Posted on 03/21/2011 3:34:29 AM PDT by jacknhoo
The Muslim Brotherhood, with the complicity of the Obama administration, has infiltrated the U.S. government at the highest levels and is influencing American policy that leaves the world’s Christians in grave danger, warns internationally known evangelist Franklin Graham
“The Muslim Brotherhood is very strong and active here in our country,” Graham tells Newsmax. “We have these people advising our military and State Department. We’ve brought in Muslims to tell us how to make policy toward Muslim countries.
“It’s like a farmer asking a fox, ‘How do I protect my hen house?’"
That same Muslim Brotherhood is fomenting much of the rebellion and the deteriorating social order roiling the Middle East, forcing millions of Christians to flee for their lives, says Graham, son of beloved evangelist Dr. Billy Graham, and founder of The Samaritan’s Purse international charity.
“Under [Egypt’s Hosni] Mubarek and [Jordan’s] King Hussein and other moderate leaders, Christians had been protected,” Graham says. 11 million Christians live in Egypt and I ear for them, because if the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power, you’re going to see a great exodus of Christians. Same thing in Tunisia and Lebanon. I fear for the church because the Muslim Brotherhood is going to be a very terrible thing.”
Read more on Newsmax.com: Franklin Graham: World’s Christians in Grave Danger Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
A new report from the Roman Catholic aid agency Aid to the Church in Need supports Graham’s contention that the persecution of Christians worldwide has worsened exponentially in the past few years.
According to the report, Christians face increased suffering in 22 countries around the world, with Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Nigeria being among the worst countries to be a Christian in today.
The persecution has gotten markedly worse over the past two years according to the organization.
“The proportion of countries with a worsening track-record of anti-Christian violence and intimidation would be higher were it not for the fact that in many cases the situation could scarcely have been worse in the first place” the report’s authors wrote.
More than 75 percent of religious persecution in the world is currently being carried out against Christians, the report concludes.
The Vatican formed a special committee late last year to address the flight of Christians and the rise of militant Islam in the Middle East. In his New Year’s message, Pope Benedict XVI said Christians suffer more than any other religious group because of their faith
Asked if President Barack Obama was doing enough to protect Christians at home and abroad, Graham says, “No. If anything it’s the opposite.”
“Muslims are protected more in this country than Christians,” he says. “The president has made many statements but he doesn’t back them up. We have to do more to protect the Christians in the Muslim world. Their lives are in danger.”
In recent weeks, Obama administration officials have stepped up the defense of their inclusive stance toward Muslims in their ranks. Deputy national security advisor, Denis McDonough, said last week that President Obama is actually trying to prevent terrorism by "dispelling the myths that have developed over the years, including misperceptions about our fellow Americans who are Muslim."
"When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution," McDonough said at an interfaith forum in Sterling, Va.
Graham, however says what Obama is really doing is "giving Islam a pass" rather than speaking openly about the "horrific" treatment women and minorities receive.
"We certainly love the Muslim people," Graham said in an earlier interview with Newsmax. "But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam."
Read more on Newsmax.com: Franklin Graham: World’s Christians in Grave Danger Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
Why, yes, yes it is.
However, I believe a more appropriate analogy would be:
It's like a wolf (dressed in shepherd's clothing) asking a wolf, "How do I protect my sheep?"
Smear campaign against Rev. Graham in 3...2...1...
But I have noticed nothing bad being spoken aganist Rev. Fanklin Graham, so far, so good.
Here ya go.
This is pure religious rabble rousing (some rabble around here too ya know).
Having Msulims giving advice is what you call smart. If you don’t know your enemy you can’t defeat him. Duh.
This is the right-wing nuts acting like the sterotypes the left-wing nuts say they are. The only result will be to ensure another 4 years of the US national disaster.
Thank God someone has the courage to tell the truth..
I do not think so. Rev. Graham saying it just like it is, thankfully.
Not only Muslims; there are plenty of people on the left who salivate at the idea of killing Christians. The stadiums have been built...
Knowing one's enemy is quite different than giving him your ear in matters of strategy. An administration that can't even speak the name of our enemy is hardly someone that knows our enemy is THE enemy.
Knowing the enemy is a good thing. Believing the enemy is your friend is foolhardy.
clever
You said it better than I could.
If your post is not sarcasm, then I’d say your analogy Sucks Wet Dog Fur....
Good article. makes me wonder what Dr. Gene Scott would think of our situation in America
:-)
Yep, we are all in danger, and it’s getting worse.
I’m not too afraid, though.
The Suffering Church is out there, as it has been since the Lord Jesus ascended to Heaven a couple thousand years ago. He Himself said there would be persecutions, so it’s not surprising. I also know that EVERY movement to attempt to stamp out or destroy the Church of Jesus Christ on this Earth has FAILED.
Now, as the End approaches, it’s going to get worse...MUCH worse. Jesus said it would. I’m not going to be surprised if Christianity is one day branded an “outlaw” religion here in the United States. We may have to go underground as so many fellow believers in time immemorial have done, and continue to do to this day. I’ll even go so far as to say that some of us...here, alive today...may have to give our lives for the Gospel of Christ.
But you know what? It’s okay. It’s cliche’, but it’s the truth; I read the end of the Book. He wins. And because He wins, so do we.
Yep, common sense..Mr Graham is a patriot, we all know we are being invaded on many fronts, by time we the people mobilize to stop the onslaught we will have a great deal of ground to make up..One day if we gather the strength we the people will tell the government no!! and take matters in our own hands for survival and freedom..
You are a Christian who gets it right. There are so many self-styled Christian ministers who preach that God’s plan is that Christians be happy, and healthy, and wealthy here on earth. Far from it.
Do you believe Franklin Graham is a right wing nut?
I stand with Franklin and GOD... I stand against everything that obama stands for and every evil thing that he has done to America.
LLS
*This is the right-wing nuts acting like the sterotypes (sic) the left-wing nuts say they are.*
Could you be more specific about how “right-wing nuts” act?
No, I think he is a rabble rouser.
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