Robinson approvingly quotes right-wing Christian author Don Richardson (1995): "Anyone in the world who does not become a Christian in the next two decades... will probably become a Muslim or at least will have been urged to join Islam ten, fifteen or twenty times." Robinson immediately comments: "This is becoming a reality." (p.1)
"When the USA declared 'War on Terror' in 2001... topping the hit list were Islamic organisations." (p.2)
"Allahu Akbar, God is Greater, is the familiar shout which is on the lips of teeming crowds processioning through the streets of many of the world's cities even beyond the traditional heartland of Islam. Instead of a calm statement of faith, a voiced hope for a better future, that shout heard almost daily on TV newscasts, has come to sound more like a war cry, a threat thundered against any who might hold other opinions." (p.2)
Robinson approvingly quotes right-wing Christian writer Douglas Layton (2000): "Islam could become the predominant religion in the US by the year 2020." (p.3)
"Relationships between Muslim leaders and those of other religions and/or political entities have seldom been uniformly harmonious in the long-term. From the time of the Iranian revolution in 1979 which toppled the Shah and transformed Iran, the degree of tension and the intensity of denigration seem to have increased." (p.4)
"With the threat of having all nations becoming Islamic states and governed by Islamic law (shariah) the 'Christian' world is becoming somewhat uneasy, and with some cause. [Right-wing Christian fundamentalist network] Open Doors... has noted that of the 25 states throughout the world in which Christians are most persecuted, 21 are Muslim. This hardly builds confidence for peaceful Muslim-Christian relationships in the immediate future, irrespective of how many declarations of peacefulness are made by minority Muslim leaders in the West after the New York September 11 events. The Islamic challenge to the church if not Western society, is no longer something in the far distance that can be ignored. Increasingly it is in all of our cities and neighbourhoods now! Islam and Christianity are on a pathway of confrontation." (p.4)
"Under the influence of secular humanism in the West, Christianity... has largely abandoned setting a moral and religious agenda for its own society. The church has been marginalised." Robinson then approvingly quotes a Christian lobby group paper (1997): "Muslims on the other hand, whose world view does not separate religion from society, hold that the corrupt religion at its core, Christianity is responsible for producing a corrupt, amoral society." (p.5)
"Islam, rather than being uniformly applied as based on the Quran and the practices and sayings of Muhammad, is in fact, whatever is practised at the local level... Real Islam changes according to the location and the culture... All Christian religious services are strictly banned within the kingdom [of Saudi Arabia]... But such severe restrictions are not equally applied in other Muslim countries... The 'Islamic world' is not a monolithic block... Nationalism, ethnicity, theological interpretations and political power plays sow seeds of disunity among Muslims... Nor can it be demonstrated that there is an established international conspiracy on behalf of all Islamic nations to take over the rest of the world through an Armageddon-style cataclysmic holy war. Some leaders might wish it were so and for domestic political purposes might even say as much from time to time. But... there are often vast differences of opinion and practice between leaders and those whom they claim to lead. Non-Muslims must be careful not to misread extremist statements of a few leaders as being an accurate reflection of the sentiments of the majority in a religious movement which some seek to use or abuse to further their own ends." (p.7,9-10)
"These [Muslims] are people whom God loves and longs to reach... Jesus Christ is reaching the hearts of Muslim people and breaking down the barriers to the good news... In many countries an excellent start has been made to meet the challenge of Islam. The stakes are indeed high, not just in terms of national control but for the destiny of millions of individuals in the future... Both [Christianity and Islam] cannot be right... Prominent Western politicians and Christian leaders have argued that the West does not have a problem with Islam. It is only with 'extremism'. But history clearly demonstrates that this is not so. [Right-wing ideologue] Samuel Huntington's brilliant analysis concludes that the problem for the West is not 'fundamentalism' but Islam itself..." (p.10-11)
Robinson approvingly quotes anti-Muslim author Ibn Warraq (2001): "There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate... There is no difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalism." (p.12)
"If we can look through Islamic eyes at those whom non-Muslims label as fundamentalists or extremists, we will see that within the context of their own societies, they are mostly regarded as warrior heroes of the faith on behalf of the Faithful. Suicide bombers are glorified as martyrs whose deaths are celebrated rather than mourned... Seventy percent of Palestinians approved of suicide attacks against Israel." (p.12)
