Monitor The Strategic Trends
Introduction:
With the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, it has become of paramount importance to understand the origin, nature, and agenda of Islam. While there is no intent here to impugn the many peace-loving Muslims with the aggressive actions of the militant leadership, it is critical to recognize this most threatening challenge to Christians, Jews, and to Western civilization.
Contrary to popular understanding, Islam did not begin with Mohammad. Most of the practices still embodied in Islam had their beginning in pre-Islamic Arabia. Mohammad repackaged the pagan worship associated with the Ka’aba in Mecca into a monotheistic form.
It is also important to distinguish between the Allah of Islam and the God of Old Testament. They are not equivalent. Allah is presented as unknowable and capricious. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob delights in making and keeping His promises. Jesus summarized the entire Law of Moses in two commandments: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself. No where does the Qu’ran admonish its readers to make such commitments.
The Qu’ran calls for a warrior agenda. Islam divides the universe into two parts: Dar Al Islam: the domain of the faithful (to Islam); and Dar Al Harb: those with whom they are at war until Judgment Day. The agenda of Islam is conquest, by the sword if necessary.
This perspective can be confirmed by examining three areas: their sacred writings, exemplified by the Qu’ran; by a review of their history of conquest and cultural imperialism; and by an inspection of the Islamic countries and their propagating a legacy of hate and repression on their various subjugated populations.
These views may appear shocking, especially when contrasted with the popular propaganda promoted in the West. But it is essential to personally investigate the many competent materials available, and to really understand the agenda that lies behind today’s headlines.
[RETURN TO THE MOST RECENT LINKS]
NEW!
Al Qaida Still Prowling For the Kill November 03, 2009
NEW!
Meeting Shariah With Christ October 27, 2009
The Islamic Divide September 22, 2009
Iran On The Edge August 18, 2009
Al-Qaida Turns 21 August 11, 2009
The Fall of Capitalism and Rise of Islam July 21, 2009
Pulling Out of Iraq and Fighting Opium in Afghanistan June 30, 2009
Elections Offer A Potential New Face For Iran June 09, 2009
The Christian Exodus From Iraq May 19, 2009
Obama And the Muslim World January 27, 2009
Hamas and Hezbollah: Islamic Brainwashers Awaiting a Millstone by Dan Stolebarger, Executive Director of Koinonia Institute
Conflict Within Islam: Sunnis and Shiites by by Avi Lipkin
Background Information Thomas Jefferson's Koran by William Welty, Ph.D.
Mid-East Update: The Crisis in Sudan by Barry Rubin
The Roots of War, Part 1: The Islamic Conquests by Chuck Missler
The Modern History… Behind the Middle East Crisis by Chuck Missler
A Legacy of Hate: Jihad in America by Chuck Missler
Nuclear/Biological Terrorism: The Mideast Threat by Avi Lipkin & John Loeffler
Secret deals: Intrigues with Iraq by Chuck Missler
Background Update: The Kurds of Weigh by Chuck Missler
From Our Private Modem: Meshech-Tubal Tensions with Syria by Chuck Missler
**ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND LINKS**
Note: These links are provided for your further research and education. Koinonia House does not necessarily agree with the information on these sites or support the specific organizations.
News Sources
NEW!
A Strong Israel Deters Jihad - Hebrew University Prof. Moshe Sharon, a world renowned authority on Islam, sheds light on Jihad in Islam against Israel and the West: "Jihad is the strategy and, therefore, agreements are a (tactical) interlude in the war (against the infidel)," he writes. "Any sign of weakness is a clear call to renew Jihad. An agreement which contains anything beyond a limited armistice or ceasefire is null and void. The only agreement with non-believers that is permitted by Islamic law is one that enables Islam to strengthen itself, so that when the time comes it can resume Jihad in better conditions."
NEW!
Do Not Overlook Pakistan - An unstable Afghanistan could once again become a safe haven for terrorists. But so could Somalia or Algeria or Yemen. But an unstable Pakistan carries the added risk that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of anti-American Islamic extremists. And that's the greater national security threat to the United States. We finally have a partner in Pakistan's President Zardari who is willing to take the fight to the Taliban and has begun rooting them out of the tribal areas along the Afghan border.
Terrorists Recruiting American Somalis - Although al-Qaeda itself is under more pressure than at any time since 2001, the threat from affiliated groups such as Shabab is growing. In particular, such groups are providing al-Qaeda a pipeline of American and European fighters whose passports would make it easier for them to travel undetected and potentially attack Western targets, current and former US officials said.
"The role of returning foreign fighters to the United States changes the nature of the threat to the homeland," FBI Director Robert S. Mueller Mueller said in written testimony last week to a Senate hearing into the evolving terrorist threat inside the United States.
Muslim Population Exploding in Europe - According to the US's Migration Policy Institute, residents of Muslim faith will account for more than 20 percent of the EU population by 2050 but already do so in a number of cities. Another forecast holds that Muslims could outnumber non-Muslims in France and perhaps in all of western Europe by mid-century.
