Posted on 10/08/2001 1:04:51 PM PDT by Star Traveler
This is a continuation of this previous FReeper Thread.
The video which many Muslim groups in the U.S. did not want to be seen:
JIHAD IN AMERICA - ONLINE VIDEO
THIS IS A MUST SEE for everyone! Send it to everyone that you know.
I saw Steven Emerson interviewed this morning on one of the national morning news programs (can't remember which one). I believe people won't be able to ignore him now (as they were trying to previously). And the Islamics were trying put put out "negative PR" on him to silence him. I understand (from what I read here) that PBS (who aired it originally) buried it after the Islamics complained and don't sell it anymore on their site.
There is another program from an Israeli citizen that comes at this from another standpoint. The guys's name is Avi Lipkin. He's a Jew, but I don't know if his religion is Judaism or Messianic Christian. He has a web page for that program here. Chuck Missler put up a web page for "Terrorism in America - A Christian Perspective" after the events of September 11. Avi Lipkin says that the Jews need to know that about their only friends in the world are the Christians who know what God has promised Israel. They have, basically, no other friends in the world.
Avi Lipkin has been featured several times on Chuck Missler's radio program (a Christian program and website -- Koinonia House.
Avi Lipkin has a two hour audio program here, and then some other materials to bring people "up to speed" on what is really going on with Israel and the Islamics (and the Arab world). He sounds pretty darned practical and knows his stuff.
People had better know what is going on if we are going to be in a World War, and this is going to turn into a world war and a "clash of civilizations: and "religious war". Osama bin Ladin has thrown down the gauntlet in the two areas of a "clash of civilizations" and a "religious war".
Since God's name (the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) is at stake here, we can expect Him to pick up the challenge (as He has already said He is going to do here) and destroy all who are against Him. That's what He says in the last chapter.
Center of Peace and Hope in Christ for Afghanistan
Issues Challenge to Moderate Muslims
Recent threats and acts of hatred against American Muslims, Asian Muslims, and non-Muslim Asian Americans across the United States is wrong. The horrible acts of war committed against the United States on September 11 are a fertile ground for wrong headed Americans to demonstrate their ignorance toward people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The Center of Peace and Hope in Christ for Afghanistan condemns this hatred. The United States Constitution allows all Americans to freely worship in the religion of their own choosing. Also, Americans who choose not to worship or adhere to any religion are free to do so.
It is clear that all genuine seekers of truth would not engage in ethnic hatred, bigotry, or acts of violence. Recent statements of Muslim leaders in America that not all Muslims should be blamed for the September 11 are correct. A small percentage of people who called themselves Muslims are responsible for their own actions. When one who calls himself a Christian commits a crime, not all Christians are responsible for the crime. So too, all Muslims are not responsible for what happened in New York and Washington.
While the government of the United States takes action against these acts of war, people of faith have a great opportunity to assert tolerance toward one another. Now is the time for Christians to demonstrate the love of Christ to our Muslim friends. Christians should pray for God’s greatest blessing on Muslims living as a minority in America.
And now is the time for moderate Muslims to demonstrate their acceptance of Christians and the ideals of tolerance and freedom in our republic. It is exactly this point which is the great need of the hour for Muslim leaders in America to address.
Moderate Muslim leaders need to clearly make the case that as Americans they support the freedom of all people to choose their own religion. Do these moderates tolerate the idea of individual Muslims deciding for themselves what religion to follow?
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of former Muslims in the United States who live under the threat of death because of their own personal decision to no longer follow the Islamic religion. Freedom of religion is a cornerstone of the American republic. Former Muslims do not always experience this aspect of freedom because of the hatred and intolerance of others.
Moderate American Muslims need to clearly denounce those misguided people who, in the name of Islam, call for the death of those who leave the Muslim religion. To do otherwise is to promote intolerance toward our fellow Americans who choose to no longer adhere to the Muslim religion. And to do otherwise will demonstrate that even the most moderate form of Islam is incompatible with the United States Constitution.
Now is the time for “moderate” Muslim leaders in America to clearly define the limits of their tolerance.
John Marion, Jr. is the director of the Center of Peace and Hope in Christ for Afghanistan in Fairfax County. His email is: afghanjohn@afghanbibles.com. Additional copies of this can be downloaded at: www.AfghanBibles.com .
Live in peace with us....or die against us.
Choice is everything.
Fortunatly the fanatics are in the minority.
Victor Mordecai is his pen name and he has a web page. I've included a link to a very good short talk he does on Jews and Christians and Islam PLUS he has the contact NUMBER for ordering the tape: JIHAD in AMERICA: WHAT JEWS AND CHRISTIANS NEED TO KNOW
USE THE REALPLAYER VERSION
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