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Why I Left Islam: An Iranian-American Speaks

Apr 26, 2017 3:49 pm By Andrew Harrod

“I see a lot of love in Christianity, I see a lot of anger and hate in Islam,” stated my anonymous Iranian-American interlocutor to me in his condominium building manager’s office. My interview partner related a revealing personal spiritual and geographic journey away from his boyhood Islamic faith and Iranian homeland to an adult Christian conversion in America.

The son of personally pious Muslim Iranians, “Martin” lived in Iran until 1974, when his parents sent him away at the age of 16 to England for high school. Without any coercion from his parents, his own devotion had prompted him at the age of 12 to attend Quran classes and undertake the Islamic regimen of five daily prayers. Yet Islamic law only requires that boys begin these prayers at the age of 14.

Martin ended his Quran class visits and daily prayers shortly before leaving after the ninth grade for England, where the juxtaposition of his Islamic faith and life in the West created a personal crisis. “I was living in England, all the classes are mixed, boys and girls,” he recalled. “As a Muslim I am not supposed to shake hands with women, I am not supposed to date, I am not supposed to drink, and I couldn’t do that in England.” To violate Islamic strictures in a country like the United Kingdom, “it doesn’t necessarily even have to be sex. But your normal daily life — you can’t do it.”

Seeking to solve his personal dilemma, Martin recalled from his religious training that “in Islam they have different classes of sins,” some minor and forgivable (saghira), others grave and unforgivable (kabira). Among the latter, being a munafiq or hypocrite, the “way I learned Islam, is never forgiven by God. Assume that you are an atheist and you repent towards the end of your life, God will forgive you.” “But if you are a Muslim and you are a munafiq, God will never forgive you,” such that Martin wanted to avoid declaring himself a Muslim while flouting Islamic norms. “I became an atheist out of selfish reasons, because at least there was a chance for me to get forgiven.”

Martin remained an atheist through his college years, graduate school studies, and subsequent life in the United States until 2003 when he married his second wife. This Christian woman wanted a Christian wedding, and he professed his atheism to her pastor during prenuptial counseling. “I was really truly impressed by the way he handled it. You go to a Muslim mullah, try to marry, and say I am an atheist, they will kick you out right away,” yet the pastor did not object and married his congregant to Martin. After he began attending his wife’s church services, the pastor asked Martin to attend Christian education classes, beginning a process that led to his 2013 baptism.

Martin offers interesting reflections upon his personal understanding of the differences between Christianity and Islam. “In Christianity you are loved no matter what by God. The pastor who married us, a perfect example, right, even though I was atheist he was the most respectful person to me.” Additionally, “in our church, for example, when we pray, we pray for other faiths, we pray for people who do not even believe in God….You never see that in Islam, they only pray for themselves.”

By contrast, Martin recalls from his Iranian Quran classes that “most of the Quran is how God will punish you.” In Islam God often “gets angry at you. If you read the Quran, it’s all if you do this you will burn forever, if you do this you will be with snakes,” a vengeance all the more terrifying given Islam’s numerous legalisms. “Christianity is not a rigid religion, whereas Islam tells you what to eat, what not to eat, what to wear, what not to wear, how to make love, how not to make love, how to go to the bathroom, they just have laws for every single thing you do.” Martin recalled Islamic toilet etiquette demanding that a person enter a bathroom with the left leg and not relieve himself facing either towards or away from Mecca.

Martin’s personal joy in becoming a Christian contrasts with the depressing development of his homeland since the 1979 Iranian revolution established Iran’s Islamic republic. Remembering his devout yet tolerant parents, he notes that “I have a problem with Islam as a politics, as an ideology, not as a religion.” “There are two types of Muslims. There are religious Muslims, that is a private matter, it’s for themselves, and there are these political Muslims, which is this new breed since the Iranian Revolution.”

Martin has good memories of the “shah’s generation” in an Iran where the ruling Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi drank champagne and did not force women to veil. “Under the shah, you wanted to go to mosque, you could; you wanted to go to discotheque, you could,” and his father, “as religious as he was, he never forced anybody not to drink, it was their business.” He had Jewish clients at his Tehran carpet shop, indicative of a past more tolerant Iran in which Martin befriended people from Iran’s various religious minorities.