Robinson approvingly quotes anti-Muslim propagandist Reza Safa: "If Islam is a peaceful religion why did Muhammad engage in 47 battles? Why are there so many contemporary Islamic dictators? Why is there so little freedom of religion or speech in Islamic countries? From whence comes the awful violence which kills innocent people in so many countries in the name of Allah?" (p.13-14)
"Already Western countries that were Judeo-Christian are becoming Islamic-Christian." (p.15)
"An analysis of change within Islam in the twentieth century shows that the worldwide community of believers has been increasing in religious cohesion... Although the [Islamic] desire to be a single people of the world, united in piety, politics and culture has never been realised, it remains a longed-for objective... Since the World Muslim League meeting of Mecca in 1974, Islam has become much more active in Dawah its missionary enterprise." (p.17-18)
Robinson uses a 1992 quote from Muslim author Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad as "proof" of Islam's plan for world conquest: "We have... a priceless commodity to offer the West, Islam... What the world needs is a truly new leadership... This can only be found in Islam... Only Islam can lead the way." (p.20)
"On July 25 2002 [right-wing, anti-Muslim] Baptist preacher, David Pawson announced that he believed England would become Islamic. Many Christians begged to differ but Muslim spokesmen agreed and concluded that this would not happen for '5-10 years yet'." (p.24)
"On July 11 1989 the Aga Khan (the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims)... said: 'Europe has become an important meeting point for Islamic culture and the West... barriers between the Islamic world and the West are beginning to break down everywhere... Change will happen.' Elsewhere he expanded by saying he believed the change would be 'evolutionary'. The process of change is effected through the tried and tested political means of initially being quiet and accepting of the status quo whatever that is for as long as numbers of the group are few. As numbers increase so does confidence and demands upon the society at the local and national level. Along the way the group seeking change paints itself as being victimised. This gains sympathy. Anyone who disagrees or is critical of the group's objectives is quickly and forcefully confronted. The Western world has seen the gay rights movement use this process with great effect over the last couple of decades. That movement generalises its opponents as 'homophobic'. Muslims label their critics 'Islamophobic'." (p.25)
"The main means by which the number of Muslims in Britain has increased in recent times has been immigration... These immigrants moved into inner city areas and formed discrete, identifiable communities based on their ethnic origins... Mosques and Islamic centres provide a strong sense of identity in what is perceived as a hostile environment." (p.25-26)
"Aggressive missionary outreach (dawa) has been a feature of Islam in Britain... About 20% of Britain's Muslims now follow the more severe teaching of the Deobandi sect... The movement extolled the Taliban of Afghanistan as an exemplary model Islamic welfare state." (p.28)
"Islam does not divide life into secular and sacred. Therefore political processes which many Western Christians would rather avoid are to a Muslim simply another means to reach the goal os Islamisation. Not all political systems have the stamp of Islamic approval. But any may be used along the way. For example within the British context, Islamic leaders have proven to be quite adept at using to advantage the liberties which democracy, asylum laws, Western notions of human rights etc afford. On the other hand according to Abu Hanza-al-Masri, a London-based Muslim cleric, the principle of democracy is hostile to God and is therefore to be condemned. He says, 'Democratic means such as elections and dialogue only serve to ensnare us [Islamists['... Similarly an editorial in the December 1996 edition of Al-Khilafah, a magazine banned in the Middle East but claiming the right of free speech in Britain said, 'All over the world the twin evils of freedom and democracy have wreaked havoc with peoples' lives'. This 'evil' of democracy however has been used to good effect to obtain further Islamic rights... Muslims have... been seeking state funding for Muslim schools that teach traditional Muslim values... Muslim leaders encourage their communities to use the democratic processes when it is to their advantage, but where it is interpreted to be otherwise then the advice is to the contrary. On January 5 1992 Kalim Saddiqui in his capacity as Director of London's Muslim Institute urged that 'Muslims should resist any public policy or legislation that conflicts with the interests of the 2 million Muslims living in Britain'." (p.28-29)
