Ali: the face of American Islam?

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This is from the blog of a friend of mine, a converted Muslim, former Presbyterian minister, now a minster bringing Christ to the Muslims.


https://mateenelass.wordpress.com/20...merican-islam/

wlnf

[Issachar]

Re: Ali: the face of American Islam?

Your friend quoting Ali in his blog:

We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can’t love only some of his children.

That same mentality has swept through humanity for a long time. It is building in momentum in the days due to governments being onboard with that thinking, which makes for it being pushed in schools, etc. which is leading to the one world religion.

Thanks for posting that link wlnf.

Issachar

[Guest]

Re: Ali: the face of American Islam?

When you have some time, check out some of his other posts on the blog. Some deal with the Presbyterian Church USA, from which he departed a few years ago due in part because of its stance on homosexuality, but most concern Islam, including Iran, Sunni-Shiite, the Ayatollah, the caliphate, and Islam eschatology. I'm trying to get an invite from our pastor to have him come to our church and speak.

wlnf

[Issachar]

Re: Ali: the face of American Islam?

Presbyterian Church USA Teams Up With American Islamists

The Church is an official interfaith partner with U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entities and supporters of Sharia for America.

A writer giving soft treatment to Islamists wouldn’t be a new development, but Ben Daniel isn’t just any writer. He’s the pastor of a church and his book was published by the Presbyterian Church USA. This church of 1.8 million has become an ally of Islamists.

Pastor Ben Daniel leads Foothill Presbyterian Church of San Jose and his book, The Search for Truth About Islam: A Christian Pastor Separates Fact from Fiction, was released on March 25 by the official publisher of the Presbyterian Church USA.

His book “explores what he calls ‘the American cult of fear,’ particularly as it relates to the rise of Islamophobia in the United States.”

Islamists have used the term “Islamophobia” to gain political influence and bash opponents – including ant-Islamists Muslims -- long before the 9/11 attacks. Now, even Muslims are speaking out against the abuse of the term.

At an August 22 speaking engagement at Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church, which was attended by almost 150 people, Pastor Daniel said that the CIA estimates there are less than 20,000 terrorists in the entire world.

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Issachar

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Re: Ali: the face of American Islam?

The message that we all serve the same God is very troublesome. While it may be more palatable, it is damning to those who hear it from "preachers" who can lead people who trust them astray with false doctrine. I had to leave a church years ago, (LCMS--Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, basically conservative) because the Pastor was trying to open the big umbrella and talking about Allah and God being the same. He was under fire for marrying a Christian and a Muslim and configuring the vows to include this message. I think he believed he was doing a good thing, being inclusive, and might be winning souls, but the truth cannot be compromised. I did not want him teaching my youngest son the tenets of the faith when he was of age for confirmation. Now I hear he got removed from the LCMS and attends a catholic church. I am sad about that, but we must be vigilant that error doesn't creep in and lead people astray.