultures are equal in the West.

Several years ago, Sheikh Taj El-Din Hamid Hilaly a Muslim leader in Australian stood in defense of three Muslim rapists and criticized the non-Muslim victim for not covering herself in an Islamic way (hijab) (2), because in Islam the fault and stigma of rape falls on the females who do are not covered by the hijab. The Muslim leader was trying to convey the message of Islam to all non-Muslim Australian women, instructing them to cover with the Islamic hijab and thus secure themselves from Muslim rapists. An opportunist, he wanted to seize the opportunity to force the Australian community to celebrate Islamic attitudes to rape, because pluralism is widely celebrated in Australia. Mr. Hilaly was named the "Muslim Man of the Year" at the first Australian Muslim Achievement Awards by Mission of Hope (Muslim Community Solutions for Health and Well-being) — all under the guise of pluralism and despite his Jew-hating comments and encouragement to Muslims to fight infidels and capture the White House (see the above reference 2).

Unfortunately, manipulation is considered an omen victory in leftists’ and Islamists’ political philosophies. The more manipulative followers are, the more rewarded they are in Islam and communism, since their goals justify every kind of mean. These ideologies give legitimacy to manipulation and encourage their followers to use any possible tools at their disposal to accomplish their goals with perfection. Manipulation is a part of a larger battle against Judeo-Christian values and against all other things, including pluralism, that do not accord with their beliefs. This is to unite totalitarian agents together against anything that is in conflict with their centralized and dictatorial doctrine, which aims to establish an imperialism similar to what Lenin established in Russia or the Ottomans in Turkey, by occupying countries and changing their cultures. 

Leftism and Islamism are not compatible with pluralism. Their followers’ apparent love of pluralism is a trap for the destruction of all other cultures. The inconsistency of pluralism is the only reason for these enemies of freedom to celebrate it (for the time being) and to do whatever they desire, until their mission is accomplished at the cost the rights of others. This has been their motivation in pushing our governments to spent millions of tax-payers’ money in the West to spread multiculturalism, which neutralizes our leaders’ and societies’ care for the core values of unity, and to impose the scourge of multicultural disunity on us for the establishment of their despotism.

The reason we are losing greatly is because our societies have been trapped by their superficial niceness, forced to neglect biblical values and thereby accommodate friends and foes alike in the name of democracy and pluralism. Unfortunately, terrorists and those who oppose terrorism are the same in the eyes of many in our societies.  Terrorist Yasar Arafat got a Nobel Peace prize from the West. Some other Islamist terrorists have also been warmly received in the United Nations and even in the White House, even though terrorism is officially condemned by both. This is the message that some of our leaders have been sending to the world:  they will tolerate terrorists in the name of pluralism if circumstances necessitate. As a result, the foes are united in a war against our liberty in our own backyards.

What should we do in the face of these destructive agents? How can we preserve our freedom and share a good message with the world?

The Bible teaches us that the enemies will not be able to take away our liberty if it is from God. It is therefore urgent for us to hold stronger to our faith, wake our nations and the world to the subtleties of our time and encourage people to put their full trust in the God of the Bible who said:

“If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
(1)    http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14277394/malaysian-pm-warns-against-liberalism-pluralism/
(2)    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_El-Din_Hilaly

Silence Will Overturn Our Freedom

Some ideologies, beliefs and individuals believe that freedom is evil and the root of every evil. They sanction its destruction in any possible way they can. Communist and some Islamic leaders fight against freedom in their countries via their established laws and even shed the blood of their fellow citizens who cry out for freedom. Islamists and leftists in the western countries fight freedom by putting pressure on governments to issue laws for limiting our freedom and enslaving us to silence.
Silence in the western countries has helped the enemies of freedom and Christianity to make enormous head way, especially in universities and government offices. The terrorist president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had a couple of speaking opportunities in American universities while he was visiting UN, and received applause from the audience despite his very obvious initiative in shedding the blood of many in Iran, the Middle-East and the some western countries. Yet these same universities are not open to those who aim to reveal the philosophies of those such as Ahmadinejad.

