My year undercover with Australia’s Islamic radicals
July 16 2016 - Sydney Morning Herald I wrap a checked shirt around my head and pull up the hoodie to conceal my face. Holding a makeshift Islamic State flag…
Former Muslim Now Baptizing Muslim Converts: Reclaiming What the Enemy Has Stolen
George Thomas : Mar 9, 2016 : CBN News
Shahid recently shared a picture showing him baptizing new converts to Christianity on the same shores of North Africa where the Islamic terror group ISIS beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in February 2015.
The Middle East)—[CBN News] Shahid is proof that God is moving powerfully across parts of Muslim-majority Middle East and North Africa.
Shahid (not his real name for security purposes), is from Libya and grew up a devout Muslim.
“As every Libyan, when I was a little boy, I used to go to the Koranic school,” Shahid told Leading The Way (LTW) with Dr. Joseph Youssef, a Christian television and radio ministry that broadcasts in more than 190 countries around the world.
The Same God Question – Part 4: Eschatology and the End of Days
March 10, 2016 – by Ralph Sidway
The “End of Days,” or Eschatology, also referred to as the Apocalypse, reveals much about Islam and Christianity, and the Same God Question. If you want to understand any belief system, look at what it teaches about Origin and Fulfillment, Beginning and End, about Ultimate Things.
The Return of Jesus in Christianity and Islam
Traditional Christians believe that Jesus Christ was crucified, died, and was buried, to redeem us from our sins and restore us to the Father. This same Jesus rose from the dead and ascended in glory, and will return at the end of this age to usher in his kingdom, after which the destiny of mankind as children of God will be fully revealed.
This is set forth in a simple way in the Nicene Creed: “He shall come again in glory, to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.” What will this kingdom be like? John relates the vision given him in Revelation 21,
Islam and Iran’s Aishas: Girl Marriages Under 10
March 15, 2016 – Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
It was not solely 1400 years ago that a little girl named Aisha married a 55-year-old man, although Muslims, their scholars, Sheiks and Imams argue to the contrary.
Tens of thousands of “Aishas” are being forced to marry elder man on a daily basis under the name of Islam in Muslim nations in the 21st century. No one is even raising an eyebrow.
For example, according to the latest reports from Persian news outlets, the number of the child marriages has been dramatically increasing in the Islamic Republic.
According to the Students’ News Agency and Radio Farda, these marriages include girls under 10 years old.
House Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Condemning ISIS Atrocities as Genocide
March 15, 2016 – Associated Press
Ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration, the House has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that condemns as genocide the atrocities committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria.
The non-binding measure, passed Monday by a vote of 393-0, illustrated the heavy bipartisan support for action on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State John Kerry is leaning toward making a genocide determination against the Islamic State and could do so as early as this week, when a congressional deadline for a decision has been set.
But the Obama administration officials have cautioned that a legal review is still under way and said it is likely Kerry will not meet Thursday’s deadline. House Speaker Paul Ryan chided the White House for the anticipated delay.
“As the administration waffles on this issue and doubles-down on its failed strategy to defeat (the Islamic State), the American people are speaking loudly and clearly on this issue,” the Wisconsin Republican said.
Why it’s time for a Trump revolution
Michael Goodwin – March 19, 2016
My friends are worried about me. They insist something is not right and suggest prayer, counseling, even rehab. “Take a break,” they urge. “Get away for a few days and clear your head.”
They are wise and kind, and it would be foolish to dismiss their concerns. Truth be told, there are moments when I doubt myself. Am I making a huge mistake? Am I losing my mind?
Perhaps I am. My friends say that’s the only possible explanation for the fact that I might support Donald Trump for president.
The insanity defense is all that’s left now that the smart set has declared that it’s immoral and indecent to even think about voting for Trump. OK, call me immoral and indecent as well as crazy, because I’m thinking about it.
It’s been a long road to get here. When Trump’s name first popped up, I joked about moving to Canada. When he launched his campaign, I cursed him, certain he was going to create a circus just when Republicans finally had a strong field of candidates.
Your Prayers Have Been Answered: It Is Reported That Father Thomas Uzhunnalil Was Not Crucified by ISIS But is Alive and ‘Safe’
April 04, 2016 – Christian Post, Stoyan Zaimov
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil, who was previously feared to have been crucified by the Islamic State on Good Friday, is alive, safe, and efforts are being organized for his release.
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India spokesman Father Gyanprakash Topno told the Press Trust of India that Swaraj met with CBCI delegates and told them that reports claiming Uzhunnalil has been killed are not true.
“Father Tom is safe and efforts are on for his release as early as possible,” Topno said, conveying the minister’s words, adding that the “government will facilitate the priest’s safe return to India.”
Devout Muslim Family Turns to the Lord When Their Ailing Mother Sees Jesus and Is Healed
News Staff : Apr 5, 2016 : Bible4MidEast.com
“She said, while he was praying, she saw Jesus Christ and He touched her with His nailed hands. At once, something went away from her body and a light covered her…”
In their own words a Middle Eastern convert to Christianity shares the amazing and miraculous way that Jesus broke into their lives, bringing healing, deliverance and salvation.
As you read, please remember this family in your prayers, for their protection, as they will surely need it.
I am Fadila* (*name changed). I was born and brought up in an Arab family in the Middle East. I was one of the eight children of my father and mother. My father had one more wife. My stepmother also had four children as my brothers and sisters.