The personal experience of Martin’s first wife, an Iranian Baha’i whom he met and later divorced in the United States, exemplified the Islamic Republic of Iran’s repression after the shah’s overthrow. Islamic doctrine considers this religious community founded in Iran heretical and therefore “najis” or unclean. His choice of wife was therefore not uncontroversial, and “there was some resistance, even from my parents, but they grew to love her.”

The grandmother of Martin’s wife died in 1981 and the Islamic Republic’s harsh repression of the Baha’i also extended into death. Depressing for the wife, Iran’s Islamic laws prohibited public funerals and tombstones for Baha’is, meaning that ‘basically you have to bury them as unknown.” Among various discriminations against the Baha’i in the economy and education, the “most cruel thing is you cannot even bury your dead with respect.”

Martin’s various visits to post-revolutionary Iran have hardly discovered an Islamic paradise:

Now there are more alcoholics in Iran then under the shah, because people are making it in their own homes. The kind of things that are happening in Iran, anti-Islamic things, like sex before marriage, drinking, drugs, you name it, it was nothing like that under the shah. Basically their rigid laws, sharia laws, have backfired bigtime.

Martin remembers that the shah’s Iran was far more developed than South Korea, but since 1979 South Korea has developed into a modern society while Iran has stagnated despite its enormous oil wealth. He last visited in 2002 for his mother’s funeral, but the sight of social malaise such as widespread drug addiction and adolescent girls turned into prostitutes moved him to never return. Additional concerns of being arrested and used as a political pawn like other Iranian dual-nationals such as Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian only strengthened his vow that “I have no desire to go back….I have lost Iran, to me Iran is dead.”

Two of Martin’s sisters have added to his loss by using his Islamic apostasy against him in Iranian legal proceedings in order to claim his inheritance. As noted by his lawyer, his sisters stated in court that their brother is now a kafir, or infidel, making him ineligible for inheritance under Islamic sharia law (his unwillingness to return to Iran only worsened his legal case). These sisters, one of whom used to enjoy dancing in clubs, have bewildered him with their new-found piety after the revolution and their current strong support for Iran’s hardline Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

After a drawn-out 11 year legal process following his mother’s death, Martin’s lawyer was able to only win for him about one-twentieth of his inheritance. His sisters “felt justified cheating me because according to them I am infidel.” “Their God might even reward them basically for cheating a Christian person because according to them right now I am not their brother anymore, I am done. And believe me, if they could, they would kill me.”

Back home in the United States, Martin is “afraid of Muslims becoming powerful here, as they have in Europe,” where incidents of Islamic vigilantism like Germany’s “sharia patrols” have appeared. He “had to kick somebody out of my house” when a Muslim visited with a group of Martin’s friends. The Muslim “said, why are you serving alcohol? I said this is my house; this is none of your business. I said, you don’t like it, get out.”

Martin warns that with sharia-observant Muslims “this is how they start. Oh, could you be respectful, it’s against my religion.” “These Muslims, they say, oh we are a religion of peace and everything. The only reason they say that is because they are in a minority. They want to impose their way of life.” He considers Khamenei’s predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, whose 1989 fatwa called for killing British writer Salman Rushdie; “where is the peace in that?”

Martin correspondingly views American converts to Islam with deep skepticism and reproaches them for naiveté concerning their new faith. “All these young kids here that convert to Islam, any chance I get I ask them, that is fine, that is your free will, but what is going to happen to you if you change your mind.” Any apostasy for them “would be signing their own death sentence” in any circumstances where the traditional Islamic death penalty for apostasy would be applicable such as in Iran’s Islamic Republic; “that is the true Islam.” “It really breaks my heart when I see young kids here converting to Islam not knowing what they are getting into.”

Martin’s isolated optimistic observation notes that, despite severe repression, many Iranians are converting in precisely the opposite direction and swelling Iran’s growing ranks of underground church members:

The reason they are going to Christianity is basically my reason, is love….They have experienced 38 years of rigid sharia law, which is hate really, nothing else, there is no love involved, and people are showing resistance….They have seen what Islam can do.

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  1. Paul N Silas says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    The religion of Peace? Try the religion of “pieces”. Which is all you can find when one of them decides to murder folks with a bomb vest.

  2. gravenimage says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    Kudos to Martin for taking a long, hard look at the creed he grew up with, and rejecting it when he realized how ugly and loveless it is–and for his finding Christianity.

