Islamic Persecution Against Christianity
Islam: Not Just Another Religion
ByJanet Levy
December 16, 2007
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In places like Saudi
Arabia, the epicenter and primary global financier and promoter of
Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam that interprets the Koran
literally, social rules are severe, extensive and often brutal. Gender
apartheid is enforced with separate libraries for men and women.
Starbucks coffeehouses are divided into "male" and "family-only"
sections, and hotels are completely devoid of a female presence, as all
personnel, including maids, are male. A rape victim was recently
sentenced to 200 lashes, a punishment that was increased when her
lawyer complained of its injustice. At the same time that the Saudi
government is sponsoring 32,000 students on visas to the United States,
the standard Saudi elementary and high school curriculum teaches hatred
for Christians and Jews.
In
other Muslim strongholds and countries with significant Muslim
populations, Islamic law and customs have been imposed and Muslim
demands routinely appeased. In many hospitals across the United
Kingdom, unprecedented faith-based, special services have been provided
to Muslim patients at the risk of damaging overall quality of care and
burdening healthcare professionals. These include special patient
counseling during the Muslim holiday, Ramadan; devising substitutions
for alcohol and porcine-derived drugs; rotating the beds of bedridden
patients toward Mecca and providing fresh bathing water for the
five-times-daily prayer rituals; distributing burka-style gowns for
patients and mandating that hospital personnel participate in
taxpayer-funded workshops on Islam-specific customs. In September, a
Muslim dentist in Manchester, who offers special discounts to
hijab-donning patients, refused to see a female patient with an
uncovered head. Last week, the Philippine government announced plans to
surrender territory for a Muslim "homeland," following decades of
Muslim slaughter of area Catholics.
In
the "enlightened" West, Muslims are free to perform "Dawa" or
proselytizing on behalf of Islam. They openly engage in organized
efforts to spread the message of Islam and invite non-Muslims to join
the faith. Furthermore, the building of mosques and the opening of
madrassas proceed without hindrance. Yet, in many Muslim countries,
non-Muslims are not free to practice their religion, let alone
proselytize, and may be prosecuted for doing so. A Muslim convert to
Christianity may be sentenced to death for apostasy.
Although
mostly spurious charges of Koranic desecration abound in the Western
world, little mention is made of the numerous Bibles actually being
confiscated and shredded at the Riyadh airport. In many Islamic
countries, Christians are not permitted to build churches or renovate
existing ones. While Muslims are invited to the Vatican and to serve on
interfaith councils, non-believers are not permitted to travel to Mecca
or Medina.
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Islam's Global War against Christianity
ByPatrick Poole
July 05, 2007
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From Nigeria to Indonesia,
Christians are under siege in virtually every single country in the
Muslim world, the victims of countless acts of discrimination,
depredation, brutality, and murder that are so widespread and
systematic that it can rightfully be called the new Holocaust. This
time, however, the perpetrators of this Holocaust aren't wearing
swastikas, but kufi skull caps and hijabs.
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Forced Conversions
This is Your Gazan Conversion
By Andrew Bostom
August 29, 2006
The
forced conversion of two television journalists to Islam is nothing new
— except for the use of videotape and the celebrity value in play. The
jihad of today is actually very old, and embedded in the very
foundations of Islam.
Fox
News journalists Steve Centanni and his accompanying cameraman Olaf
Wiig were released on Sunday, August 27, 2006, following almost two
weeks of captivity. While both men appeared to be in good physical
health, the prognosis for their psychological state, and future
journalistic contributions, is less sanguine. As depicted in this
disturbing video, Centanni and Wiig were forced to convert to Islam,
and recite an anti—Western diatribe, complemented by treacly Islamic
apologetics.
During
the brief press conference held almost immediately after their release
, both men preferred to focus on the plight of the kind and benevolent
denizens of Gaza. Momentarily acknowledging the coercive nature of
their 'conversion,' Centanni admitted off camera, 'We were forced to
convert to Islam at gunpoint.' But he felt compelled to add this
bizarre disclaimer, 'Don't get me wrong here. I have the highest respect for Islam, and I learned a lot of good things about it,' before concluding candidly
'...it was something we felt we had to do because they had the guns, and we didn't know what the hell was going on.'
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