Genies Hanging Out at Mecca
Contributed by BuzzFlash Reader, John deVille
December 12, 2001
Most folks who follow the news remember the now infamous dialogue between Pat Robertson & Jerry Falwell that occurred a day or so after the Sept. 11 attacks. In that conversation, Falwell blamed the attacks in part on homosexuals, abortionists, and other folks for whom he harbors great hate. Roberston went along with him.
When those who know better called Falwell on the carpet, Falwell backed down a bit. We also reserved a bit of wrath for Roberston who backpedaled awkwardly, stating that he had never gone along with Falwell's pronouncements, that he would have never said anything like what was being attributed to him, and even if he did say it, it was being taken out of context by his sworn enemies, chief among them, People For the American Way.
In a related bit of news, here in NC last week or so, Franklin Graham called Islam evil without any qualification. He backpedaled a bit when called on it but basically stated that he meant what he said.
Now we have Robertson, and I'm sure other evangelical nativists, that are popping gaskets over Bush and the Establishment's multicultural embrace of Islam. To counter this, Robertson has launched a counter-propaganda campaign to make sure the good Christians of the US keep their guard and their hate towards Islam up. To assist in this endeavor, Robertson recently "interviewed" a former Muslim on his 700 Club who has had the good fortune to find Jesus. In classic apostate fashion, the interviewee trashes everything about Islam and thus perpetuates every possible negative stereotype about this tradition while creating some things I admit I have never heard of. For the life of me, I can't see how anyone reads and takes the New Testament to heart can foment so much hate and distrust.
http://www.cbn.com/SpiritualLife/understandingislam/IslamUnveiled.asp
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Pat Robertson: How does a Muslim get saved besides blowing up the World Trade Center?
Ergun Caner: Since the events at the World Trade Center, I have spoken at the United Nations and I have preached around, and I get the same question from the media that you do: 'When did you switch?' I didn't switch anything. I got saved. The distinction is that I found grace, where as before I had lived with works. Muslim boys and girls and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they train us from youth to die for our faith, hoping to shed our own blood so that we can find forgiveness, the release from our scales.
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Pat Robertson: I have heard that Allah was one of the genies that hung out at Mecca. He was sort of like a demonic spirit. Were did he come from?
Ergun Caner: I think the terminology is as you said. But Muhammad had this view of a god who is remote and removed. The most amazing thing to me as a Christian, when I became a believer in Jesus, was the intimacy and the relationship with Jesus and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And so a Muslim views Allah as remote and as judge. As a matter of fact, the only intimate term that Muslims know about Allah is as a threat. Allah is as close as your jugular.
Pat Robertson: So, the God of love, there is no such thing?
Ergun Caner: No.
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Pat Robertson: The president of the United States has said over and over again that Islam is a religion of peace, but these terrorists are an aberration. Tell us about that.
Ergun Caner: I have heard it over and over, as have you, 'How can they do this? Islam is just a religion of peace.' We are taught jihad from our youth. We are taught jihad in the hadith and the Koran from our youth. As a matter of fact, I am under the sentence of death, as is any Muslim who finds Christ, because the Koran says and the hadith teaches that anyone who changes his Islamic religion must be killed.
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Ergun Caner: Muhammad's last words were 'Push the infidels out of the Arabian Peninsula.' Those were the last words that he said. Anyone who does not worship Allah in the last day, it will not be accepted of him, paradise is under the shades of the sword -- these are the teachings of the Koran. The promise of forgiveness for men like Muhammad Atta was that you would be translated to paradise if you died in Allah’s cause.
Pat Robertson: Why don't Americans know this? Why doesn't our president know this? He has advisors. Surely someone up there has read the Koran.
Ergun Caner: I wish he had more contact with you, Dr. Robertson.
Pat Robertson: Regrettably he doesn't.
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For the full transcript, visit the link below:
http://www.cbn.com/SpiritualLife/understandingislam/IslamUnveiled.asp