    Mr. Harrod, thanks for presenting his story here.

    • Johan Elzinga says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 5:43 pm

      Imagine living in such a wonderful country – although corruption was rife under the sjah – and then not be able to ever go back. Imagine being left out by your family, as if you are dead, robbed even by your own sisters of your inheritance. One very important remark by Martin is that there are more than one kind of muslim, some keep their faith to themselves, and some would impose it unto others even with violence. It is time. Time to end this nonsense and start describing the Koran and the Hadith as severely unwanted material. We do not allow child abuse. So we should not allow this poison put into children in our countries. It is well time that people are aware of the nasty sides of Islam and to disallow the islam from being taught at primary schools at least.

      • Terry Gain says

        Apr 27, 2017 at 5:35 am

        I Couldn’t disagree more. Islam needs to be taught and the curriculum needs to be written by Robert Spencer, Dr. Bill Warner or David Wood.

        • Ted Tyler says

          Apr 27, 2017 at 12:51 pm

          Spot on Terry. It is important that the “nasty sides of Islam” be taught in our schools.

  3. mortimer says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    Martin says: “The reason they are going to Christianity is basically my reason, is love….They have experienced 38 years of rigid sharia law, which is hate really, nothing else…”

    The hatred in Islam is an ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE… Muslims practice this hatred for kafirs in everything they do from refusing to greet a kafir FIRST…to using taqiyya with kafirs …to maintaining apartheid from kafirs …to not even praying for kafirs.

    Islam is a complete system of hatred towards kafirs. If a Muslim doesn’t hate kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’, he/she is excluded from Islamic paradise.

  4. Salome says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    I have met one Iranian who was led to Christianity by the love he witnessed. I have also heard of an Egyptian taxi driver in New York who explained to his passenger ‘Christianity is all love; Islam is all hate’. All that is left is for Christians in the West to take John 13:35 more seriously: By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    In Africa alone, 6 million Muslims are leaving Islam each year. Conservatively, the number worldwide must be near 10 million Muslims. This is confirmed by the average Muslims who all know personally about a dozen or two dozen apostates.

    Martin himself became an apostate and atheist for many years before adopting Christianity. Martin likely can confirm that many Muslims are secret apostates.

  6. miriamrove says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    While I have no respect for Islam and by now it should be clear, as islam has everything to do with oppression, misogyny you name it, I am glad this guy found god or I should say happiness. But as an Iranian my self, the fact that he was sent to England at a young age of 16 back then it only means one thing and one thing only: that he comes/came from an extremely wealthy family and thus his account on life under the Shah is delusional to say the least. Shah was a brutal dictator who raped and sodomized Iran and sent thousands of opposition to torture chamber and death. While under Shah you could drink, go to disco or have pork, Martin is right. But that is about it. In fact the reason the Ayatollahs are here is because of the Shah. He was a murderous dictator who did not give …. about Iranians. So in this case Martin is 100% wrong. m

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 5:38 pm

      The Shah was indeed pretty ugly, miriam–the Mullahs are worse.

      I feel sorry for decent people in Iran.

  7. Wellington says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    Two highly theoretical scenarios in order to convey a most important point: 1) All Christians wake up tomorrow devout Muslims; 2) All Muslims wake up tomorrow devout Christians.

    Which of these two scenarios would be more beneficial to matters like: 1) freedom; 2) equality under the law; 3) a true Golden Rule for all; 4) women’s rights; 5) a live and let-live philosophy on this earth; and 6) the unleashing of the human potential.

    I say it’s a no-brainer. Not even a close call. In fact, it would be difficult, I would contend, to come up with another theoretical scenario that would be more conducive to the betterment of mankind than this one which I have just proffered.

    • no_one says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 9:56 pm

      off topic. Wellington. I have to apologize to you. You have some quite hard experience. I am glad your loved one survived cancer. Mine didn’t.

      • Wellington says

        Apr 26, 2017 at 10:14 pm

        No apology necessary, but thank you nonetheless, no_one.

        And quite sorry to learn someone you loved didn’t survive cancer. For a long time now I have thought that “cancer” is the ugliest word in the English language.

        Take care.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 27, 2017 at 11:47 pm

        So sorry for your loss, no_one.

