A few years ago, when jihadis attacked AFDI’s Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas, some Christians castigated me for co-sponsoring and speaking at the event. They said that Pamela Geller and I, as co-organizers of the event, were being needlessly provocative, poking Muslims in the eye, goading them, etc. They said that Christians should instead be deferential to others’ religious sensibilities. At the time, I responded to these people by explaining that giving in to violent intimidation (our event was a response to the jihad murder of the Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoonists in Paris) would only encourage more violent intimidation, and that given the fact that Muslims frequently found even basic expressions of Christian faith to be “provocative,” they were effectively cutting the ground out from under themselves and their children, making it impossible for them to practice Christianity in the future.
Here is proof that this was correct: “Muslims in the town accused the Christians of mocking Islam by publicly saying Jesus was the son of God….Muslims dismissed the allegations and said they warned their Christians neighbors not to make provocative statements that offend them. ‘We have now declared a jihad against them,’ said Abubakar Yusuf, 55, a Muslim teacher. ‘We are not going to allow anybody to despise Islamic teachings at their church or crusade. We will seek revenge.'”
Note, however, that the act of despising Islamic teachings to which Abubakar Yusuf refers is the public proclamation of Jesus as the Son of God. The Muslims are saying that the public expression of the Christian Faith mocks Islam and despises Islamic teachings. So if the advice of the comfortable, suburban Western Christians who were excoriating me for the Garland event is to be heeded, Christians should make no public expression of their faith at all, and convert to Islam, so as to avoid mocking, provoking, and offending Muslims, and poking them in the eye.
And what it comes to it, that is most likely the exact thing that those Christians will do.
“Ugandan Christians live in fear of minority Muslims on quest for conversions,” by Tonny Onyulo, Washington Times, December 24, 2018:
MBALE, Uganda — Sleeping on a hospital bed at Budaka Health Center in eastern Uganda, 12-year-old Emmanuel Nyaiti writhed in pain as he explained how Muslim extremists attacked him for refusing to convert to Islam.
” ‘Islam is a good religion,’ they said. ‘Please convert. We’ll not kill you, and you will go to paradise,” the boy recalled.
Emmanuel is one among millions of Christians in this East African nation who face unprecedented levels of persecution from Islamist extremists.
Christians in eastern Uganda are among those in their faith who face the most serious dangers in the world, according to World Watch Monitor, a group that tracks persecutions of Christians. The charity counted at least two incidents of Muslims killing Christians as well as vandalism of at least two churches.
Emmanuel was walking home from his grandmother’s house when four men ambushed him and spirited him to a cassava plantation, where they tortured him and attempted to strangle him. One was named Ali and another was Abdul, he said. They wound up leaving him for dead.
“Ali convinced me to convert and become a Muslim, but I declined. They started pushing me on the ground threatening to kill me if I don’t accept Islam,” he said. “One of the attackers hit me with a sharp object on my neck, and I became unconscious. I remember them saying they have killed me.”
Concentrated largely in the country’s east, Muslims comprise about 14 percent of Uganda’s primarily Christian population of 42 million. But the numbers — and the clout that comes with them — are in dispute.
More than 1.6 million Anglicans and almost 800,000 Catholics converted to Islam, Pentecostal Christianity or traditional African beliefs, according to the 2014 Ugandan census, the most recent survey, which did not break down which faiths receive which converts.
Muslims say their community is growing fast.
“Muslims are 25 percent of the total population and not 13.7 percent,” Hajj Mutumba, a spokesman of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, told local media. “We have two to four wives, and we are producing about six children in a space of two to three years.”
In eastern Uganda, Islamist extremists have intensified their campaign to convert more people to Islam.
Anti-Christian feelings
Many of those extremists belong to the Alliance of Democratic Forces, a Congo-based group of Muslim Ugandans who have fought an insurgency against their country’s central government in Kampala, noted World Watch Monitor. The alliance has helped stoke anti-Christian feelings in the region while calling for Islam-based Shariah law to be practiced in Uganda….
