Shining the Light on Islam! By: Dr. Josimar Salum

SHINING THE LIGHT ON ISLAM!

By: Dr. Josimar Salum

Written on November 18, 2015. Revised and edited on October 16, 2023.

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Obviously there is a difference between radical and moderate Muslims. The first difference being the practitioners, the other differences being essentially religious or nominal. It is equally obvious that the Islamic State (ISIS) acts in the name of Islam. And they are inspired by their prophet Muhammad who, before he died, stated that every Muslim must do three things with those who are not Muslims: convert them, kill them or make them pay tribute. This is the oppressive recipe that ISIS (Islamic State) has imposed on non-Muslim populations throughout Iraq and Syria and where they exercise dominance.

Do you classify as Islamic terrorism only the barbaric acts carried out, for example, by ISIS in Paris and Beirut?

Research the multitude of barbaric terrorist acts in the world over the last 20 years: the largest number of them come from radical Muslims! Radicals, indeed, but nonetheless, Muslims. Every terrorist from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Palestine, etc. is a Muslim! All terrorist acts cited here are by Muslims! Not all Muslims are terrorists! Clearly! But all of these countries are Muslim! I will repeat: Not every Muslim is a terrorist, especially, only religious and nominal Muslims!

Anyone who ignores these unquestionable facts is in error for three reasons that are equally clear to me: due to ignorance, conscious choice or pathological disorder. In what category is President Obama, who stubbornly refused to recognize that ISIS is a Muslim faction?

The Islamic State is ultra-radical! But it is Islamic. (In these days, Hamas and Hezbolah are Islamic), Obama never uses these words while the group's own denomination carries the Islamic name and blames this truth! They sing the same prayers as all practicing Muslims around the world.

I believe that most of my readers have never read anything from the Quran and have never studied Islam using the appropriate sources. Islam in any form is a threat to human civilization. There is no Islam that is not radical in its theology. Unless every Muslim renounces all hateful language in their holy book and refuses to be a faithful disciple of Muhammad! If he does so, he will no longer be a Muslim; he will be considered an apostate. For ISIS, every Muslim who stops praying five times a day is no longer a Muslim, which is also why they are persecuted and murdered. Generally speaking, every Muslim, in Egypt, for example, who converts to Jesus is threatened with death, even by their parents or close relatives. Not only are they threatened, but many are murdered, some even by their own parents. Did you know that the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, has at least 106 passages that teach the killing of infidels like you, especially Jews and Christians?

Did you know, for example, that a mosque is not a church, and that its main function is to be a school for conquering the world? As the Quran proclaims that the entire world will be conquered by Islam.

Yes, Islam wants to dominate the entire Earth. Would you also consider terrorism or barbarism the undeniable fact that every woman is considered trash, without any human rights, in the absolute majority of Muslim countries?

See how human beings are treated in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, Algeria, Iran, etc.! I had direct contact with hundreds of them and I can tell you this is exactly how they believe and act upon! And you will understand, if you do not yet understand with great distinction and wisdom what I present in this text. Do you know what would happen to me just for writing what I write in some of these countries? There is no freedom of expression, religious freedom, or free press in these nations!

In Islam, it is taught that every Muslim is obliged to hate Christians and Jews!

Although not every Islamist hates Jews and Christians, it is a fact that Muhammad, their prophet, killed hundreds of Jews and buried them in an open grave and that Christians are persecuted in all Muslim countries! I have Muslim friends! Good people! Even though they are friends, they admit that their holy book teaches that I should be considered an enemy and that I am an infidel. Yes, not all Muslims literally practice the teachings of the Quran! Not all of them are blind followers of Allah. Even though in the Quran “god” never blesses and never says he loves his children. To Allah, all his enemies deserve death! There is no forgiveness in Allah's vocabulary that his children should offer to other human beings who are not Muslim! Prayers to Allah are mantras of curses, and curses against all their enemies.

In fact, in 2012, a survey by The Economist magazine showed that more than 70% of the world's Muslims support compliance with sharia and 90% agree with the executions of enemies and apostates (people who abandon Islam). 70% is equivalent to more than 1 billion, and one hundred million people! 90% is equivalent to more than 1 billion and 400 million people! Can you get an idea of the size of these numbers associated with hatred and intolerance? There really is a big gap between what we think about Islam and what corresponds to reality.

This politically correct position of thinking that I am making a mistake in putting everyone in the same boat is a fantasy, self-denial, disillusionment!

Yes, Islam, in any form, is a threat to human rights because its principles are contradictory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Now, if it is a threat to human rights, it is certainly a threat to civilization. Compare the pure teachings of Islam with the text of the declaration!

In conclusion, let me leave some perspective for my Christian readers.

As a student of the Scriptures, let me present you with a powerful statement. I affirm that Islam is the antichrist and Muhammad, its false prophet! I say this not because throughout history Protestants and evangelicals have always had the need in each era to name an antichrist. To this day, many evangelicals who adhere to eschatological fanaticism continue to look to Rome for what the Apocalypse openly teaches to be related to Babylon. Daniel understood this clearly in his book! Babylon is Babylon! And let's face it, there are many antichrists, there are even Catholic, evangelical, Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal antichrists! Undoubtedly! There are many antichrists! Revelation‬ ‭13:7‭-‬10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[7] It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. [8] All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. [9] Whoever has ears, let them hear. [10] “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.

Can you see any parallels between this text of Scripture and what is happening today in the Islamic world? Have you ever watched a video of radical Muslims beheading Christians with swords? Did you hear about the 200 Syrian children recently shot by the Islamic State (in 2015)? Are you aware of the thousands of Christian that are in prisons in all Arab Muslim countries?

Have you heard any head of state from a Muslim country condemn these acts of cruelty or any others committed against Christians? Have you seen any of them demand the immediate release of a Christian arrested for preaching the Gospel? Did you know that in most of these countries, anyone who converts to any faith, especially Christ, is arrested or murdered in public? Isn't it a fact that millions of these Muslims who are not "radical" do not condemn this barbarism in their countries and even watch the executions? How can it be said that only a minority of them are radical or ultra-radical?!

And what can we say about Arab countries in relation to acts committed against Jews while they do not even condemn Palestinian attacks against Jews?! They only condemn what the Jews "do against the Palestinians"! Did you know that thousands of Arabs and Palestinians live in Israel and enjoy full freedom and those who live in Gaza do not enjoy neither peace or freedom?

I'm not here defending Jews or even Christians, for that matter. I'm just describing facts. Now, if Islam is a religion of peace or a movement to conquer the world for good, why don't they condemn violence perpetrated against innocent people?

I love Muslims as much as Jews and Christians, but won't you admit that there is a very clear difference between the opposing beliefs when it comes to terrorist practices around the world? Do you see examples of Christians and Jews wantonly killing innocents around the world? Revelation 13:1, 7-10, 11, 15-17 ‭NIV‬‬

[1] The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 

[7] It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. [8] All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. [9] Whoever has ears, let them hear. [10] “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. [11] Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 

[15] The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. [16] It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, [17] so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Do you remember the following text from a certain king of Babylon - in what is now Iraq and Iran - and see similarities with the passage above? King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue, and the herald proclaimed in a loud voice: Daniel‬ ‭3:4‭, ‬6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[4] … “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: [6] Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

Read Daniel chapter 4! The event recorded there is a preview of what is happening nowadays! In this case, any similarity is not pure coincidence.

Well, I heard from many Christians in some Arab countries saying: "Yes, the antichrist is Islam and the false prophet is Muhammad and we have clearly lived through a great tribulation!" ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[11] They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

#ASONE