  8. Jan III Sobieski says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    There was a protest in Canada recently when Justin Trudeau backed a MP who submitted a resolution requiring that the government study ways to lessen criticism of Islam. The protest was held by Iranian immigrants who were vehemently opposed to passing the resolution. They all said “It always starts like this; there is some small law to inhibit freedom of speech. Then shortly after you are sent to prison for five years for blasphemy if you criticize any aspect of Islam or disobey its mountain of restrictions and laws.” The Iranian immigrant speaking was against the resolution completely and against the precepts of Islam. While the ignorant Prime Minister thought he was doing the right thing to be allow the erosion of the freedom of speech.

  9. Jan III Sobieski says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    There was a protest in Canada recently when Justin Trudeau backed a MP who submitted a resolution requiring that the government study ways to lessen criticism of Islam. The protest was held by Iranian immigrants who were vehemently opposed to passing the resolution. They all said “It always starts like this; there is some small law to inhibit freedom of speech. Then shortly after you are sent to prison for five years for blasphemy if you criticize any aspect of Islam or disobey its mountain of restrictions and laws.” The Iranian immigrant speaking was against the resolution completely and against the precepts of Islam. While the ignorant Prime Minister thought he was doing the right thing to allow the erosion of the freedom of speech.

    • Wellington says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 6:39 pm

      Justin Trudeau may very well prove, long term, the Canadian who harmed Canada more than any other Canadian in history. I think it possible certainly, probable likely, and, if ultimately a reality, what a legacy this highly limited man has wrought upon his fellow Canadians.

      • Darryl Kerney says

        Apr 26, 2017 at 7:44 pm

        the Chinese communist dictators he so admires called him “little potato”, so i call him,
        Dick Tator Tot.
        without question he is and will be the worst thing for Canada since his father,
        the only question is, will he exceed his father’s damage, which in large part set us up for the
        current mess ?
        if so, then he will be the worst ever for Canada, but maybe he already is…..

        • mortimer says

          Apr 26, 2017 at 8:31 pm

          Like that ‘Dick Tater’ … Little Potato who admires ‘basic dictatorship’ of China and Castro.

          Jihadi Justin will been in the worst PM historical category. His own party is trying to prevent him from speaking because he bombs whenever he opens his mouth.

        • Darryl Kerney says

          Apr 27, 2017 at 8:45 am

          “Ah ah ah ah ah um ah um, there’s plenty of room for my other foot …….”

  10. Benedict says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    There is something terribly wrong with the moral compass of people who can’t see, that a warlord, a murderer, an extortionist, a liar, a pedophile, a polygamist and an incestuous person, who marries his own daughter in law, cannot be a perfect example for decent human beings. The fake and vain prophet Mohammad was all of this, and his ability to ride a flying donkey is not enough to rectify all his shortcomings.
    Luckily “Martin” escaped the mental prison of Islam, and hopefully he will stay free.

    • StacyGirl says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 11:05 pm

      Do people really know this, Benedict? Who dares to discuss the truth about Mohamed? No one will make a film or documentary; it’s a death sentence. I speak often and honestly about the curse whose name we dare not utter to the sheet amazement of friends and colleagues. (How often do I have to hear how Catholic priests are perverts and The Bible is full of violence. ). Muslims have put the world on notice– say the truth and die.

      • Benedict says

        Apr 27, 2017 at 2:30 am

        You are right and it is very sad. I think the latin phrase: Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur – “The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.” – applies.

    • Sarah says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 8:09 am

      Gosh I couldn’t agree more wholeheartedly with you.

      What kind of human being devotes their life to Islam, with its teachings, its rules and its obligations?

      What kind of human being has any form of respect for Mohammed, based on his own words, his own deeds and his own life?

      Islam is a cancer. That much is clear. But individual Muslim’s – these are reprehensible human beings. No one with any decency or compassion or humanity would devote their lives to the demands and the promises of rewards from Islam.

      And just what kind of person jumps for joy at the idea of worshiping a God who says ‘kill my own creation for me, in my name – and I will reward you with 72 virgins who are beautiful, compliant and submissive to your every desire and whim, who immediately refresh back to their virgin state once you have used and abused them’. Just what kind of monster is that God? what kind of monster loves that God and devotes themself to him?