Many university leaders and professors have declared that the faith in Christ is irrelevant to contemporary life and has nothing to do with science and reason. Not only have they limited Christian activities in the universities, they have also sued some zealous Christians in the pursuit of their agendas, aiming to put an end to Christian activities in public places.

The majority of westerners identify themselves as Christian. Even though the minority leftist and Islamist beliefs are hostile toward us, we, as the majority, do not limit them in teaching their beliefs. In contrast they, as the minority, are not only trying to limit the scope of our influence but are also working to silence us and suppress any resistance to their agendas.

Time and again, these enemies of freedom start their approach by defending democracy and tolerance but do not share the spirit of democracy and openness with us. They, convincingly, present themselves as peaceful and freedom fighters on the one hand, while trying subtly to enslave people to their authoritarianism on the other. You expect them to value Christians’ tolerance and respect, but they don’t. The respect they expect is never returned. This is because they do not believe in mutual respect. 64% of the Quran, 81% of Muhammad’s biography and 32% of the Hadith (Muhammad’s instructions) are devoted to criticism, discrimination, hatred, fighting and killing of non-Muslims. The Quran states that if any one criticizes Islam, his head must be chopped off (Q.33:36; 8:12).

Leftists also have the same philosophy; they attribute blame to Christians and try to impose their beliefs on everyone or organization they can, but they consider no such rights for Christians. Their one-way tolerance philosophy works to increase their rights and success but decrease the rights of Christians and silence them.

Sadly, many politicians and governments in the West have been serving the causes of opportunistic leftists and Muslims in order to limit Christian influence. Under the shadow of this one way tolerance, leftist and Islamic philosophies are given more weight than the philosophy of Christ who gave His life for both friends and foes in order to bring the wall of hostility down among them and unite them in love and respect.

The sad thing is that many of us live as if there is no such war against our faith and freedom! How many of us are aware of this, want to break the silence and respond with the love, justice and courage of Christ? Are we ready to leave a good legacy for our children and future generations so that they can feel proud of us, make our mission their own and stand for freedom? Until a radical change happens in our mindset, we will not be able to speak out and protect our freedom. Such a transformation happens only in a radical encounter with Jesus Christ who did not keep quiet against the injustices of the enemy of humanity, but fought and gave His life for our freedom.

Let us stop compromising the Truth and speak out for the worthy cause of freedom.

Tolerance that Compromises the Truth

A joint project of The Human Rights First and The Interfaith Alliance encouraged 50 churches in 26 states of America to open their churches to Muslim Imams and Jewish Rabbis to read texts from their sacred scriptures in the pulpit of these churches. For this reason, thousands gathered in these churches on 26 June 2011, for a “Faith-Shared” event against those who call Islam a violent religion. Imams read texts from the Quran.

Tad Stahnke, the director of policy and programs for Human Rights First said, “We want to send a message to the world that Americans do respect religious differences and reject religious bigotry and the demonization of Islam or any other religion.”

Sources:
faithshared.org
Churches across America Read from the Quran
Muslims in the Pulpit.

There is no doubt that America respects religious differences; otherwise people from different religious backgrounds and ethnicities would not continue to leave their motherlands to reside in America. All Muslim countries know that they do not have the freedom America has. Their laws, no matter how moderate they are, do not allow non-Muslims equal rights with Muslims. It is ironic that those who have been given the freedom to worship as they choose and to voice their opinions in America would then question the level of its tolerance!

The world recognizes that violence is an inseparable part of pious Muslims’ lives in Islamic countries, undermining the basic right to safety. This is not only limited to Islamic countries though. Pious Muslims in non-Islamic countries are also threats. Just recently, the Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2011) revealed some pages from an extensive survey taken in 100 mosques throughout 15 American states, which showed that 51% of the mosques were pro-Shari’a establishment in the West and held materials that conveyed a positive attitude toward employing violent jihad against the West and non-Muslims. Another 30% of the mosques were moderately supportive of violence, while the remaining 19% of mosques did not have violent texts. The report also revealed many other significant things that every western citizen needs to be aware of. One startling fact was on the level of attendance in each mosque and the motivation contributing to it. Mosques with pro-violence materials were the most attended.

