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Saturday, June 11, 2005
HITLER’S MEIN KAMPF BECOMES BESTSELLER IN TURKEY
By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO (ANS) -- The infamous manifesto penned in prison during the 1920s by one of history’s greatest despots has become a bestseller in Turkey, a troubling sign of increasing anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism.
Since January, Mein Kampf has sold more than 50,000 copies, rising to number four on the bestseller list. The book outlines Hitler’s plans for world domination and his intense hatred of the Jewish people. (Pictured: Mein Kampf book cover).
“A lot of people in the West don’t realize this has always been a popular book among radical Muslims,” says Steve Hagerman, founder of Turkish World Outreach. “They think it’s a tragedy Hitler didn’t win the war,” he notes. “This is symptomatic of growing anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism in the country.”
Hagerman is concerned about a resurgence of conservative Islam in Turkey, which he believes is promoted and funded by Iran and Saudi Arabia. “Turkey is a different place right now,” Hagerman observes. “The military, the radical Muslims and the secularists are becoming more and more anti-American,” he says. “Literalist Islam is teaching the Muslims to hate the Jews and to hate democracy.”
“Their belief in Muslim eschatology is that the world is destined to be conquered by Islam,” he adds.
Hagerman recently finished the book Christianity and Islam: the final clash, by Robert Livingston. “Livingston sees Islam as a major player in the last days,” Hagerman notes. While Hagerman doesn’t agree with everything in the book, he is intrigued by Livingston’s assertion that the anti-Christ may rise out of Islam.
“The Book of Revelation teaches that those who don’t submit to the anti-Christ will be beheaded,” he notes. “That is the common practice of radical Islam for those who don’t submit.”
“Pray that this worrisome trend toward radicalism will come to an end through the proclamation of God’s Word.”
Mark Ellis is a Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service. He is also an assistant pastor in Laguna Beach, CA. Contact Ellis at marsalis@fea.net
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