  11. Katnis says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    What an amazing story. Thank you for posting.

    As I side note, I was not aware of the Islamic Toilet Etiquette. I followed the article in the link and I found this: “One should remove the feces on one’s anus with one’s finger and wash one’s hand. If there are still traces of filth, one should wash them with water.”

    It made me think of the 10,000 immigrants that Starbucks committed to hiring and I was immediately disgusted.

    • Wellington says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      Kinda’ a downer, per your comment, on going to Starbucks anytime soon——-or ever.

    • Tobermory says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 7:41 am

      That explains the taste.

    • K Smith says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 8:10 am

      Knowing how Muslims feel about Kaffirs, I would never want to frequent a business that employs them. Who knows what they might be doing to your food? You could never trust a Muslim because of taqiya. It seems to me that Islam is the polar opposite of Christianity which means it is Antichrist.

      • DJM says

        Apr 27, 2017 at 5:25 pm

        Muslims are instructed to only wipe with their left hand. That is why Muslims greet Muslims with the right hand, but greet non-Muslims with the left hand.

        Imagine how they handle food for Infidels. Just google “muslim sprinkles feces” (without quotes) to see stories of Muslim shopkeepers contaminating food.

  12. davej says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 8:30 pm

    Islam is the most self-centered, uncharitable, vengeful, perverted and yes, anal ideology in the world. It is a curse and a cancer on all of humanity

    • Wellington says

      Apr 26, 2017 at 8:42 pm

      Agreed, and as I said here before at JW, Islam is the turd in the punch bowl of world religions.

  13. mousey says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 8:34 pm

    this article makes me think of the pope or christian groups giving aid to muslims or those girls with signs “we welcome you migrants,” or sweden’s lovefest after terror attack… and i’m wondering, are these people trying to hold tight to showing love so they can bring people out of hate and into love?

    We have a tendency here to intensely proclaim their ignorance….. Is there a balance or line or… How do people remain loving (so that a muslim wants to convert) and yet protect themselves?

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 29, 2017 at 2:06 am

      Most of these people believe Muslims are already loving–they just understand next to nothing about Islam.

      We can show them love–but it should not extend to rolling over for savagery. Muslims themselves just consider this weakness.

  14. abad says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    ““I see a lot of love in Christianity, I see a lot of anger and hate in Islam,””

    Christians know how to ‘let go’.

    Muslims hold mostly imaginary grudges which eats them up and gives them Dead Eyes, no conscience and no soul, the inability to do their own thinking, the inability to conduct their own lives without aid from a pedophile “prophet.”

    Am happy to hear this former Muslim finally saw the light in Jesus Christ (no pun intended) he will be much better off for it.

    • C T says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 1:43 pm

      “Seven times seventy” and all that. Repentance and forgiveness are wonderful concepts. Even if one is an agnostic or atheist, they have to admit that changing one’s hurtful ways and forgiving others are wonderful teachings of Jesus.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 29, 2017 at 2:08 am

        Agreed, C T.

  15. Stan Lee says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 9:49 pm

    All things considered, Martin is an American now, and a Christian. And, his sisters have ill-begotten financial assets and life in Iran. Of course, the sisters really have no concept of the life Martin has in America, and the opportunities Martin has, unknown to his sisters or anyone else in Iran.
    Martin has the priceless gift of the American Constitution, his American freedom and liberty, while his sisters have only the inheritance that they received by securing their shares plus most of what would have been Martin’s. As a Christian, he can forgive them, instead of hoping for their deaths and is free of vengeance as a Christian.
    He has come a long way over a treacherous road to reach America, and I’m sure he knows that he has been blessed with the ability of forgiveness as a free man, whereas it probably would never have happened had he and Christianity not mutually embraced..Good luck, Martin..

  16. Cunamarra says

    Apr 26, 2017 at 11:55 pm

    “There are religious Muslims, that is a private matter, it’s for themselves, and there are these political Muslims, which is this new breed since the Iranian Revolution.”

    “New breed” of Muslims? Interesting how “powerfully effected men are by the immediate past…” as well as their own experience limited by their short lifetime.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 11:49 pm

      True–this is not new in Islam at all.

  17. DONNA WARNER says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 3:53 am

    GOD BLESS YOU MARTIN! I PRAY GOD WILL KEEP YOU SAFE! THANK YOU FOR TELLING THE WORLD HOW YOU FEEL AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING!