In June, a group of Muslims attacked Christian preachers in eastern Uganda during a “crusade,” where Christians publicly profess their faith and invite others to join.
Muslims in the town accused the Christians of mocking Islam by publicly saying Jesus was the son of God.
“They became very angry and began throwing rocks at Christians, chanting ‘Allah akbar,’ ” said pastor Moses Saku. “Many Christians were injured during the incident.”
Such altercations have become increasingly common, the pastor said.
“I witnessed an incident here where a Christian woman was brutally attacked with a machete by her Muslim husband for refusing to convert to Islam,” said Mr. Saku. “We continue to condemn the incident and urge our Muslim brothers to respect other religions and uphold freedom of worship.”
Muslims dismissed the allegations and said they warned their Christians neighbors not to make provocative statements that offend them. “We have now declared a jihad against them,” said Abubakar Yusuf, 55, a Muslim teacher. “We are not going to allow anybody to despise Islamic teachings at their church or crusade. We will seek revenge.”…
jennifer says
but ti is ok for them to slaughter Christians; do the Christians rise up and kill them ?
they can stick their ‘jihad’ where the sun doesn’t shine. islam wouldnt be criticized if they didnt deserve it.
Elisha says
Sahih Bukhari 73.224 – Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “The most awful name in Allah’s sight on the Day of Resurrection, will be a man calling himself Malik Al-Amlak (King of kings).”
Here’s why allah is so scared. The King of kings is Jesus Christ:
These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast. They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones. – Revelation 17:13-14
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses. And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God, the Almighty. And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: King of kings and Lord of lords. – Revelation 19:13-17
allah of the quran HATES Jesus Christ!
To Him who loved us and WASHED US FROM OUR SINS in His OWN BLOOD … Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty … And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I AM HE WHO LIVES, and WAS DEAD, and behold, I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” – Revelation 1:5,7-8,17-18
Repent or perish
FYI says
It is positive proof that islam is the religion of antiChrist.
Of course for those who understand,especially Christians..
….2 Thessalonians 1 v 5-10
The Parable of the Net Matthew 13 v 49-50
PRCS says
Like all religions, Elisha, Christianity is just a belief.
PRCS says
We?
mortimer says
Excellent quote, Elisha ! There are a number of key quotes like this in Islam that suggest the writers KNEW FULL WELL that Islam is a HOAX.
I think many Muslims recognize deep down that Islam is a hoax, but they immediately push that thought away through habit. Once Muslims lose the habit to push doubts away, they are start to leave Islam.
J D S says
This happened in ..Town City, USA…NO NOT REALLY…it was in Uganda…but who noticed it…was it a top story in the MSM or any other news outlet…??? Of course not.
Call or write your congressman or any elite elected and see if they ever heard about this incident…Or any such incident. None is in the news that we watch and hear every day..Why???Oh that would be racist and islamophobic we can’t say, in the news reports, THE TRUTH about Islam….but all world wide incidents such as this should be reported everywhere…oh yes we will hear of a mass vehicle murder or shooting or bombing that kill and injure multiple people but ALL Muslim attacks verbal or
otherwise should be reported so….
that we will know and understand just what Islam is and why they want to do and are doing to advance their agenda of FORCED world take over.
gravenimage says
This story *was* reported in the Washington Times, which is indeed a mainstream news source.
Sons of Liberty says
Robert Spencer , you were right protecting FREE SPEECH in the United States . Simply wearing the cross of our Savior Jesus Christ is enough to offend Muslims . Christians we have to STAND UP for our Savior and if the evil degenerate Islamists don’t like it …..too bad.
somehistory says
Jesus said what would happen to those who stand with Him..”to bear witness to Him before men”…He would represent…”Bear witness” of those in heaven before His Father. What an honor! (Matthew 10:32)
For a King such as Jesus…telling the Truth is a pleasure and an honor and a must! Whatever the price, it’s worth it.
Ralph says
Wearing the cross is not ment as an affront, but as a declaration of the truth. If the truth, so discretely displayed, is offensive, so be it.