"In 1997 Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit to Pakistan, announced to a gathering of distinguished guests that 'a distinctive new identity, that of the British Muslim has emerged'. Quite so. Her listeners would have been delighted to hear it and could have thanked her and her government for all their help. But perhaps in a spiritual sense the greatest help has sadly come inadvertently from the Church. Islam, the festest growing religion in Britain, has been able to expand into what might be regarded as a spiritual vacuum. Over the last few decades UK church attendance declined to only 9% of the population... Up to this time the church seems to have developed little by way of apologetic to meet the invasion of Islam. In the public domain of the famous Hyde Park, Muslims dominate while the Church is silent and absent. Still today a mere handful of Christian individuals is designated to work full time amongst Muslims." (p.30-31)
"The biggest influx [of Muslims into Europe] has come about through immigration. Europe is undergoing a profound demographic change whereby a Judeo-Christian civilisation is processing towards Islamisation... Relocated Muslims have prospered because open Western democracies have granted them the same rights as historically they have to other religious communities... Western society however is beginning to experience the clash of widely divergent cultures in which Islamic practice is a significant issue. There has been considerable debate in France over what is considered to be appropriate dress for women and whether or not girls can wear head coverings in state funded schools." (p.35-36)
"16 out of 19 mainline Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church participated in raising money to build a local mosque [in Pforzheim, Germany]. The supervisor for Protestant churches in the area, Hanns-Martin Schaefer, said that the gift was meant as a sign of their intention to maintain good links and reconcile relationships with the Muslim community. Evangelical churches however protested against the collection. While some may have accused them of being mean spirited, one can't help but reflect that the motives of those who sponsored the offerings within the Church for the mosque were not so much biblical as political and social, seeking to maintain peace and the status quo at all costs." (p.36-37)
"There is no doubt that a firm foundation has been laid to achieve the ultimate goal of the Islamisation of the United States. Twelve national level organisations already exist to facilitate this objective. The most well-known of these is the American Muslim Council (AMC) established in 1990. The AMC and its sister organisations exist to unify the Islamic community, to coordinate and resource its mission thrust and increasingly to effect political change favourable to Islamic interests. The American Muslim Council in particular has been commissioned to search for suitable candidates for public office at all levels of government within the United States. To influence public opinion it adopted a subsidiary goal of preparing and distributing news releases and public service announcements for 700 television outlets as well as radio and press media... How has this come about? As in other Western societies the largest increase in the number of Muslims has come through immigration." (p.40-41)
"With sufficient critical mass for a support base, the emergence of a new political force has commenced which will have wide ranging ramifications for American policies abroad especially as they relate to its traditional support of Israel and its attitudes towards the Middle East. Islamic groups will use the open political democratic processes in America more than ever before to further their interests... But Islam is much more than just another ethnic lobby group. As its influence grows it is bound to have repercussions on the whole American way of life and not just its political systems... So much that is embedded in Islamic theology is inseparable from the Arab culture in which Islam was birthed. Such concepts as 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' as being legitimate ends of government and very important to the American way of life are almost unimaginable within pure Islam... The clash that is likely to occur as Islam increasingly impacts within America is potentially of cataclysmic proportions. In an article entitled 'The New Ideological Enemy', a think tank of the Pentagon considered that a confrontation with Islam was inevitable... The threat to the American way of life does not come from some militarily inferior cluster of far off powers. It comes from within. It is already grafted into the body politic, slowly but surely effecting change to achieve its ultimate goals the Islamisation of America... If the present trend continues it could well be that one day the stars and stripes may be replaced by the crescent moon." (p.49-52)
"The process of Islamisation that emerges from Africa... is infused in the wounds of current events... From Cairo in the north to Capetown in the south... Islam is on the move. It intends to finish the job it started fourteen centuries ago, the Islamisation of the entire continent of Africa." (p.53,55)
Robinson approvingly quotes right-wing ideologue Dan Wooding (1990): "A Holy War on the continent of Africa is well on its way!... Africa [may be turned] into one giant Iran, bringing with it one of the greatest holocausts our generation has ever known." (p.59)