  18. Charli Main says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 4:55 am

    Persia was once a beacon of light, knowledge and civilization in the ancient world.

    The conquest and subjection of that land by Muslims plunged that country into a 1400 year dark age of ignorance and stone age barbarity.

  19. Richard says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 5:12 am

    3 ISIS fighters killed and 5 injured by wild boars after they hid in some reeds, after committing a massacre. O those filthy swines.
    This is truly a tragedy. How very Haram. Will these martyrs get their virgins after being defiled by the unbelieving pigs?
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-fighters-boars-rampage-death-10297374

  20. n tesdorf says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 5:29 am

    What a great story and insight into the inner workings of Islam.. It tells us a cogent story and history of Iran before and after the Shah. I hope that ‘Martin’ has a happy future.

  21. Manny says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 5:58 am

    What a great read. If Muslims were truly free to choose they would convert in mass. They are held in check through fear. What a repulsing religion.

    By the way not reliving oneself while facing Mecca is so funny. I’ll have to check the direction of the urinals and toilets at work. The Muslims at work seem to have strange bathroom habits. This might explain their behavior.

  22. Ver Auger says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:15 am

    Has anyone pointed out that the sisters would each have inherited only half the share of a son, under Sharia law? The daughters, in turn, were exercising their right to disinherit an apostate brother.

    • Tess says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 9:12 am

      And why they are overjoyed their brother is an apostate infidel !

  23. FYI says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:54 am

    If you are a muslim and you gravitate from the islamic allah to the Biblical revelation of God then you will find the Truth about God:you will know that there are Two Chief commandments which present a very different vision of God.

    On one hand we have muslims who come to see that allah is a seriously warped misrepresentation of God and that muhammed did not live the holy life one would expect from a prophet of God and realize that it is the Biblical revelation of God that is the Truth.They will also note that what allah teaches in his koran is in opposition with God’s commandments.

    On the other hand we have foolish people who convert to islam(proving to God that they are easily deceived)and go in the opposite direction to the way of salvation.. they do not love the truth enough to be saved.

  24. elle says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 11:06 am

    Wake up to reality: http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2013/05/25/an-explanatory-memorandum-from-the-archives-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-america/

  25. Thomaspj Poovathinkal SSP says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 11:23 am

    ISLAM IS NOT THE PROBLEM, but Christianity IS, because in CHRISTIANITY((Jesus The Lord DID NOT give us Christianity BUT gave HIMSELF to us as THE WAY.)) in practice, as a whole, there is NEITHER OBEDIENCE to Christ The Lord, nor FOLLOWING HIM in Truth and in Spirit, and neither is there keeping the Word of Christ The Lord; this is the REASON why the WORLD is not EVANGELIZED but the WORLD is EVANGELIZING Christianity with it’s own GOSPEL.

    Jesus The Lord WENT ON promoting more and more people to Apostleship ((First the 12; then 72 Disciples sent out two by two to PREACH….and later Saul who became Paul came in after the DEATH and RESURRECTION of The Lord and many more, so much so, that it was said, “In the primitive Church EVERY CHRISTIAN was AN APOSTLE.”)) to PROCLAIM the GOOD NEWS of salvation to the PEOPLE of the World, and what is Christianity (a man-made REALITY) DOING?

    • Ted Tyler says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      T.Poo, could you simplify and clarify that a bit? I simply did not understand the points that you were trying to make.

  26. Politicianphobia says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    Thank you Martin. Love one another.

  27. C T says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Sunni Islam is an apostate sect by the terms of the Quran itself. Shia, too, for that matter.

  28. YourGodIsNotMine says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 3:55 pm

    What a bunch of lies. Iranians are Shia and the Shia section only requires 3 prayers a day, not 5. It’s good to believe lies just because you agree with them. It’s not just Islam killing people (though they are the most radical), it’s ALL RELIGION that is pure evil. Look at the crusades where we just declared war on anyone that wasn’t Christian. Or the Salem Witch trials where we burned “Witches”. I’ve met atheists that are a 1000 times more human.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 29, 2017 at 2:11 am

      The crusades? Yeah–can’t have anyone defending themselves against Islam. That would be wrong…

  29. DJM says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 4:59 pm

    When are people going to learn that Islam is the antithesis of all other religions?