Iran Embassy Workers Accused Of Spying For West - An Iranian court on Saturday charged a French woman, two Iranians working for the British and French embassies in Tehran and dozens of others with spying and aiding a Western plot to overthrow the system of clerical rule. It was the second mass trial in a week aimed at uprooting the moderate opposition and putting an end to protests that erupted after the disputed June 12 presidential election.
Jihadists Connect Globally, Act Locally - A group of fundamentalist Somali-Australian Muslims were foiled in their recent terrorist plot against Sydney's Holsworthy Barracks, but they demonstrate the global nature of modern terrorism. "One of the key questions would be if there was any suggestion of direction coming from the leadership in Somalia, or indeed whether they were self-motivated to plan this type of operation."
California Schools Favor Islam - Though the California standards require the study of all religions, Islam is examined disproportionately. Moreover, the more extreme elements of the more radically Islamic societies are ignored, no matter how visible their acts are.
Ahmadinejad Still The Winner, Says Partial Recount - In an attempt to placate protesters, Iran conducted a partial recount Monday of votes cast in its disputed presidential election, and the hard-line president asked for an investigation into the shooting death of a young woman who has become a potent symbol of the opposition's struggle.
The regime's standoff with the West over its crackdown on demonstrators sharply escalated Sunday when Iran announced it had detained nine local employees of the British Embassy in Teheran. Both Britain and the European Union condemned what they called "harassment and intimidation."
Children Purchased As Suicide Bombers - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the terrorists are paying huge amounts of money to buy children to use them as suicide bombers. "The terrorists are using children for their barbarous terrorist activities and a suicide bomber is paid Rs five to 25 lakh from terrorist outfits," Mr Malik said while speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad yesterday. He said the government is determined to continue the war against terrorism until the Taliban are flushed out of the country, adding terrorists are targeting innocent people...
Italy And US Stop Hackers Who May Have Funded Terrorists - Italian and US authorities have broken up an international group that hacked into long-distance phone lines and may have provided funds to terrorists in Southeast Asia, officials said Monday. Police conducted raids across Italy on Friday to arrest five Pakistanis linked to a hacking operation in the Philippines. On the same day, Federal authorities in New Jersey charged three people living in the Philippines in connection with the case.
Hezbollah Loses in Lebanon Elections - The ruling pro-Western alliance managed to win in Lebanese parliamentary elections this weekend, much to the relief of Washington. "Sanity prevailed," a senior administration official said Sunday night.
"Hey, look on the bright side, boys!" Andrew Exum, a Lebanon expert at the Center for a New American Security wrote of Hezbollah. "Now you don't have to govern. It's a lot easier to be in the opposition if you're Hezbollah. You still keep your arms, and there is less pressure from the outside."
In other words, despite relieving election results, the US and Israel still need to keep a close watch on Hezbollah.
Palestinian Christians Don't Feel Safe Anymore - Palestinian Christians are reeling from a series of grave desecrations this week that they say are indicative of intimidation tactics from the town's growing Muslim population.
"Christians don't feel free anymore. Our way of life is changing while the Muslim population grows," a local Christian told WND. The Christian would only give his first name, Anis, for fear of Muslim retaliation if he speaks out.
Islamic Scholars Debate To Behead Or Not To Behead - What should Muslim leaders do - stick to ancient Islamic texts or give into the norms of society? Islamic scholars from 60 countries gathered at the University of Sharjah in the UAE to discuss how to handle people who renounce Islam in the modern world. One portion of the scholars supported religious freedom and argued that severe punishments for apostates - like beheading - were outdated. Others argued that followers of Islam needed to follow Sharia regardless of what the modern world said. "We will never allow others to dictate our religion to us."
Pro-Taliban Leaders Wants Shari'a Law Across Pakistan - Emboldened by the Pakistan government's agreement to allow the imposition of shari'a in the extremist-controlled Swat valley, fundamentalist clerics are pushing to spread the Taliban's interpretation of Islamic law across the country. Weekend remarks by Swat-based pro-Taliban leader Sufi Muhammad suggesting that Pakistan's courts and democratic system were un-Islamic caused an uproar in the national legislature on Monday.
Pakistani Taliban Leader Threatens to Attack US Capital - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban threatened Tuesday to carry out a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital, and said his forces were behind an assault on a police academy in eastern Pakistan. A senior U.S. official said, "We've seen a widening of the attacks," out of the tribal areas, and added, "this has had the effect of having a lot of Pakistanis binding together.
Afghan TV Station Manager Arrested For Lack of Censorship - Emrose TV's Fahim Khodamani was arrested on Monday for failing to censor or pixilate footage of women showing skin. While tame by Western standards, women in short skirts or low necklines are considered immodest in a country used to women wrapped up from head to toe. Television has flourished in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, but Khodamani is still accused of violating a law that prohibits media content considered outside "the framework of Islam."