Source: Shari'a and Violence in American Mosques

The pro-violence mosques in America are aware that the American governments have been spending millions of dollars to combat the threat of Islamic radicalism. Despite this awareness, these mosques have still been eager to chase their zeal for Shari’a and behave against the safety and freedom of this country. What do Americans need to do in the face of this very obvious threat? Do they need to tolerate this threat and make Islamic countries happy or do they need to stand up and show the Islamic world that they will not compromise the Islamic authoritarianism?

Throughout history, the West has never seen such a level of tolerance towards committed Muslims as we see now. Pro-Shari’a mosques and organizations are springing up everywhere; literatures that demonize Jews and non-Muslims are distributed widely; polygamy, child and forced marriages, honor killings are practices openly. Despite the West’s patience, committed Muslims still hate it and wish to destroy its democracy utterly. Why is this so? You would expect that much tolerance will lead to much respect and appreciation, but the result is quite the opposite.

The contemporary western tolerance is not a biblical tolerance to handle the problem of Islam approapriately. It is taken away from its root, the absolute Truth of the Bible, and given to relativism which serves contradiction, dualism and uncertainty. Good and bad are tolerated similarly. For this reason, what was once called wrong is now called right. You will be attacked by the very advocates of tolerance if you claim that Jesus is the source of all truth. As a result, committed Muslims are also able to establish themselves in the shadow of this tolerance, ultimately at the cost of all other beliefs.

By knowing this, you can now anticipate the outcome of the united action of the Human Rights First, the Interfaith Alliance and their partner churches. It results in compromising the truth and tolerating violent Muslims and mosques.

The hostility of Islam towards non-Muslims, in particular the West, is not a matter to be settled by tolerance. It is a violent doctrine sanctioned by Allah against non-Muslims (Quran: chapter 9, verses 29,123 and chapter 58, verses 20-21). The sincere followers of Allah must follow the will of Allah through every possible channel, including deception, until Islam overcomes. For this reason, they are twisting the word “tolerance” in order to deceive non-Muslims until the task is fulfilled. The solution to such extreme measures is a personal understanding of Islam. Westerners need to understand the seriousness of the Islamic threat and take initiatives to open the eyes of Muslims through dialogue, making them aware that the true God values freedom of choice and never imposes Himself on others. Some will understand the truthfulness of this teaching and will stop threatening our nations. However, those who ignore and still teach violence must be dealt with by the law.

It is clear that American (and western) freedom is not compatible with the authoritarianism of Islam. Therefore, establishing a church’s pulpit for an Imam to lift the name of Allah is not only against God and His Bible, but also against the very nature of freedom that is rejected by Allah and his prophet, Muhammad (Quran: chapter 21, verse 23 and chapter 33, verse 36). An Imam never steps foot in a church except to leave Allah’s authoritarianism and follow Christ, or to destroy the church. There is no middle ground.

Church pastors can test Imams to determine whether their approaches to tolerance are genuine. These Imams will use church pulpits to praise Allah, but will they ever open their pulpits to the pastors of these churches to praise Jesus as their God and Savior? It is hard to imagine them allowing the teaching of the Gospel of Christ to become a part of their so called ‘shared-faith’ movement. Islam does not permit Muslims to befriend non-Muslims unless as a last resort to achieving a hidden agenda to dominate (Q.3:28).

We know that friendship and tolerance should be reciprocal. A one-way tolerance results in the destruction of those who tolerate. This is what 1400 years of Islamic history has proven. The majority of the Copts of Egypt, Maronites of Lebanon, Assyrians of Iraq, Catholics of Syria, Zoroastrians of Iran, Hindus and Buddhists of Indonesia became the victims of the Islamic one-way tolerance, and are now persecuted for the sake of their beliefs.