    Other religions teach their God(s) is one of love, but Islam’s god is one of hate.

    Other religions teach mercy & compassion, Islam teaches vengeance & harshness.

    Other religions teach respect for life, Islam teaches death.

    Other religions teach honesty & integrity, Islam teaches deceit.

    Other religion teach charity, Islam teaches selfishness.

    Other religions teach God wants peace, Islam’s god wants war.

    Other religions teach God will spend eternity in heaven with his children, Islam teaches god will spent eternity in hell torturing those who disbelieve.

    It is so obvious, Islam is pure evil. It is the opposite of everything good or virtuous..

    • YourGodIsNotMine says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 5:12 pm

      Very thorough, I would even say that you’re a scholar. You didn’t even address the things that Christianity did though. That leads me to believe that you have an agenda against a specific religion and you just saw my negative msg about religion. All religion is evil, and if you doubt it, I can directly tell quote the Bible though, I’ve only read it about 6 times.

  30. DJM says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    “Christianity is not a rigid religion, whereas Islam tells you what to eat, what not to eat, what to wear, what not to wear, how to make love, how not to make love, how to go to the bathroom, they just have laws for every single thing you do.”

    This is exactly what makes Islam a cult.

    • YourGodIsNotMine says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 5:37 pm

      Ok so you answered the question on point. Islam is the most evil because of all of the bullshit, we agree on that. What we are missing is why Christianity is not evil? You didn’t address all of the things that Christianity has done. All religions are segregating systems. Protestant vs Catholic?

  31. Guy Jones says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    A fascinating account. And, certainly, we need not gather any more proof to see that the ideology of “Submission” is utterly bankrupt, spiritually, morally, intellectually and theologically. Like all totalitarian and fascist ideologies, it is an ideology of darkness, of hate, of strife and of cruelty. And, of course, if it wasn’t for the lucky occurrence of petroleum reserves, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf Arab states would be as impoverished, technologically backward, and miserable as the rest of the Islamic states around the globe.

  32. Seth Watkins says

    Apr 27, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    You mean to write “flouting,” not “flaunting.” “To flout” is “to act publicly in a manner contrary to.” “To flaunt” is “to brag with or about.”

    • Andrew E Harrod says

      Apr 27, 2017 at 11:17 pm

      Silly me. Sometimes my mind thinks one thing, but I write another. I always need another pair of eyes.

  33. Frank Verderber says

    Apr 28, 2017 at 7:41 am

    This article is intelligent – a real examination of Islam psychologically, philosophically and socially. Religiously it demononstrates death. Since Islam is an Essene Ebionite cult – a form of monotheistic and legalistic Judaism – it meets the discriptors of saint Paul. Through the Law there is death, but through faith in Christ, there is life. For the entire Law is summed up in this, that you love your neighbor as yourself (Ga.5:14). However, I hope that Muslims do not see Christianity as an alternative for personal freedom only. True Christianity is NOT antinomian (against law), but will submit to God’s intended law out of love for God and his fellow man.

  34. Terry says

    Apr 28, 2017 at 9:24 am

    Hello Martin,

    I’m an atheist, i’m happy for you now that you have found Love.

    All the best.

    Terry

  35. ibrahim itace Muhammed says

    Apr 28, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    it is a myth.there is no love in christianity.christians have been the highest murderers in human human history.what about verses of genocide in the evil bible?The Iranian convert is fake.How can you expect a muslim who worship only one God the creator of all to descend so low to worship his fellow human being?

  36. Qui Creva says

    May 24, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    This is a wonderful testimony. So many ex-Muslims are filled with burning hatred for Islam and the pious religious leaders who enforce its rigid, loveless laws. Mr. Harrod pulls no punches; he admits all of the problems of his former religion. Even so, he manages to maintain a dispassionate stance, at the same time revealing Christian love for those still trapped in the brainwashing death-cult called Islam.

    Thanks for such a well-crated, thoughtful article. May more Muslims see the truth and free themselves as you have.

  37. Qui Creva says

    May 24, 2017 at 1:28 pm

    Whoops! Mr. Harrod wrote this fine article, but the Muslim-turned-Christian here was actually “Martin”. God bless you for coming to the Light, Martin.

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