'We Are Terrorists To The Bone': Guantanamo Detainees - Five men held in Guantanamo on charges of plotting the September 11 attacks declared in a court document released Tuesday that they sought to kill and terrorize Americans as an offering to God. The charges filed against them by US authorities were "not accusations," the five detainees wrote. "To us they are badges of honor, which we carry with pride," the detainees said, adding: "We are terrorists to the bone. So many thanks to God."
Muslims Kill African Union Peacekeepers at Church - Jihadists in Somalia targeted their victims while they were attending a church service. It was the deadliest attack on peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of Africa country since the AMISOM force was deployed there in March 2007. Sunday's attack came three days after a gathering in Mogadishu of Islamic clerics ended with a call for AMISOM peacekeepers to leave Somalia within 120 days and for shari’a to be implemented.
Muslim TV Exec's Estranged Wife Found Beheaded - The estranged wife of a Muslim television executive feared for her life after filing for divorce last month from her abusive husband, her attorney said — and was then found beheaded Thursday in his upstate New York television studio.
Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37, was found dead on Thursday at the offices of Bridges TV in Orchard Park, N.Y., near Buffalo. Her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Hatred Of Jews Okay in Germany - If It's From Muslims - Recent events demonstrate the relationship of German political culture today to anti-Semitism. On the one hand, one is not allowed to deny the Holocaust. If Arabs, other Muslims and their German friends scream 'Death to the Jews,' or 'Israel - children killer', that's fine. If two lonely guys stick an Israeli flag in a bedroom window on a street where such anti-Semites pass, the police react immediately and confiscate the flag.
The Shameless Parading of Terrorism - Remembering his son Daniel Pearl, the journalist who was beheaded by terrorists seven years ago this week, Judea Pearl writes, "But somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of 'resistance,' has gained acceptance in the most elite circles of our society. The words 'war on terror' cannot be uttered today without fear of offense. Civilized society, so it seems, is so numbed by violence that it has lost its gift to be disgusted by evil."
Taliban in Pakistan Killed 6 Men For 'Spying' for US - Suspected Taliban militants have killed six men in north-west Pakistan after accusing them of spying for the United States. Officials told the BBC Urdu service two of those killed were local tribesmen, while two were Afghan nationals from the eastern province of Khost. The remaining two men were Pakistani nationals from Karak district in North West Frontier Province.
Obama To Close Gitmo, But It Won't Be Easy - Obama said his legal and national security teams are crafting procedures to determine the fate of each detainee but, "It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize."
"Today, very dangerous men remain at Guantanamo Bay, which include terrorist trainers, bomb makers, recruiters and facilitators, terrorist financiers, and potential suicide bombers," said Cynthia O. Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman.
Egypt Starving Christian Mom's Children - Authorities in Egypt are starving children ages 2 and 4 to try to force their mother to abandon Christianity and return to Islam, according to reports from several ministry organizations.
"In the last 10 years, more than 5,000 Christians have been massacred in Egypt. Hundreds of businesses and homes first have been looted, then burned and destroyed. Churches have been burned and destroyed."
Israel Worried About Possible German Sub Sale to Egypt - Israel is increasingly concerned that Germany might sell Dolphin-class submarines to Egypt. Cairo, officials said, has opened talks with Berlin aimed at having the Egyptian navy purchase several Dolphin-class submarines, regarded as one of the top diesel-powered submarines in the world.
**FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY**
 |
The Sword of Allah - Chuck Missler
Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth. Is Allah just another name for the God of the Bible? Find out about Islam's roots and potential future.
Click for more information - Audio Cassette
|
**ADDITIONAL RELATED RESOURCES**
 |
The Sword of Allah - Chuck Missler
Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth. Is Allah just another name for the God of the Bible? Find out about Islam's roots and potential future.
Click for more information - Audio Cassette
|
 |
A Legacy of Hate - Chuck Missler and Avi Lipkin
Avi Lipkin, a former Israeli Defense Intelligence specialist, details many of the reasons for the historic tensions between Islam and the Jews.
Click for more information - Audio Cassette
|
 |
Roots of War - Audio CD - Chuck Missler
On September 11, 2001, Islamic extremists shook the world. This briefing will update you on the history of the Middle East since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Click for more information - Audio CD with MP3
|
 |
Sleeping In America: The Secret War - MP3 Download - Avi Lipkin
In this briefing, Avi talks about fanatical Islam's invasion techniques and how they are being put into effect in Canada, the EU and in the U.S.
Click for more information - MP3 Download
|
 |
The New Crusades - Avi Lipkin
Avi Lipkin lays out the groundwork for the coming era in history he dubs "The Neo Crusades". A time of coming religious warfare that will inflame the Middle-East, Europe and the World.
Click for more information - Audio Cassette
|
|  |
|