Now that another Ramadan is upon us, it is important to remember that Ramadan is the month of jihad. In keeping with the spirit of the season, I have decided to offer some inspirational statements from Muslim leaders, as quoted in my new book The History of Jihad.
Today’s comes from a renowned Muslim leader, addressing a Christian emperor in a Pope-Francisy spirit of “interfaith dialogue”:
If you wish to live in peace…renounce your vain religion, in which you have been brought up since infancy. Renounce this Jesus and convert to the great God whom I serve, the God of our father Abraham…. If not, how will this Jesus whom you call Christ, who was not even able to save him- self from the Jews, be able to save you from my hands?
Who said it, and to whom? Click here to preorder The History of Jihad!
Dum Spiro says
Muawiyah sent that to Constantine in 651.
— Spero
steveA56 says
and Muawiya was the governor of Syria at that time; later to become caliph.
and Constantine was the Byzantine emperor, known as ‘the bearded’.
According to an impeccable source that is.
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Arched Eyebrow says
If you’re going to rip off Yehuda Nevo, you should at least concede that the quote you reproduce is imaginary, as Nevo himself concedes: “While this is undoubtedly only what Sabeos imagined would have been written in such a letter…”
Robert Spencer says
Yehuda Nevo is duly footnoted in the book. That isn’t ripping him off. Moreover, what is written in that letter is entirely consistent with other letters of that kind.
Rarely says
It wouldn’t be a religion if it didn’t believe that it’s diety wasn’t the true god and that all other religions are wrong. Tolerance simply means live and let live..
DragarOz says
+1
I am sick of ALL the religions doing this
it is more and more becoming a contest of who is right and who is wrong
they are all wrong! live with honour and respect, that is all you need.
Lydia Church says
Right. That is a clear distinction.
As Christians, we know that our God is the only true God, the Bible alone is His Word, and it is the only true religion, way to be saved and end up in heaven.
But that does NOT make us intolerant. What WOULD make us that; is putting to death all adherents of other religions. Banning them would not make us any more intolerant than banning murder would.
The ones who are intolerant are easily identified… they are the ones who want to put us to death for not converting to their religion, as their intolerant religion dictates… which is why we don’t tolerate it!
And… there is another false seed of propaganda that has been planted.
It is the idea that ‘tolerance’ is good, while ‘intolerance’ is bad. Don’t swallow that pill so fast! Is it good to tolerate murder? Rape? Child molestation? Of course not. So at times it is good to be intolerant, and not good to be tolerant. So don’t buy their propaganda that ‘all tolerance is good’ and that ‘all intolerance is bad,’ because that is just a way to get people to accept everything the globalists want them to, and reject what they want them to. They will target us and our beliefs and ideas for extinction, claiming that we are ‘intolerant,’ ironically as they reach a feverish pitch of intolerance.
mortimer says
To ‘Rarely’: you miss the point entirely. You seem to be intellectually disabled and unable to make simple distinctions or see obvious difference. You are unobservant.
Islam is dualistic with two contradictory doctrines covering every issue, making it the most confusing religion.
ISLAM is based on AUTHORITARIAN THOUGHT and the MAFIA RULE (don’t do bad things to OUR people… but outsiders are fair game).
When Islam reformed under Wahhab in the 1700s, it became harsher and more supremacist and less concerned with human rights.
CHRISTIANITY is based on LOGICAL THOUGHT (the supremacy of reason over authority) and the UNIVERSAL GOLDEN RULE (be kind to all mankind).
When Christianity reformed under Luther, it became more rational and tolerant to different points of view and concerned with human rights.
DragarOz says
Yes, that helps, my religion is better than yours! of course it is!
Using Christianity as an argument against Islam will not work, simple human rights is what will prevail, otherwise you just feed them.
BC says
Religion has done little good to mankind and most of the good would have been by well intentioned persons anyway, but is of course claimed by the religious as ‘evidence’ for religion. Religion only divides people and gives reason for conflict, so it has been down the centuries since organised religion was invented. The story is clear.
‘god’ is not and has consequently never done anything
CogitoErgoSum says
I do not know if there are gods, but there ought to be. — Diogenes (c. 412-323 BC)
Ayatrollah says
Of course it’s better if you accept islam, in this life and the next. The kafir must be grateful for a believer who gives the opportunity to live in the light of islam.
Lydia Church says
Of course it’s better if you accept Christianity, in this life and the next. The unbelieving muslim infidel must be grateful for a Christian believer who gives the opportunity to live in the light of Christianity and the one true God. This is called Christian evangelism.
Lydia Church says
But of course… as we can see so clearly and obviously… they are not grateful at all, are they?
But they should be!
J D S says
The answer to all if this is if course …JESUS.