Prabh108 says
where is the abrahaminic unity now moslems?
gravenimage says
Muslims only talk about the “Abrahamic religions” when trying to fool Infidels. Pious Muslims regularly attack and murder Jews and Christians.
J D S says
Yes Graven…Muslims daily attack Jews, Christians and any and all who don’t BELIEVE their way…
But…I do BELIEVE…… that God is enlarging hell just to accommodate them.
Ralph says
Wearing the cross is not ment as an affront, but as a declaration of the truth. If the truth, so discretely displayed, is offensive, so be it.
Prabh108 says
Cross has four symbolisms at least: 1. unconditional affection for all beings everywhere to the point of self-sacrifice of everything and everyone in pursuit of unconditional love for all beings.
2. Online I have read that in fact cross is also sign of ‘international thief’. Plenty of usa hiphop music genre artists wear cross prominently – born sinners of xtianity?
3. Cross is damaged form of Sacred Swastika – Swastika is sacred emblem of Atman-soul- Atman is eternal Energy found in every creature and it has always has and always will exist, no matter what. Forms change but Energy (shakti) is Eternal. Soul of man exceeds Light of 10 000 Suns (source: venerable Bhagavad Gita). So swastika represents sun, soul and shakti. Though Maya (Prakriti-Nature) is indifferent to our gaze, respect and kindness for Prakriti is essential. All embodied creatures are part of Nature.
Swastika represents Jupiter – He is Preceptor of DevaDevian – the Shining Self-Effulgent Beings – no electricity needed! They possess Glow and Radiance – sometimes this Glow can be seen in form of halo or aura of serious Spiritualistically Religious and Pious persons, no matter caste, colour or creed. True beauty is good features plus Bhagya (God’s Glow – divine glow upon countenance and body) and Luckiness.
6 point star represents Venus. It is widely held thought that ProfitMohaMAD was incarnation of Venus-Shukra. Shukra is word for thanks and for procreative fluid.
5 pointed star emblematic of Man.
If cross symbolizes truth that is good – but motto of Bharat is “Truth Alone Triumphs” – JanSangh is working diligently to keep India free from semitic born sinner and islamist creed Out of India. thanks but no thanks – Keep India free of semitic creeds. India for Hindus and related creeds and tribes indigenous to Aryavarta. Pineal gland lacking or shrivelled in nonHindu tribes due to poor diet, inhumane malthusian economics etc. This is the crux of the matter. Our divine progenitors had King Size Pineal Glands that allowed for Tremendous Memory Power and Intelligence to Understand Divine Truths.
gravenimage says
None of this has anything to do with Christianity, of course.
Does Prabh have a problem with Muslims attacking Christians merely for being Christian? Who knows. I certainly condemn Muslims who attack Hindus.
PRCS says
“persecution from Islamist extremists
As opposed to persecution from regular Islamists? As opposed to persecution from regular, everyday Muslims?
Do those “journalists” even know what an Islamist is?
“calling for Islam-based Shariah law”
As opposed to Presbyterian based Sharia law?
“chanting ‘Allah akbar”
Do Muslims—anywhere–say Allah akbar?
somehistory says
“not going to allow anybody to despise Islamic teachings at their church ”
So, not only if the Christians say something in public, but they will be persecuted and killed if they say anything non islam “at church.”
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When Jesus was baptized by John, Holy Spirit came upon Him and a Voice out of Heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved. In this I am well pleased”
Jesus asked what were the people saying about Him and heard the replies from His Apostles. He then asked Peter personally what he thought. Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
Jesus then told Peter, “You are correct.”
islam didn’t *officially* exist at that time. satan the devil had other names for worship of himself.
When Peter said this, and others said it, they were not “mocking” islam; they were just telling the Truth. If saying it then was a “poking in the eye,” it was in the eye of satan the devil.
And Almighty God poked satan first. All statements of fact about Jesus being God’s Son are still “poking” satan, and it makes his children angry.
