On Feb. 19th, an opinion piece appeared on the Fox News website with a rather serpentine title: “Iran should return to ancient teachings of Islam, a religion hijacked in 1979 by a dictatorial regime.” It was written by Rev. Johnnie Moore, whose byline includes some rather impressive titles: “commissioner on the United States Commission for […]
Member of US Commission for International Religious Freedom: “Iran should return to ancient teachings of Islam”
Does the Rev. Johnnie Moore actually believe that Islam’s teachings are fully and accurately represented by what he summarizes here of the teachings of al-Husayn? Does he not know about Qur’an verses such as these? “And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out; persecution is worse […]
Christian leader meets Middle East rulers: “We want what it was like when Muhammad was alive, a pluralistic region”
Says Johnnie Moore: “All we want is for what it was like when the Prophet Muhammad himself was alive, which was a very pluralistic region. There were Christians and Jews, there were synagogues and there were churches.” Yes, but what happened to them? According to Islamic tradition, there were three Jewish tribes in Medina when […]