It is a shame that some of our contemporary church leaders, including evangelicals, are blinded to the doctrine and political philosophy of Islam, deceived by those children of Islam who follow the model of Allah as the best of deceivers (Quran: chapter 8, verse 30). Imams and committed Muslims see deception as an inseparable part of their belief and must deal with infidels accordingly.

We are called by Jesus to love all humanity, including Muslims and Imams. But this love does not mean that we allow them to occupy our church pulpits and mislead our people with the teachings of Allah, an enemy of freedom. The true and heavenly love can only be expressed in doing away with compromise and standing courageously for the Truth. Tolerance that compromises the Truth is a passive and destructive tolerance.

Who Are Our Navigators And Where Are They Leading Us?

The whole Middle-East is on the verge of falling into the hands of blood-thirsty radicals because of our leaders’ so-called humanitarianism. Our leaders are approaching radicals in the name of humanitarianism, but radicals are exploiting this approach to forge a new standard of fooling western politicians for the further strengthening of their strongholds against the West.

In our last update, I expressed my concerns over Carter’s and Obama’s positive views about the revolutionary movement of the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Islamic group in Egypt. They held the view that the Muslim Brotherhood was a powerless minority, with no major influence in Egypt, and a friendly and peaceful opponent to the ruling government. President Obama placed considerable pressure on the Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, to step down and hand over the leadership to various opposing parties for the establishment of a democratic Egypt. He believed that if Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Egypt would have a healthier political future. The majority of American media supported Obama’s approach to Egypt. Some western politicians were even a step ahead of Obama, expressing their desire to build a positive relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood for the establishment of a peaceful Egypt. Now, we can see the result of such ignorant optimism; it has been paving the ground for the pro Hamas and al-Qaida radicals to penetrate the future government and destroy the remainder of peace in the area.

Similar foreign policy was also pursued by the West concerning Gaza and Lebanon, which both fell into the hands of terrorist groups of Hamas and Hezbollah! Now, Egypt is preparing itself for a theocracy and alliance with Hamas, thus establishing itself as a direct threat to Israel and the West. The same scenario is looming in various Islamic countries and the ground is ripe for radicals to take over.

It is greatly perplexing to see the decisions of our leaders in the Middle East throughout the past few years. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they have served their enemies, granting repeated opportunities for the establishment of more radical Islamic governments. It is such politicians as these who are the navigators of our societies. They have closed their eyes to the radical president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has turned Iran into a slaughterhouse and a serious threat to Israel and the West. They did force the government in Sudan to step down, despite massacring Christians and countless innocent victims for thirty years. Yet, the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, who had been a friend to the West, fought radical Muslims, and was a barrier to Iran in equipping the terrorist governments of Hamas and Hezbollah, was compelled to leave.

This irresponsible foreign policy will go down in history as a shameful Western failure. Unlike Ahmadinejad, Mubarak had not oppressed his own nation to the same extent as Iran’s and Sudan’s dictators. It is truly mind-blowing that in the name of democracy our leaders are putting pressure on the less dangerous leaders in Islamic countries and creating space for vicious leadership to seize power!

Since the rise of Islam, the leadership in the Middle-East has always been either a totalitarian nightmare of radicals, or a nationalistic military dictatorship of moderate patriots who opposed radicalism to some extent. Maybe our leaders are not aware that in Islamic countries there can be no third option such as democratic leadership. Democratic leadership has not worked in the Islamic countries because Islam is not compatible with democracy. You cannot establish democracy in a community that is founded on totalitarianism in every aspect of life.

How can our leaders here in the West place their trust in revolutionary Muslims, who believe that democracy belongs to hell, while standing against less radical Muslim leaders? Are they willfully disregarding the fact that revolutionary Muslims have turned Iran, Lebanon, Gaza (Palestine in general), Sudan (now northern) and Somalia into hubs of terrorism? Why are they pushing the relatively secular Islamic governments to step down  and make way for their radical Muslims citizens to seize power. In the name of equal opportunity and a so-called humanitarian approach, our leaders have been supporting radicals and even pouring millions of their tax-payers’ dollars into radical Islamic states (one example is Gaza), only to have that support turn against our societies.