To speak about their constant lying, their rapes of children, the beheadings, the torture, the FGM…all evil things they do…is “poking.” It must happen. The truth must be told. And Jesus is the Son of the Living God.
Sons of Liberty says
somehistory , AMEN ! Jesus told Pilate , ” I came that the truth might be revealed ” Pilate said ” What is truth ? ” He was looking at the TRUTH and didn’t know it . Satan seeks to hide the TRUTH from God’s people and he used Muhammad and his evil followers to attack Christ’s church and it is still happening today in Uganda , Somalia , Nigeria , Sudan , and the Middle East !
gravenimage says
Uganda: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” attack Christians for mocking Islam by publicly saying Jesus is Son of God
……………………
Just being Christian is seen as “mocking” Islam.
Dave says
Would Christians be attacked if they said that Mohammad was a paedophile?
gravenimage says
Yep.
PRCS says
And the truth must be told:
It’s a belief.
boakai ngombu says
note the evangelism style as reporteds:
“Ali convinced me to convert and become a Muslim, but I declined. They started pushing me on the ground threatening to kill me if I don’t accept Islam,” he said. “One of the attackers hit me with a sharp object on my neck, and I became unconscious. I remember them saying they have killed me.”
………
In June, a group of Muslims attacked Christian preachers in eastern Uganda during a “crusade,” where Christians publicly profess their faith and invite others to join.
simply: force, threat, intimidation (muslim practice) and INVITATION (Christian practice) /// the first pleases the allah god of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) which requires absolute allegiance, and; the other, which pleases the Son of God, Lord and Giver of Life, who affords the individual a certain independence.
the Ugandan Christians proclaimed Gospel, which gives nothing else than grace and forgiveness, righteousness and a clean conscience, and assures the presence of God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit, i.e. Trinity) in this life and everlasting life with God. This is great gain and a pleasant reward.
the impoverished muslim (slave) who follows SHARIA has not such assuance and can only hope doing what allah god wants and hating what allah god hates will be done enough to gain attention from the allah god to maybe be rewarded with everlasting sexual rewards in a place called paradise. This is not a righteous result. and the efforts to attain this is fraught with anger, wrath, blood.
the followers of Muhammad (lately contrived; full of lusts; lacking compassion) must be intolerant; they encourage strife, not peace.
gravenimage says
Yes–so much for the “lack of compulsion” in Islam.
Walter Sieruk says
First, if those Christians really did mock Islam it was only done because Islam deserves to be mocked. After all, in the Light of the Bible Islam has been exposed to be a false religion. Second, that those Christian who had been viciously attacked by Muslims for saying that “Jesus is the Son of God” show that Muslim can’t refute that claim they resort to using violence. Furthermore, the claim that “ Jesus is the Son of God” is upheld in the Bible. To be more clear and specific about the nature of Jesus, the Bible instructs the Jesus is the Son of God, Who is God the Father.
The way for a person to discover the truth concerning the nature of Jesus is found in the Bible verse Isaiah 8:20. This instructs “To the law of the testimony. If they do not speak according to the word, it is because there is no light in them.” [N.K.J.V.] In other words, if a religious teacher has teaching that are in contradiction to the Word, the Bible, then that teachers is a false teacher who teaches false doctrines. The Muslim clerics, as the imam and mullahs, teach and speak doctrines about God from the Quran .
As the Quran in 112 teaches “He is God alone: God is the eternal begetteth not…” Likewise, this religious book which is the entire foundation of and for Islam further teaches in 19:35. “It is not befitting to God that He should beget a son.” In great contrast the Bible teaches in John 1:14. “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory , the glory of the only begotten of the Father ,full of grace and truth.” Likewise John 3:16 teaches “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son… Then just a little further in verse 18 it is written about Jesus Who is “the only begotten Son of God. “ Other places in the Bible further teach that Jesus is the Son of God as in Matthew 16:15:16. Luke 1:35. John 3:36. First John 4:14. 15. 5:14,15. Moreover to be even more clear the Bible teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, Who is God the Father. As found in Matthew 3:16,17. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. Of course , it ,very much, needs to made even more specific . The Bible teaches that Jesus is also God the Son. As seen in Hebrews 1:8 and First John 5:20. The imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam will try to “explain” this all away. As in they will try brush off all those Bible verse off by making the claim that the Bible had been corrupted, through time, by Christians and that’s why the Bible reads as it does. That claim they make actually underestimate the Power of God to protect and keep His Word safe and intact ,through time, and away from the corruption of men.