"In 1996 [extreme right-wing] Harvard Professor Samuel P. Huntington released the findings of his ground breaking analysis. By tabulating late twentieth century conflicts he demonstrated that Muslims were involved in more intergroup violence and more intercivilisational wars than any others. He also demonstrated that Muslim countries are approximately twice as militarised as are Christian countries... Huntington noted that 'quantitative evidence from every disinterested source conclusively demonstrates' Muslim bellicosity and violence. He concludes 'Wherever one looks along the perimeter of Islam, Muslims have problems living peaceably with their neighbours... Muslims... have been far more involved in inter-group violence than the people of any other civilisation. The evidence is overwhelming.' He attributes the causes for this. From the start Islam has glorified military virtues. It was spread by different peoples being conquered and converted. It merges religion and politics by distinguishing only between Muslims and 'the rest'. Finally there has been a demographic explosion in the twentieth century society which has produced in Muslim societies large numbers of often unemployed males." (p.111-112)
"For those who accepted the new order [of Islam in Muhammad's time], probably one of the most notable social changes would be that of the status of women... Men would have more rights than women (Surah 2:228) to the point of being permitted to beat them for suspected disobedience (Surah 4:34)." (p.158-159)
"For Jews and Christians within the new Islamic society [in Muhammad's time] their position would be reduced to second-class citizens with a curtailment of what, today, is called Human Rights. They would be required to pay taxes in excess of those which were required of Muslim citizens for the privilege of being 'protected' by the Islamic society. Their places and practice of worship would also be carefully circumscribed. Those 'peoples of the Book' ie Jews and Christians, who would not accept the new order would be banished from their homelands. The outcome for any, once having accepted the faith but choosing to defect, would be death." (p.157)
"Was Muhammad a true prophet?... Unlike Biblical prophets who usually established their claim to prophethood by the performance of miracles or declarations of a predictive nature, Muhammad never made any explicit predictions nor did he perform miracles... The claim of divine origin for the revelations [in the Quran] is attributed to a sole source, Muhammad himself. There is no external evidence to corroborate or authenticate [the Quran]... This mutual self-authentification conveniently places both the Quran and the Prophet beyond conjecture, criticism or even examination... The non-initiated are often surprised by the number of items [in the Quran] appearing to personally advantage Muhammad. Also one is frequently startled by the discovery that this religious movement which is said to prefer peace, actually enshrines the practice of war. Muhammad himself conducted 27 battles and planned 39 others... Associated with the religious practice of war, there are enormous rewards promised for the warriors (Surah 4:74, 48:16-17). These are still invoked today in war zones such as Algeria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan and Afghanistan... The Western reader at least, is rather surprised to discover that this religion which practices the brotherhood of all mankind and particularly the equality of the sexes, in fact, in its holiest book, enshrines superiority of the male over the female eg women qualify for only half the inheritance compared with their male counterparts (Surah 4:11, 176)... Early in his mission when the position of the new Islamic community and its continued existence were extremely precarious, Muhammad delivered a revelation which encouraged religious toleration (Surah 2:256). But as his political and military power increased so the revelations changed, instructing followers to suppress by violence those who would not comply with the call to embrace Islam (Surah 8:39, 9:5, 29, 47:4)." (p.167,174-176)
"[Contradictions within the Quran] cannot but help challenge the claim that the Quran represents a revelation for all time... Archaeological tests have repeatedly enhanced the reputation of the Holy Bible... However [the Quran is] demonstrably at variance with known more easily verifiable facts of the natural world... The claims of the Quran being an exact replica of God's inerrant word in heaven remains open to question." (p.181-182, 184)