Not only do our leaders lack an effective policy in fighting revolutionary and terrorist Muslims, but with their irresponsible words and actions, they have even been the cause for the continued growth of radicalism and increased unity among radicals, who are preparing themselves for a major war against Israel. The war, as the Bible has predicted in Ezekiel 38 & 39, is unavoidable, but, it is heartbreaking to see that some of our leaders have served the cause of this war rather than fighting against it.
Middle-Eastern countries are preparing themselves for such a destructive war. Sadly, the destructive nature of this war will come back to haunt those countries whose leaders have, intentionally or unintentionally, been opening more space for radicals to establish themselves in ever stronger positions.

Let us cry to the Lord to anoint Christ-like leaders for our societies, leaders who do not compromise with evil people, and do not conceal them from the attention of their people for the sake of political correctness or personal gains.

Let us cry to the Lord so that He comes and protects our lands from the destructive war of Islam. Let us humble ourselves in the presence of God, as He says: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Committed Muslims Never Rest Until They Occupy and Destroy

Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, never rested in his commitment for Islam. He invaded day and night until all nationalities and people groups in Saudi Arabia were made subject to the Islamic law. On his death bed, as he drew his final breaths, he said to his followers that two religions cannot exist in Saudi Arabia.  This was in spite of the fact that the Quran says in chapter 9 that Jews and Christians can practice their religions under the rule of Islam if they pay yearly life tax to Muslims in order to be spared of Islam's sword.

Muhammad's hatred was so high that caused him to ignore his own holy scripture. He made this proclamation because there were still some Jews who were giving 50% of their produce to Muslims in exchange for their lives and practicing their religion. This hatred has remained Muhammad's legacy to his successors and followers since his death until this day. Today, when it comes to non-Muslims, committed Muslims follow in the footsteps of Muhammad and break their vows and treaties with or concerning non-Muslims. Muslims will even pretend to deny their beliefs, if conditions necessitate, in order to infiltrate the lives of non-Muslims. This strategy serves to establish roots in the areas they have designated for future occupation or destruction.

Muslims are also obliged to use all of their wealth for the destruction of others. Imagine this, that at the present time, in a few Islamic countries where poverty is a serious problem, some Muslim leaders have willingly committed millions of dollars as a bounty for the heads of those who aim to open the eyes of Muslims to the deceptions of Islam. Recently, an Egyptian Orthodox priest, Zakaria Boutros, had 60 million dollars put on his head by extremist Muslims in Iran and Saudi Arabia, simply because he was challenging Muslims to compare their Quran with the Bible. With such large sums of money, Muslims could instead build houses for many of their fellow Muslims who are poor.  They could also provide working opportunities for them.

But this is not the heart of Islam. Islam does not care about the well being of its followers since its overriding focus is to destroy those who speak above the words of the Quran and Muhammad.
There are 146 references to Hell in the Qur’an: 94% of these references are for those who criticize Muhammad or do not follow him. Only 6% of passages say that hell is reserved for punishing immorality or lawlessness. In other words, almost the whole mission of Islam is to silence critics. The Quran says:

It is not for a believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and his apostle to have any option about their decision: If any one disobeys Allah and his apostle, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path (Q.33:36).

Those who resist Allah and His Apostle will be among those most humiliated. Allah has decreed: "It is I and My apostles who must prevail": For Allah is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will (Q.58:20-21).

Allah has sent his apostle with a religion of the truth, that he may make it victorious over every other religion (Q.9:33).

So what matters for the committed Muslims is not to care first for their fellow hungry Muslims, or to fight poverty, but to deploy soldiers for Islam to invade others' rights, demolish their values and impose Islam on all people. The predominant goal of Islam has united committed Muslims globally for destruction.

