South Korea puts airports on alert after al-Qaeda warning

The "Christian function" could well be any number of interfaith meetings. You know the kind: one or two representatives of "each" group, pieties about how "we need to stress what unites us, not what separates us" (i.e. let's talk about monotheism, our "abrahamic" faiths, and whatever else we can find that will help us to avoid even so much as hinting at the uncompromising division of the world, in Islam, between Believer and non-Believer, the requirement that dar al-Islam ultiamtely swallow up dar al-Harb, the status of permanent humiliation, degradation, and insecurity which is imposed on non-Muslims under Muslim rule (see Antoine Fattal, Le statut legal des non-musulmanes en pays d'Islam, Dar el-Machreq Sarl Editeurs, Beyrouth, 1995, for the fullest account of the Muslim theory, and the books by Bat Ye'or, for the fullest account of the practice, of dhimmitude).

Oh, there are all sorts of Islamochristians, or Christianomuslims, loose inthe world. There is the brigade, dwindling fast as the Christian Arabs flee from the Holy Land (unless they are able to obtain Israeli citizenship, rather than that of the "Palestine Authority"), of tame Christians who willingly join in promoting the relentless Jihad against Israel, all gussied up to look, for the outside world, and for the most gullible in that world, as a "struggle for legitimate rights" of the recently-invented "Palestinian people" (born c. 1968, kept on artifical life-support for nearly half-a-century, likely to disappear just as soon as Israel goes under, and there is no further need). There is Naim Ateek, and Hanan Ashrawi, and all those Western Christians who so devoutly want to believe that there is just a discrete matter of Israel, and once that matter has been "solved" then all manner of things shall be well. All sorts and conditions of idiocy.

So it would not be a surprise if an Al-Qaeda member were coming to address such a group in Korea. But he might also be coming to visit local Muslim sympathizers and supporters. In South Korea, the Turkish troops who were there during the Korean War (known in Turkey ever after as the "Korelis"), left behind a legacy: converts to Islam, who may now number now in the tens of thousands. And they, like Muslims everywhere, are supposed to owe their allegiance not to the nation-state but to their fellow Muslims. Perhaps they do; perhaps they don't. How would one know? And if one cannot know for sure where loyalties lie, given the widespread dissimulation known as taqiyya, or kitman, which is religiously sanctioned in Islam in order to protect Islam and the Believers,what, in order to exercise reasonable caution, must Infidels assume?

Mr. Spencer wrote:

"That's odd. A Christian function? Is this just a cover, or is Al-Qaeda infiltrating Christian groups now? I haven't heard of anything like this. If anyone has, please let me know."

Muslims are infiltrating and subverting all sorts of Christian groups; the Christian groups are rolling over and playing dead out of a misguided attempt to reconcile with and make peace with Islam.

The Pope kisses the Qur'an, etc..

And for a more advanced look at Christians who are committing suicide, look at the United Church of Canada:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/001041.php

Dhimmitude in the United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada has produced an astounding piece of institutional suicide called "That We May Know Each Other: United Church – Muslim Relations Today." You can find a pdf of it here. (Thanks to Mentat_99.)

This document reveals a Christian church in profound confusion about its own identity and mission, adopting a posture of the most cringing dhimmitude toward Canada's rapidly increasing Muslim population. A few highlights:

"The lesser jihad is the defence of Islam, or of a Muslim country or community against aggression. It may be a jihad of the pen or of the tongue. If it involves conflict, it is strictly regulated, and can only be defensive." (p. 17)
The document's authors show no sign of being aware of the broad doctrine within Islamic theology, law, and history of offensive jihad, as summed up as recently as 1994 by a Shafi'i Muslim legal manual bearing the approval of Cairo's venerable and respected Al-Azhar University. This manual stipulates that the Muslim community must make "war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians . . . until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax" ('Umdat al-Salik, o9.8).

The UCC document also states:

"Issues of human rights violations associated with Shari’ah in the press are often simply a failure to distinguish Shari’ah from issues of local custom." (p. 22)
Yes, but often they aren't. The Sharia's denial of equality of rights to women and non-Muslims, as well as its draconian punishments and outrageous evidentiary requirements, are well documented. I explore these matters from Islamic sources, examining them from the standpoint of human rights in both Islam Unveiled and Onward Muslim Soldiers. That the Sharia raises human rights questions has been noted by many Muslims also, including the Iranian Sufi Sheikh Tabandeh, who wrote an Islamic critique of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

And here is the most egregious passage of the UCC document:

“We also believe it is a possible, though major, step forward in Muslim-Christian relationships for Christians to acknowledge Muhammad as a prophet of God. . . . Therefore it is necessary, in affirming this, to also invite the possibility within the Christian community of a recognition of the Qur'an as an inspired word from God . . .” (pp. 32-3)
Although the document throws up nuance after nuance about what exactly this would mean, it seems oblivious to the probability that its nuances would be ignored by the other party in this dialogue, which would see any acknowledgement of Muhammad as a prophet as an avowal of, or at least a first step toward, the acceptance of Islam and abandonment of Christianity. Because however much New Age irenicists may dislike the fact, the New Testament and the Qur'an contradict each other; thus they cannot both be true. Christians cannot accept Muhammad as a prophet without accepting his message, which would require that they cease to be Christian. Thus by making these suggestions, the UCC is toying with suicide.

Or maybe it will become the first Christian-Islamic dhimmi sect of the new age.

Excellent posts Hugh and Mentat,

Don't forget about Scott Alexander...

Interfaith relations...The Diocese of Rockville Center, Temple Beth El and the Islamic Center of Long Island have had an ongoing relationship...even though the Islamic Center's President is NY Chapter Head of Islamic Society of North America, NY Chapter Head of American Muslim Alliance, the Interfaith Director is the NY Chapter Head of CAIR, etc. They have used the Jewish/Christian dialogue and the good intentions of both groups to gain credibility.

Mentat said, “The United Church of Canada has produced an astounding piece of institutional suicide called "That We May Know Each Other: United Church – Muslim Relations Today." You can find a pdf of it here. (Thanks to Mentat_99.)”

That is why I am not a member, even if I was raised in the church.

I once told a woman that I used to work with that the United Church was run by “Vegetarian, Socialist, Lesbians.” She gave me a shocked look and said “My sister is a minister in the United Church and she is a Lesbian.” Turns out she is also a vegetarian socialist too, so I am not sure why she was so shocked, since I was telling the truth. Before I get a whole bunch of comments on my views on gays or vegans, I am here to tell you, I don't care what you eat or who you sleep with, but I don’t like socialism much, in churches or government.

“Your grandchildren will be meat eating, capitalists, preaching against islamos.”

ps. I was wondering how islamos got to Korea. I have relatives from Korea and I have a soft spot for the country. Interesting.