I DARE ANYONE TO FIND WHERE THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY…THE SON OF GOD, JESUS, TELLS US TO KILL ANYONE..Can that be said of the founder of the satanic religion, Islam…The world must understand Only Satan would ask for adherents to do the things that the teachings of Islam requires JESUS would not and does not ask this of Christians…..
Now if the world or just plain individuals don’t or can’t understand this, then one may not have any recourse but to accept what Islam teaches and bend to their will because it matters not to the adherents of Islam if one is a Christian or Jew or no religion at all, you are nothing if you don’t accept Islam and are only worthy of death or slavery if you dont. Now tell me how does that fit with the teachings of JESUS…THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CHRISTIANS NOT MORE ISLAMIST. Find a church a pastor or Christians for information and counselling and most of all FIND JESUS!!!
mortimer says
Ayatrollah is trying to be facetious (I recommend you notify us that you are using irony next time.)
Ayatrollah is pointing out that Islam’s method is to make STRONG UNVERIFIABLE CLAIMS unsupported by any evidence and then arguing in a circle without proving any of the circular claims.
This is an avoidance of EVIDENCE and when combined with violence and the threats of violence, this is the ONLY TECHNIQUE that most Muslims know.
The slogan that sums up Islam is: “BELIEVE THIS, OR WE’LL KILL YOU.”
(sarc/off)
Robin Datta says
Laat, Uzza and Manat were progeny attributed to a deity of the Quraish tribe and the Quran; an attribution since denounced and renounced. Neither the progeny nor their father are to be found in the Torah/Bible or the New Testament.
mortimer says
Robin the name ‘Jehovah’ appeared almost 7000 times in the OT. The term Mar-Yah appears throughout the Aramaic New Testament.
In Leviticus, the deity declares his eternal name to be the Tetragrammaton. The Koran’s author is TOTALLY unaware of the ETERNAL NAME of the deity. This is conclusive evidence that a 7th century Arab who could not read Aramaic or Hebrew did not know what was in the Bible and made things up to tickle the ears of other illiterate Arabs to convince them they were miraculously called to rule the world.
A real deity would be at least aware of his ETERNAL NAME!
Lydia Church says
“If you wish to live in peace…renounce your vain religion islam, in which you have been brought up since infancy. Renounce this allah and mohammed and convert to the great God of the Christian Bible whom I serve, the God of our father Abraham….and Moses… and all the other prophets of the OT. If not, how will this mohammed, who was not even able to save him- self from the fires of hell, be able to save you from my hands (or God’s judgment)?”
muslims are enslaved to the devil… mohammed cannot save them nor can they save themselves…and in chains the devil whom they serve will drag them to hell… unless they repent and turn to Jesus!
ONLY He can save them! Only Jesus can deliver them from their sins, the devil, and their fate in hell.
There… now it’s right!
Jesus was able to save Himself from anyone, but that was not the plan! He came to die for our sins! This idiot did not even read the account of when Jesus was arrested, where He said that armies of angels would have been sent to deliver Him, had He wished! And yes, He is able to save anyone from anything. The goal is to save your soul. It is not always to deliver you from physical persecution or martyrdom. People need to read the whole Bible to understand that more fully, it is hard to get it otherwise. But… He did deliver Europe from the hands of the muslims before, as we know well. Will He do it again? That depends on if Europe is honoring Jesus… or not. Such defenses are reserved for those who profess Him, not for those who do not.
Rarely says
Personally, I couldn’t care less what islam preaches as long as they leave me alone and follow the laws in my country while they live. The same goes for any other religious group living here.
Trying to impose my views on anyone else is futile. AND VISA VERSA.
mortimer says
To ‘Rarely’, that is the point, isn’t it?
Muslims will NOT leave you alone and consider that ATHEISTS are only worthy of INSTANT EXECUTION without recourse to anyway out, but that of adopting Islam immediately.
35% of Muslims are living lives of apostasy. There is a high degree of unbelief in Islam.
My personal observation is that the mullahs could not possibly believe this nonsense, because they know where all the problems in the Koran are. Such a badly composed book is certainly not divine the MULLAHS KNOW IT… don’t kid yourself about it. They pretend to believe to have a job.
mortimer says
To ‘Rarely’… we are trying to use reason to persuade people. Reason is a very strong voice once its message is comprehended.
David says
Lydia Church – Piss off. You are littering the comments section with your religious drivel.
strong aingel says
There id no Grace, nor is there Mercy in islam. There are quotes enough in the Quran prove that. Arguing allah is God when in fact, allah originates from the mind of a psychologically disturbed, coward and manipulator, is a plain deceit.
Dr. Darkpool says
Another round of ramalamadingdong for the religion of peace.
gravenimage says
Ramadan thought for the day from Robert Spencer’s The History of Jihad
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More Muslim demands to convert or die–and more proof that this is nothing new.