US soldiers have been encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population, video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show. Military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram were also filmed with bibles printed in the country’s main Pashto and Dari languages. In one recorded sermon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan, is seen telling soldiers that as followers of Jesus Christ, they all have a responsibility “to be witnesses for him”.
They have been doing this in every nation they have occupied previously, so it came as no surprise to me. After all, the tactic has always been (and will always be) BIBLE + JESUS = FOOD. What is sickening is that these worshippers of a half-naked Roman criminal swinging from a cross are getting away with their Bible-thumping in a predominantly Muslim nation, with no outcry from other countries. I would think that da’wah movements such as WAMY or ABIM Outreach should step in to deal with the situation.
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On the ocassion of Mawlid ar-Rasul, the day where the world witnessed the birth of the greatest man in the history of mankind, God’s elected: Muhammad al-Mustafa, salla allahu alayhi wasallam. The Prophet (P) was foretold in the Bible and was named as the “Shiloh” who will rise from Arabia.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, to whom the gentiles look forward.
The sceptre [of Revelation] did depart from the Jews to the Arab Prophet Muhammad, and he was sent to all of mankind, gentile or non-gentile regardless.
Update: A song dedicated to Rasulullah, our Saviour for all of mankind. See here.
Comments by Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris on the Islamic headscarf have sparked a heated debate on freedom of speech and prompted a conservative sheikh to issue a fatwa urging Muslims to boycott Sawiris’ companies.
The businessman, who ranks among the world’s 100 richest men, had criticised the growing influence of religion, such as the Islamic hijab, or veil, worn by women in the street.
“I have the impression of being in Iran. I feel like a foreigner,” he said last month.
Naturally, it has sparked a backlash from the Muslims in Egypt. Kudos goes to our Muslim brothers and sisters in Egypt for standing up and rising against this outrageous comment.
You would think that this so-called “Islam Hadhari” government, with all their talk about Islamic values and emphasis on Islam [not!] would actually have a tendency to focus more on Eid Adha, the most important festival in Islam which commemorates the sacrifice that our liege-lord Abraham (peace be upon him) made of his beloved son Ishmael (peace be upon him). Of course the corrupted Babble gives a different account of the story of the Sacrifice by giving the right of the first-born son Ishmael to Isaac (peace be upon him), but that is a different issue for another time. Unfortunately, I do not see any television shows touching on Eid Adha or even the Hajj, if at all.
The only show that I saw last night related to this was a documentary on Discovery Channel entitled Revealed: The Hajj. Very educational and rewarding, but that is not the point of this criticism.
