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Beirut bombing kills ex-ambassador to U.S.

Dec. 27, 2013 - Mohammed Chatah, a former Lebanese finance minister and ex-ambassador to the U.S. was killed in a powerful car bomb blast in Beirut. Four others were killed and more than 70 were injured in the explosion. Chatah was a senior aide to former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Hariri, a Sunni politician, heads the main, Western-backed coalition in Lebanon, which is engaged in bitter feuding with the militant Shiite Hezbollah group, a top ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Source: USA Today

Prophetic Significance of Islam

Steinitz: Sunni-Shi’ite nuke race will result if Iranian program isn’t stopped

Dec. 26, 2013 - Israeli Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz warned that if Iran's nuclear weapons program is not stopped there will be an arms race between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim countries. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry, says that people in the Middle East do not understand what the US’s policy is. It appears that it has turned against its traditional allies in the region and drawn closer to Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Arab Spring: 10 unpredicted outcomes

Dec. 16, 2013 - This BBC editorial lists ten results of the Arab Spring protests that were not expected:

1 - Monarchies weather the storm 2 - US no longer calls the shots 3 - Sunni versus Shia 4 - Iran a winner 5 - Winners are losers 6 - Kurds reap benefits 7 - Women fall victim 8 - Overrated power of social media? 9 - Dubai property bounces back 10 - Back to the drawing board

Source: BBC

Al Qaeda: Death to Shi'ites for 'Damaging Mohammed's Legacy'

Dec. 8, 2013 - A video from the Al Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq that advocates the systemic genocide of Shi'ite Muslims for allegedly "damaging Mohammed's legacy." In the video a Syrian judge, whose job it is to establish Sahria Law in the Syrian city of Aleppo, instructs jihadists not to fear the Egyptian army that is trying to convince them to stop fighting.

Source: Israel National News

Sunni-Shia tensions 'biggest threat to world security': Iran foreign minister Mohammad Zarif

Nov. 11, 2013 - The Syrian civil war has further divided regional powers. Shi'ite Iran is backing President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Gulf Arab states and Turkey is assisting the rebels. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters that this sectarian tension is "the most serious security threat not only to the region but to the world at large."

Mr Zarif, a US-educated former Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, called for regional powers to come together to try to solve the conflict in Syria.

Source: Telegraph - UK

What Is the Difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

Arab MK: Patriarchs were Muslim, not Jewish

Oct. 11, 2013 - Ibrahim Sarsour, an Arab member of the Israeli Kenesset claims that the Biblical patriarchs were Islamic.

According to Sarsour, the Koran “proves without a doubt” that Abraham was a “Muslim” and that Isaac and Jacob were “hanifs” who “submitted” to Allah. Hanif is an Islamic term for pre-Koranic figures who rejected idolatry in favor of monotheism.

Source:Israel National News

Historical Problems with the Emergence of Islam, and the Qur'an

September 1, 2013 - Read Jay Smith's notes from this presentation at Calvary Chapel of Chino Hills. Especially notice the new book and documentary by Tom Holland! On the Calvary Chapel media site you can also listen to (or watch) the presentation. We attended this event and found it most informative!

Source: Calvary Chapel of Chino Hills

Media Site - Search for Jay Smith

Islam: The Untold Story - Tom Holland - YouTube

In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire - Tom Holland - Amazon

Egypt's Struggle Is Against Political Islam, Christian Editor Says

Aug. 25, 2013 - Youssef Sidhom, editor of the Christian weekly newspaper called Watani (My Homeland), told the Voice of America that the cause of the revolution there was that Islamist President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood were imposing political Islam on the nation against the will of the people.

"he Muslim Brotherhood are only clever in taking power in their hands and ousting every other political faction," Sidhom said.

Source: Christian Post

FBI expert: Quran is 'revealed word of God'

Jun. 5, 2013 - Judicial Watch reports that hundreds of pages of FBI training materials are being changed in consideration of the Islamic beliefs. “The Quran is not the teachings of the prophet,” wrote [an] expert, “but the revealed word of God.”

According to Judicial Watch, another criticism was leveled against a particular article because it “inaccurately argues the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization.”

Source: WND

Video: Chavez urged Shiites' 12th Imam to 'come sooner'

Mar. 9, 2013 - A video recording of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2009 shows that he had a strange blend of belief in the Second Coming of Christ (He was a Catholic), and the coming of the Shiite Muslims’ 12th Imam. He was influenced by the beliefs of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In the video he said,

“Quds (Jerusalem) is a holy place for all of us Christians. I spoke with Ahmadinejad about the day that Islam’s Quran says both (Mahdi and Christ) will return. Jesus, holding hands with the 12th Imam."

He added that he hoped they would hasten their return.

Source: WND

Muslim students clash with speaker who forsook Islam

Mar. 9, 2013 - While Walid Shoebat, a Palestinian former Muslim who converted to Christianity was speaking at a church in Minnesota, two Islamic students attended and disrupted the service. They were allowed to ask questions, but instead, they just accused Shobat of lying, so they were asked to leave. Now they have enlisted the help of the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Source: WND

How Should Christian Satellite Networks Evangelize to Muslims?

Jan. 10, 2013 - The "Innocence of Muslims" film that caused riots in Egypt last year has stimulated debate among Christian broadcasters about the right way to reach out to Muslims. Terence Ascott, CEO and founder of SAT-7, the evangelical satellite channel that airs broadcasts from Cairo to Beirut explains their policy:

"Exposing the faults of another person's belief system is best done face to face in love. To do it through a broadcast can often lead to a negative reaction by viewers, and... local Christians and churches then pay the price."

There are other broadcasters who use their satellite programs to expose Islamic error. The debate continues.

Source: Christianity Today

Egyptian mag affirms Brotherhood infiltration of White House

Jan. 4, 2013 - The Dec. 22 edition of Egypt’s Rose El-Youssef magazine claimed that six Muslim Brotherhood operatives are working in the Obama administration and have significant influence on U.S. policy. The article says that this fact has turned the White House...

“...from a position hostile to Islamic groups and organizations in the world to the largest and most important supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

The article lists the names and positions of the six influential people.

After World War I the Ottoman Turkish empire was disbanded, but the Muslim Brotherhood was soon formed for the purpose of destroying Western civilization and making Islam "victorious over all other religions.”

Source: WMD

The First Muslim President - WND

Current TV Rejected Glenn Beck Before Selling to al-Jazeera

Jan. 3, 2013 - Former Vice President Al Gore's cable TV network has been purchased by Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab brocaster. Before the sale was made conservative commentator Glenn Beck had offered to buy the network but was rejected because of his ideology.

Gore confirmed the sale, which netted $500 million - $100 million of which he will receive personally. He said that Al-Jazeera shares Current TV's mission:

"To give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one else is telling."

Source: NewsMax

Global warming guru Al Gore becomes rich hypocrite with sale of Current TV to Qatar, Inc. - Fox