Female Arab Journalist Asks Muslims In Middle East How They Would Respond If Christians Were Suicide Bombers
March 31, 2016
Journalist Nadine Al-Budair claims Islam must shed its intolerant image, disavow those who practice terrorism, and apologize to the rest of the world for the death brought by radical jihadists.
A female Arab journalist who lives in Qatar has penned a bold article that asks Muslims in the Middle East how they would respond if Christian suicide bombers struck their public markets, collapsed their tall buildings or tried to force Muslims to convert to Christianity.
Liberal Saudi journalist Nadine Al-Budair writes in Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper that Arab countries have refused to address the problem of terrorism and have yet to create a climate that matches the liberal, humanitarian climate of the West. She asked Muslims to consider what their world would be like if Christians the world over had responded to Muslims the way terrorists have spread radical Islam.
Bible charity vows to continue translation work after murders
Fox News ^ | 3/30/2016 | Perry Chiaramonte
The murders of four translators working to bring the Bible to obscure languages in the Middle East earlier this month won’t stop the charity behind the effort from its work, officials said.
The four unidentified translators, who worked secretly for Wycliffe Associates, a Florida non-profit dedicated to bringing the gospel to hundreds of obscure languages, were killed by suspected Islamist militants at an undisclosed location,Wycliffe officials said in a statement.
“They shot and destroyed all the equipment in the office,” read the statement. “The invaders burned all the books and other translation materials in the office.”
The work is so dangerous that Wycliffe President Bruce Smith will not even say what country the office was in or give the names of those killed. He did say the attackers shot two workers to death and beat two more to death with emptied guns as they used their bodies to shield a senior translator who survived.
You Know What Plays Right into ISIS’ Hands? Muslim Immigration
March 24, 2016 – Daniel Greenfield
After every Muslim terror attack, the media starts claiming that anyone warning about Muslim terrorism is “playing right into ISIS’ hands”. Google and you’ll see too many examples of this meme to count after the Brussels attacks.
“Playing right into ISIS’ hands” is another version of “Shoot the messenger”. If you point out the problem, you’re responsible for it. If you talk about Muslim terrorism, ISIS will be able to recruit more terrorists. Unlike when Obama decided to ignore them and they seized major parts of Syria and Iraq.
Warning that there’s a problem is the only way to solve it. Pretending the problem isn’t there solves nothing. The technical term for it is cover-up.
Why the Islamic State’s Ancient Jihadi Tactics “Shock” the West
February 26, 2016 – by Raymond Ibrahim
As Western politicians and other talking heads insist that the Islamic State (“ISIS”) has “nothing whatsoever to do with Islam,” not only does ISIS correctly implement Islamic law—whether by demanding jizya from subjugated Christians or by sexually enslaving “infidel” women—but even the “caliphate’s” arcane jihadi tactics belong to Islam.
Consider a recently exposed “recruitment” tactic of ISIS: abducting, indoctrinating, and beating young children in order to mold them into explosive-vest wearing “martyrs” who hurl themselves onto “infidels”:
The children who managed to escape describe how they were indoctrinated into the jihadi group’s radical brand of Islam and taught that they should execute their “unbeliever” [infidel] parents…. “We weren’t allowed to cry but I would think about my mother, think about her worrying about me and I’d try and cry quietly,” he [an escapee] said… Some children who managed to escape ISIS and are now living in the refugee camps in northern Iraq, have also been left badly psychologically scarred. The repeated beatings and endless propaganda have meant that some of the escapees wake up in the night with nightmares while others suffer seizures.
Christians Who Escape Violence in the Middle East Face Persecution from Muslim Neighbors in Europe
February 21, 2016 – Marco Giannangeli
Churches have shown dedication to help the Christian refugees
Charity Open Doors says there has been a spate of incidents in northern France involving Iranian Christian converts being persecuted by Iraqi Muslims.
One Iranian convert has been murdered.
“Many Christians amongst the refugees are fleeing persecution and discrimination,” said Michel Varton, director of Open Doors France.
Saudi Singer on Egyptian TV Criticizes Radical Islam, Defends the West
Published Feb. 11, 2016 – Larry Elder
This fight against radical Islam is also a fight within Islam. Where, we constantly ask, are the voices of “moderation” who question the barbarity committed in the name of Islam?
Consider Shams Bandar.
Born in Saudi Arabia, this popular singer renounced her Saudi citizenship, lives in Europe and intends to become a citizen of a European country. On an Egyptian channel called Dream TV, Bandar said to the astonished host, “We have been fighting and shedding blood for 1,400 years, and now we are blaming America and Britain?”
Provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute, here is a translated transcript of the exchange:
Host: “Are you trying to sell the notion that foreign citizenship is the paradise that will save you from the hell of the Arab world?”
The failure of multiculturalism
February 7th, 2016 – by Cal Thomas – The Intersection of faith, culture, and politics
Just as radar warns of approaching storms, so does the flood of migrants entering Europe warn us of a deluge yet to come, not only for Europeans, if they continue to allow unrestricted immigration, but for the United States.
Reports that women in Cologne, Germany, have been groped and robbed by men described by authorities as having “a North African or Arabic” appearance should be warning enough, but there are other and more ominous warnings that suggest worse lies ahead, unless the problem receives immediate attention and action. And it’s not just Cologne.
The Gatestone Institute, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit international policy council and think tank, is in possession of what it describes as a “leaked German intelligence document,” which says, “We are importing Islamic extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, national and ethnic conflicts of other peoples, as well as a different understanding of society and law.”