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The coming crusade
NY Post ^ | July 19, 2010 | Ralph Peters

Posted on 07/19/2010 3:33:29 AM PDT by Scanian

The Islamists have it wrong: Islam isn't the world's fast est-growing religion. By birth numbers and convert tallies, it's Christianity.

And Africa's at the forefront -- a fact that going to body-slam Muslim extremists sooner or later.

The bombings that recently butchered World Cup fans in Uganda were just the latest in a long line of crazed attacks on African Christians by Islamist fanatics. In the central states of Nigeria -- Africa's most-populous country -- religious pogroms and counter-pogroms between Muslims and Christians have become routine.

In Kenya, al Shabaab terrorists from neighboring Somalia stir up trouble and make grotesque threats. And we all know what bestial acts Sudan's Islamist government has perpetrated against black Christians over the decades.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; africanchristians; alqaedaafrica; christianity; cristianity; globaljihad; islam; ralphpeters; religiousconflict

1 posted on 07/19/2010 3:33:36 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

China also matters. Christianity is spreading wildly there and the Chinese have begun sending missionaries to Central Asian Muslims.


2 posted on 07/19/2010 3:46:04 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: Scanian

The clash between the Islamists and the non-Islamists is inevitable. Bush knew this and tried to prepare the nation for a “long-war” against an elusive enemy, but our instant-gratification society has difficulty with long-range planning.


3 posted on 07/19/2010 3:49:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Scanian
In Islamist extremism, we're confronted with a death-cult, not a faith -- while the vibrant Christianity of Africa pulses with life.

Very well put. I think he's right; the press doesn't want to admit it, but Christianity is the growing religion. Islam "grows" only by births or by conquest, whereas people actually want to become Christians voluntarily. And Christianity is where hope and joy in the future is, not in the fatalistic slave-cult of Islam.

4 posted on 07/19/2010 3:50:47 AM PDT by livius
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To: Scanian

Excellent article.

So many forget the reason for the crusades of the past. It was a similar situation. Christians had finally had enough to islamic violence and decided to push back.

islam today is very much like it was in muhammad’s day. muhammad was a terrorist. He began his empire by murdering people and stealing from them.

Not only is islam violent. It’s just wrong. It’s a false religion.


5 posted on 07/19/2010 4:02:18 AM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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To: vladimir998
There is a estimated number of Christians in China that range from 20 - 40 million to 450 million.
There is no accurate number for those who are a Christian in China, most likely they are in under ground churches .
Imagine ? that there would be a major wave of revival in China and China would become the world's largest Christian nation.

6 posted on 07/19/2010 4:03:56 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
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To: boycott
...So many forget the reason for the crusades of the past. It was a similar situation. Christians had finally had enough to islamic violence and decided to push back.

I agree. You're right boycott.

The president's strategy is absolutely clear about the threat we face. Our enemy is not terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic. Our enemy is not terror because terror is a state of mind and, as Americans, we refuse to live in fear. Nor do we describe our enemy as jihadists or Islamists because jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify oneself or one's community."
               -- May 26, 2010, John Brennan, Assistant to the President and Deputy
                  National Security Adviser for Homeland Security

WAKE UP AMERICA


Charles Martel-2

7 posted on 07/19/2010 4:06:41 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Scanian

Will “Christian” countries just give in, give up, and welcome the death-cult invaders with open arms? Britain and France
already have.
Will Americans turn off the TV and defend their country? I don’t want to answer that.


8 posted on 07/19/2010 4:38:58 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (leftism: uncurable mental deterioration)
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To: boycott
Not only is islam violent. It’s just wrong. It’s a false religion.

Islam was a religion made for bandit tribes. Mohammed's resume and life story is that of a bandit chief and his BS religion is clearly intended for control over increasingly large confederations of bandit tribes. Its main problem is that the bandit-tribe model of society has been bypassed by events.

9 posted on 07/19/2010 4:53:44 AM PDT by wendy1946
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To: wendy1946
Substantial evidence shows that islam is the religion of the Anti-Christ. Over 600 times, mohammed reports demonic interactions. He even reports becoming possessed for a prolonged period of time by an evil spirit!

Ample proof also shows us that the jihadists are the cowardly end times soldiers of hell. They only select 'soft targets', women and children are particular specialties these punks prey upon. Innocent senseless victims in churches, schools, mosques, synogogues, offices, transport hubs and other public places.

Notice, they almost always film the brutal decapitations of their defenseless victims and put the videos up on the internet. Yelling, screaming and carrying on like primitive Neandrothals. They rejoice in brutal sword, or knife murders while making sure to get themselves covered in 'their enemies' Jew, or Christian blood.

Finally, routine violence, deception, sharia law, child sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, sexism, civil rights and every aspect of routine life is governed by the 8th Century koranic example.

God's blessing does not fall to islam, mohammed or the muslims. Their lot is that of esau, ismael and satan. They will always be at war, either between themselves, or their neighbors. I can trace them all back to the Fall of man.

BTW, Last night I read a fabulous post here, which I'll link to here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2555049/posts

Amazing archeology, literary and scientific analysis of just where 'false gods and false prophets' came into existence. In short, they issue from Hell.

If anyone is struggling, I'm happy to intercede for you in prayer. Stand back and watch how much Jesus loves You. We are living during a time of special blessings, all we must do today is ask in faith. Please fire away Sisters & Brothers

In His Precious Name, Amen!

10 posted on 07/19/2010 7:19:24 AM PDT by STD (SoftTyranny Until He Cracks the Whip)
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To: wendy1946; boycott
Or perhaps islam is a very real religion with a very real diety.

In almost every way islam is a Satanic perversion of Christianity.

11 posted on 07/19/2010 7:48:54 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: livius

Islam has its share of conversions in America — jailhouse conversions.


12 posted on 07/19/2010 2:40:51 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: livius
Islam "grows" only by births or by conquest, whereas people actually want to become Christians voluntarily. And Christianity is where hope and joy in the future is, not in the fatalistic slave-cult of Islam.

Well said!

13 posted on 07/19/2010 3:05:54 PM PDT by SuziQ
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14 posted on 07/19/2010 5:45:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Scanian
From the article:

When I reached West Africa in later travels, it struck me that Islam never managed to penetrate the forests -- and not for lack of trying.

Forests, as we know from fairy tales, are the abode of magic -- for which Sunni Islam has no space. Africans can interpret Jesus as the greatest of conjurers, a worker of miracles, a miracle himself. Wahhabism, with its barracks regulations, can't compete.

That is an incredible observation. Islam spread in northeast Africa, and northern Africa, all desert regions similar to the Arabian peninsula and Persia. They pushed into the plains of Spain.

But Mohammedans are afraid of the woods. Just like they are afraid of dogs. And afraid of women.

Of course, today the woods don't offer the same barriers, but there are psychological forests which must be crossed. We should ensure such psychological forests are never cut down, and where possible, psychological trees must be planted. Islam loves deserts, whether real deserts of sand or spiritual deserts (think of Islam's success in prisons). We should ensure no spiritual or intellectual deserts exist, only lush forests of spiritual or intellectual ideas.

15 posted on 07/19/2010 8:05:51 PM PDT by magellan
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