It is so sad that many of these committed Muslims have achieved great successes in  democratic countries. We have seen personally, and have also heard and read from various sources that many committed Muslims have been able, as a result of their wealth and success, to penetrate powerful organizations in the West.  They have used their position for the advancement of Islam, and in some cases for the support of terrorist organizations. Though some of these have been caught and put in prison,  the threat of imprisonment can not stop their associates and followers from continuing to plan and execute evil activities. We are witnesses that the numbers of dangerous Muslims are increasing year after year, and if they are ready to die for Islam, the threat of imprisonment will not be sufficient to frighten them or deter them in their dangerous ambitions.

The great contributions and rewards of their Middle-Eastern oil masters has also opened doors which were otherwise impassible to them, and by this means they are able to do everything that is necessary to advance Islam. This is a worthy reminder that the indifference of many Western leaders and communities towards committed Muslims has also increased the scope of their activities. As a result of indifference, this apparent minority of committed Muslims have been able to silence their critics in some Western countries by preventing their eyes from alighting on books in bookstores or universities. Some have even won the interests of politicians and are working diligently to have Western laws changed to favor Islam, so as to put an end to all criticism about Islam. These committed Muslim have put  their minds and hearts to work in a way which is moving Islam very quickly toward its goal of establishing itself and its laws in the West.  Westerners should know now that Islam will not tolerate criticism of any sort and will deal harshly, even violently, with all of its critics, even in the West where a false sense of security prevails.

Committed Muslims are impatient for the passing of laws that will suppress all talk about the realities of Islam. From time to time, I hear from my host churches or newspaper editors that imams of the local mosques have called them in order to convince them to cancel my meetings. The imams have accused them of promoting hatred toward Muslims by giving their pulpits to me or writing about my transformed life.

In some cases, these committed Muslims have attended the meetings in order to disturb me or intimidate me. They blame Christians for promoting hatred but our Gospel says, Hate is evil (Rom.12:9); Bless those who persecute you, bless do not curse (v.14). Their own Quran is full of hating and killing verses, yet they blame Christians who believe that hate is sin. Why do they blame Christians for hatred if our Master, Jesus, has condemned hatred as sin? They are doing this for the sake of confusing people and also to create chaos and fear. Their mission is to deceive (called Pious Deception – taqiya – in Islam) and to confuse, terrify, occupy and destroy.

We should not be afraid. If we are afraid, then those who choose fear as their weapon will succeed. We have to be afraid of God only, who is the one to whom we are accountable. We need to expose Islam courageously and open the eyes of people to the threats of Islam. Our God loved the nations and gave a great price for their freedom and salvation. We, as His followers, also need to pay the price for freedom and overcome fear.

Islam Forbids Reasoning and the Freedom of Choice

The verses of the Quran and the life of Muhammad give prominence to the fact that Islam is against civilization in the context of human development and enlightenment, and is fully intolerant of any rational thinking and reasoning, especially that which draws individuals away from Islam:

  • Allah and his prophet cannot ever be questioned for his acts, but people will not only be questioned for theirs thoughts, words and actions, punishment is brutal and immediate (Q.21.23).
  • It is not for a believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and his apostle, to choose another option: If anyone disobeys Allah and his apostle, he is indeed on the wrong path, and the consequences are dreadful, painful, and imminent (Q.33:36).
  • Allah will cast a dread into the hearts of the infidels. He will strike off their finger-tips and heads. This, because they have opposed Allah and his apostle … (Q.8:12-13).

Muhammad suppressed individuality and forbade people to make moral decisions based on their own choices and consciences. In Islam, people do not have the right to use their God-given freedom and conscience to evaluate and choose their desired beliefs, or to plan for their own physical and spiritual life. Compare the above Quranic verses with what the Gospel of Christ speaks:

  •  …by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God (2Cor.4:2).

Muhammad called his religion the most perfect religion in the world and himself the “Seal of Messengers” who came to perfect the imperfect works of Christ and others. Is he right? Does his teaching really lead people to perfection and freedom? Did he want his followers to use their brains, hearts and consciences in order to understand perfection and freedom in the context of the world and in comparison with other beliefs and values? Did he respect the rights of his followers and others? Did he commend his Quran to people’s consciences rather than imposing it on them?