"Islam identifies five enemies against whom it must wage war: ... Lust... Satan... Hypocrites... Sinful Muslims... Infidels (Jews, Christians and all other non-believers in Islam)... The warfare... is known as jihad... [Two ex-Muslim Christians] point out that even a cursory reading of the Quran or the Hadith gives evidence of a missiological endeavour to expel or destroy infidels (Surah 3:85). They are to be seized and slain and no friends are to be made of them (Surah 4:89). They are to be regarded as enemies (Surah 4:101)... Christianity is seen as a specific enemy of Islam and thus held out for specific scorn in the Quran (Surah 4:171, 5:14, 17, 72-73, 75)... The notion of jihad is fired by another fundamental principle, the worldview that believes in the inevitable universality of Islam... Where non-believers, non-Muslims or infidels as they are most commonly known, remain in control, these areas are known as dar al-harb ie the house of war. Those who inhabit such places are described as harbis because they live in territories where either war is being waged or is yet to be waged by whatever means to bring them into submission. Muslims have a sacred duty, an obligation to participate in subduing dar al-harb to become dar al-Islam... Until the entire earth and all of its inhabitants are both returned to the rulership of Allah and acknowledged as such by all, then war must be pursued against those who have yet to submit. Peace is impossible. For time to time for tactical reasons, it may be considered appropriate to pause in advancing the Islamic cause. But this can only ever be a temporary diversion until impediments to advancement have been removed or overcome... If, for political, economic or military reasons, a state of permanent war cannot be overtly or aggressively prosecuted then and only then may a truce be agreed upon (Surah 9:1-5). However according to the model of the Prophet's own example such a truce cannot be maintained beyond ten years. Furthermore at any time during that truce decade it may be unilaterally abrogated whenever the Islamic position becomes favourable to resume an advance... Within these ideological constructs the notion of peace is excluded. Objectives of warfare may be postponed but never surrendered... Islam's expansion by means of military conquest is not an occasional event but an institutionalised process of normative religious obligation... It is an integral part of Islamic missions' (dawa) drive for world conquest." (p.204,206-207,210)
"The pursuit of jihad is not exclusive to historically normal military means of destruction of property, taking hostages, annihilating or driving out inhabitants as an army advances. It can also be waged by peaceful means through proselytism, propaganda, gratuities paid to 'win over hearts' etc." (p.210)
"For Muslims the massacre of enemies is not a heinous crime against humanity. It simply represents victory for Islam. It is not a moral issue at all." (p.211)
"Killing or even dying for the cause of Islam is... the only way by which a Muslim, according to Islamic teaching, may have assurance of salvation and a wonderful life in the hereafter of Paradise." (p.211)
"The ferocity of [Christian] Serbian atrocities against Muslims in Kosovo in 1999 although inexcusable, must be understood against the background of history. Western memory is increasingly abbreviated to whatever was on the last television news bulletin. But Serbs remembered that on Kosovo Field... on 28 June 1389 their leader Prince Lazar was captured and beheaded by invading Turkish Muslim armies... For three centuries, Christian families were compelled to surrender their children to be Islamised..." (p.214)
"Terrorism... has been a means employed [by Muslims] particularly against states that might be immediately adjacent to or hostile toward current Islamic states. As a means it has been supported by Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other places... What non-Muslims may regard as repugnant can be legally and morally acceptable under Islamic laws of jihad. Thus hostages may become military assets... The summary execution of captured enemy soldiers is entirely legal... Civilians are regarded as active enemy assets simply because they are not yet Muslim. The resurgence of contemporary Islam even in its more violent expressions is hardly a passing phenomenon. Its methodologies are well documented and demonstrated through 14 centuries of its own recorded theology, history and cultural transitions. The vast majority of Islam's followers desire nothing more than peace and prosperity yet because of theological imperatives a state of war must remain until all submit." (p.218-220)
"Islam remains a religion whose followers believe that Allah requires them to send their sons to die for him. Christianity is a faith that believes God sent his Son to die for us." (p.220)
"Human rights as defined by the United Nations Charter are denied to citizens in Islamic jurisdictions. Only rights sanctioned by Allah as ratified by the Quran are acceptable except where it is to Islamic advantage to argue otherwise." (p.221)
"Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Sudan legislated the death penalty for any who wish to change from belief in Islam to any other religion." (p.222)
"Whenever Islam gains control of any people those people are confronted with a choice. They may choose:
€ to submit and become Muslims
€ to die by the sword or suffer enslavement
€ to continue to live as second class citizens discriminated against for life." (p.222)
"Official 'inequality' represents an accurate and honest reflection of classical Islamic teaching. Muslim women are not equal with Muslim men. No non-Muslim is considered equal to any Muslim." (p.224)