In conclusion ,with the above instruction of the way to find doctrinal truth in Isaiah 8:20 and in the light of the Bible verse provided it may be clearly seen, by all those who are willing to see, that Islam is in terrible doctrinal error and it is therefore a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6.
gravenimage says
Walter, they only “mocked Islam” by saying that Jesus is the Son of God–in other words, by being Christians.
And note–they are assaulting and attempting to forcibly convert Christian children in Uganda, which is still a majority-Christian nation.
Victory in Christ says
So honoring Jesus Christ as Lord is an insult to islam. I then must conclude that my label here referencing Christ must mark me for humiliation, beatings or perhaps even death. Why? Let me count the ways: 1) racist 2) bigot 3) islamaphobic 4) hurting islam.
Luke 9:26 [NIV]: Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Ok islam. mohammed and allah have show time and again they are ashamed of the Son of Man. Accepting for the moment that such a being as allah exists, then no wonder he is afraid of the King of Kings. allah knows full well he cannot stand before Jesus. the followers of islam are running like lemmings right over an eternal cliff of eternal loss.
Lydia Church says
So then the Christians have the right to attack the muslims for mocking Christianity for publicly saying that Jesus is not all that the Bible says He is!!!
Two can play that game…
And YES, Jesus IS the Son of God, the only Son of God, born of a virgin by the Holy Spirit!
Awww, are their poor widdo feewings hurt now?
Oh well… too bad!!!
Do they want to grab an ax and chase me down now?
All while the media tries to tell us how peaceful they are,
and warn of ‘islamophobia,’ and how they need our help,
that they are such victims, yada, yada, yada!
Lydia Church says
And mohammed was NOT a prophet sent by God, but the devil!
Ralph says
And Allah of the Muslims is not the God of Abraham, but a violent, hateful false god. The dark will always hate the light and it’s our duty to witness to the light of the world.
FYI says
allah is “the BEST of deceivers” koran 3:54.
You would most likely NOT trust a politician ..or employ a lawyer… who admitted to being a champion at fooling people.
How would you know such a person is not dissembling or lying to YOU?After all,he admits to being expert at bearing FALSE Witness.
Imagine a politician who said “I always lie”
Imagine a god who says “I am fantastic at deceiving people”
The fact that allah claims to be the BEST of deceivers means he is very good at… deceiving people:he has muslims believing he is God…
… but allah is NOT the Biblical God.
Battle says
Lydia Church first comment: Good One.
Buzz says
This is why a Muslim should NEVER be elected to public office in this country. Muslims are bound by Islam to obey the teachings of Islam. Islam and it’s sharia law are not compatible with out Constitution, our freedoms. We cannot assimilate people who are hostile to our government, our laws, our way of life, demanding and intent on conquering.
Gato says
There are two schools of thought:
1. Love all people because we are all created by God.
2. Hate all people who don’t think the way you do.
It is your choice where you want to spend eternity, in love, or hate.
Debi Brand says
“…. the public expression of the Christian Faith mocks Islam and despises Islamic teachings.”
Well of course it does. Just as did the faith of the Jews of Medina.
And for that reason—because, regarding the teachings of their faith galvanized the above stated Jews to declare the alleged Meccan Prophet a liar—“Allah’s” alleged command to gain mastery over these Jews, kill them.
Do likewise to all others “hard-headed/fool-hearted” enough to refuse to attribute sacredness to the teaching and claims of the alleged Arabian Prophet of Islam.