To respond to these questions, we have no choice but to use Muhammad's own life stories, his own comments on various issues of life as examples and rely on the verses of his Quran. As Jesus said, "By their fruits you will recognize them" (Matt.7:16). Muhammad must also be known by his own fruits. His words and deeds, and the teaching of his Quran prove that no one has the right to speak above his words. Whatever he and his Islam dictate, all others must obey no matter how much better the lifestyles and values of others might be. For this reason, the history of Islam, Muhammad’s legacy, is nothing but fighting against non-Muslims and the degrading of their cultural values and worldviews. Wherever Islam has gone, it has replaced the freedom of choice in relationships and responsibilities with violent authoritarianism and the cruel non-negotiable decrees of Muhammad. For example, Muhammad, although human, has declared for himself more rights than his followers, and if anyone stands to criticize him, they must be killed. In the same way, Muslims have more rights than non-Muslims; Muslim men have more rights than Muslim women, and so on. With all of these discriminating codes, Muhammad still exalted himself, claimed that his religion was a shelter for humanity, and stated that his followers are better than others.

Can Muhammad be called tolerant since he not only rejected individual’s rights to make decisions, he also forced them to choose Islam through the use of fear and violence? Clearly, for any rational mind, the answer is obvious. Islam's past history and the current restrictions in all Islamic countries concerning non-Islamic practices prove that Islam is against the civilization, or enlightenment, of man. Can a Hindu or a Buddhist or a Christian practice his religion freely and fully in any Islamic country? Certainly not, because their prophet Muhammad said, "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle " (Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24). Is there any Islamic country, either secular or radical, that allows the evangelism of other religions? Of course not. Why is Saudi Arabia free to build mosques in Western countries but Westerners are not allowed to build their churches or temples in Saudi Arabia? Because Islam is an oppressive religion and its prophet is a dictator: In a dictatorship, only the dictator is free to do whatever he likes. That is why, no matter how tolerant others may be toward Islam and Muslims, Islam still aims to utterly destroy them simply because they are not Muslims. You will not survive under the rule of Islam unless you decide to align yourself with the instruction of Muhammad and Allah. You will lose your head if your decisions conflict with the teachings of Muhammad.

As a former Muslim, having been wonderfully and graciously saved by Jesus Christ, it makes my heart exceedingly heavy to report that more than a billion Muslims around the world are bound to the dictatorship of Islam and will never be allowed to make a different choice. People are born under the dictatorship of Islam and are trained to keep quiet, never raising any questions about Islam for the sake of Islam.

We need to help Muslims listen to the voices of their consciences in order to set them free from the chains of Islam. Muslims need to understand that the Living God takes delight in both men and women who make moral choices based on decisions that proceed from a love for God. We also need to help non-Islamic countries understand the hostility of Islam towards freedom of choice and basic human rights.

Please continue with me in prayer for the souls of Muslims.

Why is Islam growing in many non-Islamic countries?

Islam is growing in many non-Islamic countries despite its use of intimidation towards Christians and Jews, and against democracy. Why?


Why are mosques, Islamic schools and colleges springing up in every corner of non-Islamic countries, indoctrinating thousands of young people, when it is illegal for non-Muslims to build their sanctuaries and schools in Islamic countries?


What drives some Muslims in western countries to try to stop criticism of Islam, while they themselves practice their Islamic hate speech, and promote death threats and honor killings in these same democratic countries?


Why do Muslims dare to ask for the establishment of their own Islamic judiciary systems, ignoring the egalitarian values in the democratic countries?


Why is Muhammad’s philosophy of the sword spreading in the majority of Christian countries, whereas Jesus’ anti-sword teachings are forbidden in Islamic countries? What is giving freedom to Muslims who attempt to erode freedom of speech and the social fabric of western societies?


Why do Western nations now have their own home-grown Muslim terrorists who have been carrying out  terror operations in the West and abroad in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel, Morocco and Russia?


Despite all the obvious Islamic intimidation against Jews and Christians, why would many non-Muslims, including some so-called evangelical Christians, believe the Islamic lie that the root of all problems in the Middle-East is the Jews?