"[In Islamic states] almost without exception non-Muslims are forbidden significant public office. Were they to achieve such it would mean that a non-Muslim could exercise authority over a Muslim. This is not allowed. The same principle applies to employment. Non-Muslims are not to hold management positions. Again this would give infidels authority over Muslims.... In the practice of law, evidence against a Muslim by a non-Muslim is unacceptable. The validity of the non-Muslims' oath is not accepted because they are regarded as of perverse character in that they have denied the superiority of Islam... As the Quran exhorts to bring low or subdue those who are non-Muslim, personal denigration has often been employed. Historically, many Muslim cities have been divided into various quarters. Non-Muslims may be confined to live in smaller, lower, shabbier houses than Muslims... The essential feature of the constantly changing process of dhimmitude [special tax paid by non-Muslim monotheists in Islamic states] has always been to ensure the inferiority of the non-Muslim. Through humiliation and pressure brought to bear by whatever means, it is intended that dhimmies [paying the special tax] will ultimately understand the ignorance of their ways and accept the enlightenment of Islam. Likewise this acts as a disincentive against Muslims adopting other faiths." (p.226-229)
"Muslims believe that Islam is the one true religion. Its goal is the establishment of a united universal theocracy, in which Islamic law (shariah) will prevail over every other system. All will revert to Islam or face the possibility of subjugation or elimination. Faced with such a relentlessly aggressive challenge many non-Muslims slide into unspoken quiet fear. This is precisely a hoped for response engendered by verbal jousting, militant posturing and hostile sabre rattling. But 'fear is the darkroom in which Satan develops his negatives. The purpose of fear is manipulation and control' [quote from ex-Muslim Christian evangelist Reza Safa]... However Christians have nothing to fear except fear itself... The writer of the book of Hebrews reminds us '[Jesus] shared in [our] humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death'. (Hebrews 2:14-15). What a message! What a hope! It is that which all Muslims need to hear." (p.232)
"[The Christian] God has been launching many exciting supernatural initiatives among Muslims to reveal himself, his love and his purposes. If we can catch his winds of the Spirit, and grasp the opportunities he is presenting, we could well see the greatest ingathering of these people like never before. If the [Christian] church will release and resource its best [missionaries], it will advance, not to defeat but to victory." (p.233)
"On July 9 1935 Winston Churchill warned his countrymen, 'There lies before us a period of strain and peril which I do not think has been equalled no, not even in the Great War [World War I]'. But neither people nor parliament wanted to face the obvious. The signs were increasingly clear for anyone to see. Hitler was rearming for aggression. But in England people and their leaders wanted to believe that there would be only peace and prosperity ahead... No less a call should be sounded in our time as Islam organises, finances, equips and implements its strategies around the world. The question is, 'Will we be like the leaders of Europe in the lead up to what became the Holocaust of World War II or will we respond more appropriately while there is yet time?' Initially what is required is that we at least acknowledge we are facing an unprecedented challenge of immense proportions. Next, by way of preparation, we need to confront our own attitudes. The danger is that we may react out of fear rather than love... We need to remind ourselves that Jesus told us that even to those we may see as 'enemies' we are to respond neither in anger nor malice but in love (Matthew 5:44)." (p.235-236)
"God will go to extraordinary lengths using all manner of circumstances to involve his people to demonstrate love to Muslims. Love is a longed for, missing component of their religious structures. It is seen as a weakness and yet their hearts yearn for it... One gentle east Asian Muslim scholar summed up the difference thus, 'Christianity is a religion of love, Islam is a religion of rules'... As Christians commence with expectancy, hope and faith to face this new challenge, as we are prepared to be motivated by love and surrender our own lives, we will see God go before us continuously responding to the needs of the Muslim world in ever more amazing ways." [The un-named "Muslim scholar" was quoted in the right-wing journal "The Economist" 6.8.94.] (p.237)
