Posted on 06/24/2002 9:22:49 AM PDT by truthandlife
Bear in mind that Islam cannot exist peacefully with its non-islamic neighbors. Moslems cannot prosper because they have no real plans before death, and they breed rapidly beyond their financial means.
Islam thinks very long term and so should we. Unless this is stopped, future generations are in for big trouble from the south
Are you referring to the Presbyterians, Pentecostals, evangelical preachers, left-wing Roman Catholic priests and Mormons?
A Matter of Faith: Islam is Fastest-Growing Religion in the U.S.
Abdullah Yusuf, center, prays at the Masjid As-Salam in Sacramento
on Friday. Yusuf says he was raised Catholic but converted to Islam
because he liked the teachings of the Qur'an.Latino Muslims
In April, California State University, Sacramento, hosted a forum on the "Islamic Presence in Latin America" before and after Columbus. One of the speakers, Salvadoran-born AbdulHadi Bazurto (President of Latin American Muslim Unity), said the more he examined his roots, the more he questioned the validity of Catholicism in his life. "Since the day the Spanish arrived, we as people have suffered a lot," he said. "Christianity's 'white God' concept was harmful to our people, who were definitely not white."
Another speaker, Daniel Denton, a Stockton elementary school teacher who was born in Mexico, said he was a hard-drinking veteran of the Gulf War when he began to explore Islam in 1994. At the invitation of Muslims at Delta College, he went to a mosque. "There was a carpet on the floor, and the walls were bare. I wondered, 'Where is everything?' and then I realized that was everything. If you go to a Catholic church, every few feet they have an image or a statue, but in Islam, there is no association between God and any image."
Denton also was impressed by the Islamic belief that each individual will be judged by their deeds on Judgment Day. That night, he took the shahada, the Muslim vow that says "There is only one God, Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."
When he started fasting for Ramadan, "I heard my relatives in Stockton were calling my mom in San Diego and telling her I had become a terrorist and was doing drugs," Denton said. "When I went down to San Diego toward the end of Ramadan, I had lost 15 pounds and was starting to grow my beard. My mom was just in tears for days."
But, Denton said, his mother soon realized that instead of partying, he was staying home and talking to her as he had never done before.
"As she began to see the change, she came to accept it, and now she's happy. There's a saying in Islam that goes, 'Heaven lies at the feet of the mother. You have to treat her well at all times, take care of her.' "
Denton, 29, sees similarities between Islamic and Latino culture. "I've noticed that if you take away the crosses, the alcohol and the pork, the smells in my house are similar to Muslim homes. So is the behavior -- the respect for family."
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California State University, Sacramento, hosted a forum on the "Islamic Presence in Latin America" before and after Columbus. One of the speakers, Salvadoran-born AbdulHadi Bazurto (President of Latin American Muslim Unity), said the more he examined his roots, the more he questioned the validity of Catholicism in his life. "Since the day the Spanish arrived, we as people have suffered a lot," he said. "Christianity's 'white God' concept was harmful to our people, who were definitely not white."
Our tax dollars at work.
Now that bugs me! Why would anyone claim Jesus was a prophet but not God? Jesus clearly, repeatedly claimed to be God. If you acknowledge he is a prophet, you can not pick and choose which of His prophesies you will believe. Its one of those all or nothing deals. This guy has picked his side, but I suspect he is to brainwashed to see his fence sitting problem.
It is funny to me, in a very sad way, to think of the people in these poor areas converting to what ever religion is giving out the most money. Those religous groups, including Christian ones, are not doing these people any real favors. Its rather like politics in the US: promise to give all kinds of money in an effort to 'save' people. Very sad. If they really want to help, they should leave.
The movie "At Play In the Fields of the Lord" made this point very well. Great performances by John Lithgow and Kathy Bates.
Satan is the author of deception . . . Islam is one of his myriad tools.
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