Why, when Western Governments moved to liberate Afghanis, Kosovo Albanians, Palestinians and Iraqis, were they betrayed by so-called Muslim friends who went on to advance the cause of the jihadists?


Why are leaders in non-Islamic countries turning a blind eye to Islamic conspiracy? Why is there silence within political, media and various other circles in non-Islamic societies? Why are free people prepared to surrender without a fight to those who would place them in bondage?


Why are these things taking place in non-Islamic countries? Is it because of ignorance of Islam’s intimidation, or surrender to Islam for the sake of political correctness, or personal interests? Whichever may be the case, the truth is being sacrificed, leading nations and countries into enslavement.

How do we respond when an enemy not only challenges our democratic values, but also forces us to surrender to his bondage? What must we do, since unwillingness to solve the problem of Islam has penetrated almost every aspect of life in the west and non-Islamic countries? Are we waiting for Muslim leaders to do something? Aren’t we aware that the Qur’an teaches Muslims to have contempt for and erode the  values of non-Muslims?

To stand against Islamic intimidation, we need to put our victory in Christ into practice. We are called to have courage in the absolute victory and love of Christ in order to overcome the threats to freedom (Jn.16:33). We need to remember that we belong to the One who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords (Rev.19:16), and to stand in Him. Therefore, we have been given the power to speak the Truth of Christ and reveal God’s purpose for deliverance against the stronghold of Satan.

“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for (your nation) the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What's more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14; read Isa.62:1; Am.5:13)

Unfruitful Tolerance!

How might people respond to the following questions?
  1. Do you tolerate a person who breaches the rights of others?
  2. Do you tolerate a religion or philosophy that aims at the destruction of the followers of other beliefs or philosophies?
There is no doubt that many people in democratic countries will be able to freely and politely respond “No” to the above questions. This is because, in general, the mind is against any discrimination or invasion of the rights of others. Everybody is taught to be in favor of individual rights, but not everybody is made aware that his/her rights are being threatened or taken away.

In recent years, New Age and Secular Humanist philosophies have dominated popular thinking and have, in effect, opened the door of democracy to every belief, culture and action. These philosophies espouse that democracy accept everything. In turn, the seeds are sown to provide war within democracy itself. This results in the creation of new random rules and regulations that are in sync with the so- called “evolutionary world.”

Not only have these forces dominated many schools and universities, they have pressured the western political leadership to issue new laws - apparently in the name of respect and tolerance for every belief, but in reality fueling passivity.  The result is that people are no longer able to live meaningfully and freely. Ironically, in an age where ‘anything goes’, people are not taught how or why to value their rights.

It is shocking how influential these forces have been in directing the masses in their way of life. They have spread political correctness everywhere in the West, undermining our freedoms.  Yet at the same time, non-evolutionary leaders, politicians and journalists are keeping quiet against a movement which is leading our societies towards totalitarianism. Some of our trusted politicians have left us speechless by their inaction.

Political correctness is a deception which first neutralizes people and then gradually leads them to enslavement. It is a channel to totalitarianism that twists truth in favor of dictatorship and destroys the culture of courage and respect. It is the true enemy of democracy.

The deception of political correctness has, unfortunately, crippled the West and many people are not able to realize that freedom cannot tolerate every belief and action. Islamists believe that they have to kill the followers of all other beliefs unless they join Islam. How can freedom tolerate such a hostile and totalitarian belief? How can the children of freedom allow such repression to come and live among their children? Not only are they living among us, but they have also been busy terrorizing our freedom in every aspect. Our freedom fighters are taken to courts, and sacked from universities and work places, all because of the cultural, political, economic, social and moral jihads. This is being pursued under the dark cover of political correctness and multiculturalism.

This generation calls itself the children of enlightenment; but they tolerate darkness!

What partnership does light have with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14).

If we … walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. (1 John 1:6)

May the light of Christ shine over this generation so that they will realize that they should not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them (Ephesians 5:11).