"Said was crying. Muslim women had stabbed his beloved wife Suad as she was conducting a Bible study group in southern Israel. Her unborn child was killed and her left lung had been punctured and had totally collapsed. Surgeons assumed that she, at least, would need a plastic tube to assist her breathing for the rest of her life. As the surgeons worked Christians prayed. Doctors were amazed when Suad awoke from her operation and her breathing was quite normal and no tube was needed. The miraculous healing power of God astounded them. The next day God spoke to Said and Tabari. He told them to drive back to the village where the attack had taken place. After encouraging the discouraged believers, Tabari stepped outside to address the crowd that had gathered. As Tabari began to preach the rain stopped. The heavy dark clouds parted and left Tabari standing in the midst of a circle of light. At this point a crowd of angry shouting Muslim men arrived armed with knives, sticks and weapons. They started to throw rocks and stones but these were stopped in midair and reversed back on those who had thrown them. Appearing in the form of bright light Jesus instructed Tabari to speak the words of the Lord boldly and to be unafraid. He promised his protection. One of the angry attackers struck a believer from behind hitting him on the head with a hammer. The victim collapsed with a deep gash at the back of his head as blood oozed out. Tabari placed his hands on the wound and prayed. The man was instantly healed so that not even a scar remained. Another attacker threw a knife cutting off the ear of a believer. Tabari picked up the ear, pressed it back onto the victim's head and immediately it fused and was healed. On seeing this the Muslim men fell to the ground and begged for mercy. At least 75 of them believed and gave their lives to Jesus. Although the above report was carefully recorded in writing and duly signed by those who submitted it as a means of attesting its authenticity, the question remains at least to many Western readers, is it true? It begs credulity because such supernatural phenomena are comparitively rare in contemporary experience. In many pockets of Christianity in the West we may be so bereft of faith as to be considered atheists if not in name than in practice... Materialism under girded by affluence has come to dominate our thinking and desensitise our spirituality... Our continued dependency on our science and its admitted benefits has led us not just to accept uncritically its worldview but also led us to downgrade supernaturalism to the point where we at best ignore it or at worst deny it... Since the Renaissance we have increasingly allowed our view of reality to be divided into the spiritual and the natural. This has resulted in [Christian] religion being increasingly diminished into irrelevance or sidelined to the point of extinction as secularism has increasingly dominated our worldview... We have lost Biblical perspective. The dominance of this paradigm and its powerful linkage with materialism and scientism has led us into increasing layers of denial of the supernatural in everyday life... Many believers in the West do not even believe evil as personified or personalised in a devil, or demons which may be still active in the world today... After a lifetime spent living and working within Muslim communities, [right-wing Christian evangelist] Vivienne Stacey concluded that Christians have underestimated the spiritual dimension and hold which Islam has over its followers. 'In reality we are contending with the powers of darkness and not just with people or concepts', she said." (p.241-244)
Robinson approvingly quotes right-wing writer Tony Pearce (2002): "The main reason for the lack of freedom in the Arab world is Islam itself." (p.246)
"Rather than accountability, liberty or equality, fundamentals that earthed the processes of other modern states, Muslim states and societies are characterised by control often accompanied by violence." (p.247)
"What is it that has produced such hatred [in Muslim societies] towards God's original people, the Jews and Christians? What is it that motivates such fear, bloodshed, division, or an overarching total control of whatever environment with which Islam comes into contact?... What Islam historically and consistently exhibits is certainly not the pattern of the Biblical Kingdom of God on earth. Its origins therefore, are elsewhere... The Quran condemns witchcraft (Surah 113:4) but, unlike the Bible (Deuteronomy 18:10-12), it makes no categorical condemnation of occult practices... What sort of religion seeking a dramatic break with a patently pagan past, incorporates elements of paganism which it purports to replace? [Muslim rituals like] running between the two hills of Safa and Marwa and kissing the black stone are but two such examples... What sort of belief system despises the cross and so vigorously denies the death of Christ?... [Ex-Muslim Christian evangelist] Reza Safa concludes that such could only originate from the anti-Christ appearing as the angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14)." (p.248-249)
"Within Muslims there is a deep unfulfilled spiritual hunger... The hunger in the Muslim heart may arise from the huge lack of love often experienced within [Islamic] society and compounded by its absence within its religion... Where love is in such short supply and reasons for hatred seem so plentiful in society as well as in religion, is it any wonder that some of the outcomes of life and interaction with others seem to be so heartlessly violent? The basis for this predicament is that nowhere in the Quran or in the Traditions of Islam is there any demonstration of Allah's love for his creature mankind... How different is the basis for Christianity where there is the supreme revelation that the very inmost essence of God is love!" (p.257-258)
"Wendell Evans, a former Director of the Institute of Muslim Studies at the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, USA, concluded 'that the frequency of dreams and visions of Christ amongst Muslims has risen dramatically' in recent years. It is estimated that of Muslims turning to Christ in Africa, 42% of new believers come through the experience of dreams, visions, angelic appearances or audibly hearing God's voice... Researchers of the southern Asian scene claim that 80% of new Christians are the direct result of supernatural encounters. One possible reason for this sudden upsurge of supernatural intervention and increased harvest is, as [Christian] researcher David Barrett estimated, that as many as 170 million Christians worldwide are praying daily for world evangelism." (p.273)
"[In the Bible] Paul specifically stated the principal methodological practice of context and culture when he affirmed that to win Jews and Gentiles he became as much as possible like each one respectively (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)... Because Muslims sometimes define Christianity as 'a foreign religion of infidels', to remove that blockage of misunderstanding more innovative [Christian evangelical] workers refer to themselves as Muslims which literally means those who submit to God. They do this on the basis of [the Bible's] James 4:7 which calls for the necessity of submission to God and that according to the Quran some of Jesus' disciples called themselves Muslims (Surah 5:111)... In seeking to remove blockages preparatory to the presentation of truth, many [Christian evangelists] have found a favourable hearing by also judiciously using selections from the Quran. In so doing one must be careful never to say anything negative regarding that book which is holy to so many... [or] ever say anything negative about Islam's Prophet or the cultures into which they might go. However the use of the Quran needs to be done carefully lest it is assumed that the messenger is granting to it a status of authority equal to that of the Bible. The Quran is often used as a means with which to open dialogue only." (p.285,289,294)
"One Muslim commentator put it thus: ... 'Christianity has basically surrendered to secular civilisation'. It is difficult to deny the charge especially with the Western division of State and Church... The perceived weakness of Christianity is a major evangelising point for Muslim preachers." (p.300)
"In international finance it is widely recognised that Middle Eastern Islamic nations certainly wield significant power. We are reminded of the linkage every time we refuel our vehicles... For many years to come, oil from the Middle East will remain an economic jugular for the Western world. If it is closed there would be massive disruption to Western economies... [Extreme right-wing ideologue] Samuel Huntington believes that 'The actions of the oil-rich Muslim states if placed in their historical, religious, racial and cultural setting, amount to nothing less than a bold attempt to lay the Christian West under tribute to the Middle East. The Saudi, Libyan, and other governments have used their oil riches to stimulate and finance the Muslim revival'." (p.310-311)
"Islam is on the march and it has reached well within the borders of all Western nations... The spiritual battle has already been joined... The question is how can a victory for Christ be more fully assured than it may appear to be at present?... Only one tenth of one percent of the Christian church's total income is spent on direct ministry outside the Christianised world. And only one hundredth of one percent is spent on the toughest unevangelised areas of the world that include Islam. What an indictment!... Confronted with the challenge and opportunity of our times each needs to do at least three things: First, we must reaffirm that we are involved in spiritual warfare and be prepared to enter into it... A spiritual war is being waged as it has been since the beginning of time... It is the war between good and evil, darkness and light, God and his adversaries. This is the mother of all wars. War is not being fought over one country or one issue but for the hopes and fears of all humanity. Second we need to pray. We are to lift our faces confidently toward heaven rather than lowering them in submission toward Mecca... Third, in the light of the situation which we face, each must ask himself before God, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?'... We need to choose whether we will hide our eyes from the need and close our ears to the call or whether we will tackle with new decisiveness mixed with humility and devotion the unchanging command of our faithful God. Upon our choice may very well depend the outcomes for this next century and beyond." (p.313,316, 318-319) |
The "Mosques & Miracles" conferences are based on a book of the same name authored by Stuart Robinson, an Australian right-wing Baptist pastor. The few quotes below from Robinson's "Mosques & Miracles" book will give you a flavour of its feverish anti-Muslim message:
