peace - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-28T14:58:05Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/peaceOne Man Alone is Jordan’s Futurehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/one-man-alone-is-jordan-s-future2019-05-16T13:37:10.000Z2019-05-16T13:37:10.000ZCraig Andresenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CraigAndresen<div><p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>Be sure to Click LIKE at the bottom of this article, and share it everywhere!!</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio</strong></span></p><p>What if I told you <a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/za-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/za-1.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-left" width="226" alt="za-1.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>there was no “Palestinian/Israeli conflict?”</p><p>Would you believe me?</p><p>What if I told you that it isn’t the Jews or Israel that are oppressing the so-called “Palestinian” people?</p><p>Would you believe me?</p><p>What if I told you that historically there wasn’t any animosity between the “Palestinian” Arabs and the Jews…that it was invented, and orchestrated over a period of decades by bad actors…not from Israel, but from Arab states?</p><p>Would you believe that?</p><p><strong><em><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2019/05/one-man-alone-is-jordans-future/#more-23194" target="_blank">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!</a></em></strong></p></div>Built Upon a Liehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/built-upon-a-lie2017-05-23T13:45:56.000Z2017-05-23T13:45:56.000ZCraig Andresenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CraigAndresen<div><p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>By Craig Andresen and Diane Sori / Right Side Patriots</strong></span></p><p>Albert Einstein once said, <em><strong>“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought,<a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pol-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pol-1.jpg?width=199" class="align-left" width="199" alt="pol-1.jpg?width=199" /></a> but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”</strong>…</em>and how right he is but not for the reason you might think.</p><p>Both modern Jewish and Christian beliefs still hold to traditions from the Old Testament in regards to creation with both great faiths believing that Adam was created from the dust and dirt by the hand of God. Also, Jews believe the place where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac to God the Father and where Christians believe that Jesus was crucified is holy and sacred ground. And built upon this holiest of grounds is also where the First and Second Temples of the Jews were built, and where certain denominations of Christians believe the that Third Temple will arise and be the site of Jesus’ Second Coming and where Jews believe the messiah will first appear.</p><p>But what do these varied beliefs have as a common point of reference…simply…the land itself upon which these events did occur and which might possibly see holy events again occur in the future. And that land itself is known as The Temple Mount…an area of only thirty-five acres in the southwest corner of Jerusalem’s ‘Old City’…yet it is the most contested piece of land on Earth. And that contested land sits under…yes under…the Al-Asqa mosque (Masjid Al-Aqsa)…which in Arabic simply means the ‘farthest mosque.’</p><p><em><strong><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2017/05/built-upon-a-lie/" target="_blank">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!</a></strong></em></p></div>A Syrian Solutionhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/a-syrian-solution2017-04-07T11:34:34.000Z2017-04-07T11:34:34.000ZCraig Andresenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CraigAndresen<div><p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio</strong></span></p><p>The current situation in Syria, has gone from bad to worse this week, as a chemical <a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/syr-1a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/syr-1a.jpg?width=217" class="align-right" width="217" alt="syr-1a.jpg?width=217" /></a>weapons attack left dozens dead, and dozens more critically injured in a northern Syrian community, the Idlib province described as a rebel enclave.</p><p>It has been described as the worst chemical attack in the war-torn country in years, but the real question is…who did it?</p><p>Therein, lies the problem.</p><p>Internationally, the UK, U.S., France and the U.N. are blaming Syria’s president, Bashar al Assad, while Russia and Putin are laying the blame on the Syrian Rebels. Al Assad says he and his military had nothing to do with it, and the rebels have even tried to blame the U.N. for the situation that led to it.</p><p><em><strong><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2017/04/06/a-syrian-solution/" target="_blank">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!</a></strong></em></p></div>They Are Not Refugeeshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/they-are-not-refugees2017-02-03T11:50:34.000Z2017-02-03T11:50:34.000ZCraig Andresenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CraigAndresen<div><p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mus-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mus-1.jpg?width=187" class="align-left" width="187" alt="mus-1.jpg?width=187" /></a>Since last November’s election, and especially since the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45<sup>th</sup> President of the United States, liberals far and wide have engaged in a combination of collective violence, and the holding of their breath in various attempts to showcase both their abject stupidity, and their ability to throw a tantrum.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Hollywood celebrities are threatening to not make any more movies until President Trump resigns, as though such a breath-holding tantrum will somehow negate the fact that most Americans who like watching movies, have their own collections and DVD players.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">One celebrity says she won’t attend the Oscars, in protest of President Trump. Big deal, as after Meryl Streep’s pitched hissy-fit at the Golden Globes and an entire series of hissy-fits at the SAG awards…</p><p><strong><em><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2017/02/03/they-are-not-refugees/" target="_blank">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!</a></em></strong></p></div>Standing United With Israelhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/standing-united-with-israel2017-01-03T13:49:22.000Z2017-01-03T13:49:22.000ZCraig Andresenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CraigAndresen<div><p><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/iun-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/iun-1.jpg?width=216" class="align-left" width="216" alt="iun-1.jpg?width=216" /></a>Last week, my friend and radio partner, Diane Sori, wrote an op-ed regarding the history of Obama’s deplorable actions throughout his time in office, regarding Israel…and she covered a great deal of ground.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">If you haven’t yet read it…you should and I’ll put the link at the end of this article.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">That said…it’s my turn to air it out regarding the recent U.N. resolution and this is going to get ugly.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">First of all…in no uncertain terms…</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Barack Hussein Obama’s action, in abstaining from that vote so as to allow that godforsaken resolution to pass, was beyond abysmal…</p><p><strong><em><a href="http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2017/01/03/standing-united-with-israel/" target="_blank">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!</a></em></strong></p></div>Christianity and Islam: A Side by Side Comparisonhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/christianity-and-islam-a-side-by-side-comparison2014-09-30T01:42:16.000Z2014-09-30T01:42:16.000ZCentralKYPatriothttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CentralKYPatriot<div><p style="text-align:center;"> Posted from <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/" target="_blank">TheReligionOfPeace.Com</a></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p><div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><table border="0" width="700"><tbody><tr><td><p align="center"><font color="#666633" size="6" face="Arial">Christianity and Islam: <br /></font><font color="#666633" face="Arial">A Side by Side Comparison*</font></p><p align="center"><i><font face="Arial" color="#800000">* It is <u><b>not</b></u> the purpose of this site to promote <u><b>any</b></u> particular religion, including Christianity. <br />However, we do enjoy refuting nonsense, such as the claim that Muhammad <br />and Jesus preached a morally equivalent message or that all religion is the same.</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><table border="0" width="534"><tbody><tr><td><p></p><blockquote><p align="center"><font color="#666633" face="Arial"><b>"I will cast terror into the hearts of those who<br />disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads <br />and strike off every fingertip of them." </b> <br /></font><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b>"Allah" </b></font>(Qur'an 8:12)</font></p><p align="center"><i><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b>"</b></font><font color="#666633" face="Arial"><b>Fight everyone in the way of Allah and <br />kill those who disbelieve in Allah." <br /></b></font></i><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Muhammad </font></b>(Ibn Ishaq 992)</font></p><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial"><i>"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."</i><br /></font></b><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i><b>Jesus </b></i></font>(Matthew 5:14)</font></p></blockquote><p><font face="Arial" class="auto-style1"><em>Even though many Muslims regard terrorists who kill in the name of Allah as criminals, they cannot deny that Muhammad also killed in the name of Allah. </em><strong><em>What example of Jesus do Christians emulate which has them confused them with terrorists and criminals?</em></strong></font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Each year, thousands of Christian homes and churches are <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/nigerian-church-razed-in-senegal-by-citizen-okey/">torched</a> or <a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1647628.php/Two-dead-eight-hurt-in-bomb-blast-in-southern-Philippines">bombed</a> by Muslim mobs, and <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/ChristianAttacks.htm">hundreds of Christians</a>, including dozens of <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jXAzMxl_dK9LlBzwV9E793Xpiotg?docId=6038465">priests</a>, <a href="http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/4587/2011/09/01/jos_crisis_how_pastor_son_were_killed.html">pastors</a>, <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/27/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Nuns-killed.php">nuns</a> and other <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10670">church workers</a> are murdered at the hands of Islamic extremists. The so-called justification varies, from charges of <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-christian-convert-from-islam-murdered-in-somalia-49927/">apostasy</a> or <a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20110426215117.htm">evangelism</a>, to purported "<a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6343321-blasphemy-accused-christian-brothers-shot-dead-in-faisalabad">blasphemy</a>" or "<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/29/pakistan-mother-charged-insulting-islam">insulting</a>" Islam. Innocent people have even been hacked to death by devout Muslims over <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-18-nigeria-cartoon-protests_x.htm">cartoons</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Yet, there is little if any violent retaliation from religious Christians to the <a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pakistani-Christians-convert-to-Islam-because-of-threats-and-intimidations-21041.html">discrimination</a>,<a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20110520141541.htm">kidnapping</a>, <a href="http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=45297">rape</a>, <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/09/pakistan-two-christians-severely-beaten-for-refusing-to-convert-to-islam.html">torture</a>, <a href="http://www.opinionbug.com/1621/muslims-murder-christian-kids-in-pakistan/">mutilation</a> and <a href="http://www.bosnewslife.com/13994-news-alert-suspected-muslim-militants-kill-christian-family-attack-pastor">murder</a> that is routinely reported from nations with Muslim majorities. Neither is there is any significant deadly terrorism in the name of Jesus, as there is in the stated cause of Allah each and every day. Muslim clerics in the West do not fear for their safety as do their Christian counterparts. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The "Christian world" and the Islamic world contrast sharply in other ways as well, from the disparate condition of human rights and civil liberties to economic status. An astonishing 70% of the world's refugees are Muslims - usually seeking to live in Christian-based countries. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">While Western societies take seriously "scandals" such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo (where no one has actually been killed), Muslims routinely turn a blind eye to their own horrible atrocities, even those committed explicitly in the name of Allah. The Muslim world has yet to offer a single apology for the tens of millions of lives consumed by centuries of relentless Jihad and slavery.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">These sharp differences are almost certainly rooted in the underlying religions, which begin with the disparate teachings and examples set by Jesus and Muhammad...</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between Muhammad and Jesus</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muhammad...</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">Jesus...</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Said Allah hates those who don't accept Islam.<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 30:45, 3:32, 22:38)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Said God loves everyone. <br /><font size="2">(John 3:16)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"I have been commanded to fight <br />against people till they testify that there<br /> is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad<br /> is the messenger of Allah"</i><font size="2"><br />(Muslim 1:33)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"He who lives by the sword <br />will die by the sword."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 26:52)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Stoned women for adultery.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4206)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."</i><font size="2"><br />(John 8:7)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Permitted stealing from unbelievers.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 44:668, Ibn Ishaq 764)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Thou shalt not steal."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 19:18)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Permitted lying.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 6303, Bukhari 49:857)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Thou shalt not bear false witness."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 19:18)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Owned and traded slaves.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 3901)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Neither owned nor traded slaves.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Beheaded 800 Jewish men and boys.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 4390)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Beheaded no one.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Murdered those who insulted him.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 56:369, 4:241)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Preached forgiveness.<font size="2"><br />(Matthew 18:21-22, 5:38)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"If then anyone transgresses <br />the prohibition against you, <br />Transgress ye likewise against him<font size="2">"<br />(Qur'an 2:194)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"If someone strikes you on the right <br />cheek, turn to him the other also."<font size="2"><br />(Matthew 5:39)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Jihad in the way of Allah elevates one's position in Paradise by a hundred fold.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4645)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">"Blessed are the peacemakers, for <br />they will be called Sons of God<font size="2">"<br />(Matthew 5:9)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Married 13 wives and kept sex slaves.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 5:268, Qur'an 33:50)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Was celibate.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Slept with a 9-year-old child.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 3309, Bukhari 58:236)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Did not have sex with children.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ordered the murder of women.<font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq 819, 995)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never harmed a woman.</font> </td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"O you who believe! Fight those of the<br /> unbelievers who are near to you <br />and let them find in you hardness."</i><font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 9:123)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Blessed are the meek, for <br />they shall inherit the earth."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 5:5)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Ordered 65 military campaigns <br />and raids in his last 10 years. <font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq )</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Ordered no military campaigns, nor <br />offered any approval of war or violence. <font size="2"><br /> </font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Killed captives taken in battle.<font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq 451)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never took captives.<font size="2"><br /></font>Never killed anyone.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Encouraged his men to rape enslaved women.<font size="2"><br />(Abu Dawood 2150, Qur'an 4:24)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never encouraged rape.<br />Never enslaved women. </font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded captured slaves and<br />a fifth of all other loot taken in war.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 8:41)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"The Son of Man came not <br />to be served, but to serve.</i><font size="2"><i>"</i><br />(Matthew 20:28)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Was never tortured, but tortured others.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4131, Ibn Ishaq 436, 595, 734, 764)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Suffered torture, but never tortured anyone.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And fight them until there is no more persecution and religion is only for Allah"<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 8:39)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Love your enemies and pray <br />for those who persecute you</i><font size="2"><i>"</i><br />(Matthew 5:44)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Blessed the brutal murder of a half-blind man<br /><font size="2">(al-Tabari 1440)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Healed a blind man<i><br /></i><font size="2">(Mark 8:28)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ordered a slave to build the very pulpit <br />from which he preached Islam.<br /><font size="2">(Bukhari 47:743)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Washed his disciples feet.<br /><font size="2">(John 13:5)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">What are the Greatest Commandments?<br /><i>"Belief in Allah and Jihad in His cause"</i> <br /><font size="2">(Muslim 1:149)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">What are the Greatest Commandments? <br /><i>"Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself."</i><br /><font size="2">(Matthew 22:34-40)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded the protection of armed bodyguards, even in a house of worship<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 4:102)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Chastised anyone attempting <br />to defend him with force.<font size="2"><br />(John 18:10-12)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Died fat and wealthy from what was <br />taken from others in war or <br />demanded from others in tribute.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded nothing for himself. <br />Died without possessions.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Advocated crucifying others.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 5:33, Muslim 16:4131)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Was crucified himself.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>According to his followers:</i> <br />Had others give their lives for him.<br /><font size="2">(Sahih Muslim 4413)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>According to his followers:</i> <br />Gave his life for others.<br /><font size="2">(John 18:11 and elsewhere)</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between <br />Early Muslims and Early Christians</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muhammad's Companions...</font></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">Jesus' Disciples...</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Lived as warriors.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Lived like harmless hippies.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Slew and persecuted religious minorities.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Were slain and persecuted<br /> as a religious minority.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on Jihad (the way of Muhammad<i>)<br /><br />"He who fights that Allah's word should <br />be superior fights in Allah's cause"</i><font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 53:355)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on Evangelism (the way of Jesus)<br /><br /><i>"Go ye into all the world and preach <br />the gospel to every creature"</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 15:16)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Attacked and conquered the populations in<br />parts of 28 modern countries in just the first<br />three decades following Muhammad's death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Did not resort to violence of any sort, <br />despite tremendous persecution.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Declared holy war on the people of five <br />major world religions in just the first <br />100 years following Muhammad's death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Went centuries without declaring 'holy war'.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Plundered and lived off the wealth of others.</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Gave away their possessions to those in need.<br /></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial">(Acts 2:44-45)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Captured and enslaved non-Muslim people.</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Considered themselves to be slaves of others.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Waged war to keep members from leaving<br /> the religion. Put apostates to death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">No record of aggression toward apostates.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Muhammad's own family members quickly <br />fell into armed warfare against each other.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Jesus' disciples never resorted to violence<br />against one another (or anyone else).</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>First 240 Years:</i> <br />11 of the first 32 caliphs were<br />murdered by fellow Muslims.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>First 240 Years: </i><br />14 of the first 25 popes were martyred by<br /> pagans (none by fellow Christians).</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Caliphs were polygamous and maintained harems of hundreds of captured sex slaves.</font></td><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Popes were expected to be celibate.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Islamic mosques sustained by taxes forced from subjugated non-Muslims (<i>the jizya</i>).</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Christian churches sustained<br />by voluntary tithes from Christians.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between <br />Islamic Teaching and Christianity</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">The Qur'an</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">The Bible</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">External sources (the Hadith and Sira) necessary for translating the Qur'an</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Historical context contained <br />within the text of the Bible</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Must know Arabic in order to "fully understand" the Qur'an (according to Muslim apologists)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Universal. Can be translated into other languages without excessive commentary.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Chronological progression of the <br />Quran is from peace to violence.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Chronological progression of the<br /> Bible is from violence to peace.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The words 'torture' and 'punishment' appear six<br />times more often in the Quran than in the New Testament.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The word 'love' appears five times more often in the New Testament than than in the Qur'an,</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Contains not a single original moral value.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The 'Sermon on the Mount' and others.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Suffering is an excuse for violent revenge <br />and establishment of Islam by force</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]...and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah." </i><br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 2:191)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Suffering builds character</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"We also rejoice in our sufferings, <br />because we know that suffering <br />produces perseverance; perseverance,<br /> character; and character, hope"</i></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial"><br />(Romans 5:4)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on this World</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And Allah has made you heirs to their land <br />and their dwellings and their property"</i><br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 33:27)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on the Next</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Mine is not a kingdom of this world"</i><font size="2"><br />(John 18:36, see also Luke 14:33)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Kill, convert or subjugate Christians and Jews.<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 9:29)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Share one's faith with gentleness and respect<font size="2">.<br />(1 Peter 3:15)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Martyrs as Killers<i><br /><br />"Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain" <br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 9:111)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Martyrs as Martyrs<i><br /><br />"As it is written, For thy sake we are <br />killed all the day long; we are <br />counted as sheep for the slaughter"<br /></i><font size="2">(Romans 8:36)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Killing Apostates<i><br /><br />"They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them"<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 4:89, also Bukhari 52:260, 83:37...)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Letting God Judge Apostates<i><br /><br />"For we know Him that has said, <br />'Vengeance belongs unto me, I will<br /> recompense,' says the Lord. And again,<br />'The Lord shall judge his people'" <br /></i><font size="2">(Hebrews 10:25-30)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Punishment</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Let not compassion move you<br /> from carrying out God's law..."<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 24:2)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mercy</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Love is patient. Love is kind... <br />It keeps no record of wrongs"<br /></i><font size="2">(1 Corinthians 13:4-5)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Charity and Non-Believers</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mercy toward fellow Muslims - ruthlessness toward unbelievers. Muslims are warned not to befriend those outside the faith. They must even ensure that their charity tithe (zakat) <br />stays within their own identity group.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 48:29, 3:28, Sharia)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Charity and Non-Believers</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Christians are specifically told that even<br /> those who hate them are entitled to <br />kindness and charity. They should be loved<br />and cared for as surely as any fellow believer.<font size="2"><br />(Mark 10:25-37)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The Qur'an explicitly instructs <br />men to beat disobedient wives.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 4:34, Sahih Muslim 2127)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><p><i>"Husbands, love your wives and <br />do not be harsh with them."</i><i><br /></i>(No permission to beat women)<br /><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Colossians 3:19)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Explicitly allows Muslim men to rape their female slaves, even those already married.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 4:24, 70:29-30, 23:5-6...)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Tells masters and slaves to serve <br />each other as if serving God.<font size="2"><br />(Ephesians 6:7-9)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>Muhammad is the messenger<br /> of Allah. And those who are with him <br />are ruthless to the unbelievers"<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 48:29)</font></td><td align="center"><i><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"Do good to them that hate you"<br /></font></i><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Luke 6:27)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Allah wills those that stray and are lost<br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 16:93)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">God wants all people saved<br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(1 Timothy 2:4)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Warns Against Questioning Faith. <br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 5:101-102)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Welcomes Intellectual Challenge. <br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(1 Peter 3:15)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Violence as Virtue</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye <br />dislike it. But it is possible that ye <br />dislike a thing which is good for you, and<br />that ye love a thing which is bad for you.<br /> But Allah knoweth, and ye know not."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 2:216)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Violence as Sin</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Do not take revenge, my friends, but <br />leave room for God's wrath, for it is written:<br /> 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord. On the contrary: 'If your enemy<br /> is hungry, feed him... '"<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 12:19-20)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Hell for unbelief. <br />Good deeds count for naught</font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000"><br />(Qur'an 18:102-107)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Hell for bad deeds and the<br />failure to do what is right<i><br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 2:6-8, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:41-45)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Judging</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 9:73)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Judge Not</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 2:1)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Taking wealth from others</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Allah promiseth you much <br />booty that ye will capture..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 48:20)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Working for and giving wealth to others</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"The thief must no longer steal but must <br />work hard and do what is good with his <br />own hands, so that he might have <br />something to give to the needy."</i></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial"><br />(Ephesians 4:28)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Calls down Allah's curse on Christians <br />and those of other religions.<i> <br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 9:30)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Calls down God's blessing on <br />those who curse Christians<i>.<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Matthew 5:44)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Arrogance & Privilege</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Ye are the best of peoples, <br />evolved for mankind"</i><br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 3:110)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Humility & Servitude</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all."</i><font size="2"><br />(Mark 9:35)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"O you who believe! do not take My <br />enemy and your enemy for friends: <br />Would you offer them love while they deny what has come to you of the truth?<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 60:1)</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Love your enemies..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Luke 6:27)</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between the Islamic <br />and Christian-Based Worlds</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muslim Legacy</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#666633">Christian Legacy</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Countries that Muslims want to escape from.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Countries that Muslims want to escape to.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Madrassahs that indoctrinate Muslim <br />children with bigotry and terror.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mission schools that teach reading and <br />writing to Christians and Muslims alike.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Suicide bombings for Allah</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No suicide bombings for Jesus</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">International terror organizations.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">International charities.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No formal charities for non-Muslims.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Leading provider of disaster relief to Muslims.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Murder of aid workers.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Supply of aid workers.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Christians in jail for apostasy or blasphemy.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Religious freedom.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Modern-day slavery in the name of Islam.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Abolition in the name of Christianity.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Muslim clerics who engage<br />in or condone terrorism.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Christian clerics murdered each year by <br />terror groups rife with Muslim clerics.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Hindus.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Jews.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Buddhists.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Muslims.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ritual slitting of animals' throats</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ending of animal sacrifice</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Religion</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Technology & Medicine</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Censorship</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Freedom of speech</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Intolerance for criticism of Islam.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Tolerance for religious dissent.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Restricting other religions from preaching faith.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Allowing all religions the <br />same right to evangelize.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Conversions allowed to Islam only.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Freedom of conscience.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Converts to Christianity beheaded.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No dead converts to Islam.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>Most famous Muslim:</i> Osama bin Laden.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>Most famous Christian: </i>The Pope.<br /><br /></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p 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Therefore strike off their heads <br />and strike off every fingertip of them." </b> <br /></font><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b>"Allah" </b></font>(Qur'an 8:12)</font></p><p align="center"><i><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b>"</b></font><font color="#666633" face="Arial"><b>Fight everyone in the way of Allah and <br />kill those who disbelieve in Allah." <br /></b></font></i><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Muhammad </font></b>(Ibn Ishaq 992)</font></p><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial"><i>"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."</i><br /></font></b><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i><b>Jesus </b></i></font>(Matthew 5:14)</font></p></blockquote><p><font face="Arial" class="auto-style1"><em>Even though many Muslims regard terrorists who kill in the name of Allah as criminals, they cannot deny that Muhammad also killed in the name of Allah. </em><strong><em>What example of Jesus do Christians emulate which has them confused them with terrorists and criminals?</em></strong></font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Each year, thousands of Christian homes and churches are <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/nigerian-church-razed-in-senegal-by-citizen-okey/">torched</a> or <a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1647628.php/Two-dead-eight-hurt-in-bomb-blast-in-southern-Philippines">bombed</a> by Muslim mobs, and <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/ChristianAttacks.htm">hundreds of Christians</a>, including dozens of <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jXAzMxl_dK9LlBzwV9E793Xpiotg?docId=6038465">priests</a>, <a href="http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/4587/2011/09/01/jos_crisis_how_pastor_son_were_killed.html">pastors</a>, <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/27/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Nuns-killed.php">nuns</a> and other <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10670">church workers</a> are murdered at the hands of Islamic extremists. The so-called justification varies, from charges of <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-christian-convert-from-islam-murdered-in-somalia-49927/">apostasy</a> or <a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20110426215117.htm">evangelism</a>, to purported "<a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6343321-blasphemy-accused-christian-brothers-shot-dead-in-faisalabad">blasphemy</a>" or "<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/29/pakistan-mother-charged-insulting-islam">insulting</a>" Islam. Innocent people have even been hacked to death by devout Muslims over <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-18-nigeria-cartoon-protests_x.htm">cartoons</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Yet, there is little if any violent retaliation from religious Christians to the <a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pakistani-Christians-convert-to-Islam-because-of-threats-and-intimidations-21041.html">discrimination</a>,<a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20110520141541.htm">kidnapping</a>, <a href="http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=45297">rape</a>, <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/09/pakistan-two-christians-severely-beaten-for-refusing-to-convert-to-islam.html">torture</a>, <a href="http://www.opinionbug.com/1621/muslims-murder-christian-kids-in-pakistan/">mutilation</a> and <a href="http://www.bosnewslife.com/13994-news-alert-suspected-muslim-militants-kill-christian-family-attack-pastor">murder</a> that is routinely reported from nations with Muslim majorities. Neither is there is any significant deadly terrorism in the name of Jesus, as there is in the stated cause of Allah each and every day. Muslim clerics in the West do not fear for their safety as do their Christian counterparts. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The "Christian world" and the Islamic world contrast sharply in other ways as well, from the disparate condition of human rights and civil liberties to economic status. An astonishing 70% of the world's refugees are Muslims - usually seeking to live in Christian-based countries. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">While Western societies take seriously "scandals" such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo (where no one has actually been killed), Muslims routinely turn a blind eye to their own horrible atrocities, even those committed explicitly in the name of Allah. The Muslim world has yet to offer a single apology for the tens of millions of lives consumed by centuries of relentless Jihad and slavery.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">These sharp differences are almost certainly rooted in the underlying religions, which begin with the disparate teachings and examples set by Jesus and Muhammad...</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between Muhammad and Jesus</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muhammad...</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">Jesus...</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Said Allah hates those who don't accept Islam.<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 30:45, 3:32, 22:38)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Said God loves everyone. <br /><font size="2">(John 3:16)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"I have been commanded to fight <br />against people till they testify that there<br /> is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad<br /> is the messenger of Allah"</i><font size="2"><br />(Muslim 1:33)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"He who lives by the sword <br />will die by the sword."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 26:52)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Stoned women for adultery.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4206)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."</i><font size="2"><br />(John 8:7)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Permitted stealing from unbelievers.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 44:668, Ibn Ishaq 764)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Thou shalt not steal."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 19:18)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Permitted lying.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 6303, Bukhari 49:857)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Thou shalt not bear false witness."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 19:18)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Owned and traded slaves.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 3901)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Neither owned nor traded slaves.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Beheaded 800 Jewish men and boys.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 4390)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Beheaded no one.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Murdered those who insulted him.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 56:369, 4:241)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Preached forgiveness.<font size="2"><br />(Matthew 18:21-22, 5:38)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"If then anyone transgresses <br />the prohibition against you, <br />Transgress ye likewise against him<font size="2">"<br />(Qur'an 2:194)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"If someone strikes you on the right <br />cheek, turn to him the other also."<font size="2"><br />(Matthew 5:39)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Jihad in the way of Allah elevates one's position in Paradise by a hundred fold.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4645)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">"Blessed are the peacemakers, for <br />they will be called Sons of God<font size="2">"<br />(Matthew 5:9)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Married 13 wives and kept sex slaves.<font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 5:268, Qur'an 33:50)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Was celibate.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Slept with a 9-year-old child.<font size="2"><br />(Sahih Muslim 3309, Bukhari 58:236)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Did not have sex with children.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ordered the murder of women.<font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq 819, 995)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never harmed a woman.</font> </td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"O you who believe! Fight those of the<br /> unbelievers who are near to you <br />and let them find in you hardness."</i><font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 9:123)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Blessed are the meek, for <br />they shall inherit the earth."</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 5:5)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Ordered 65 military campaigns <br />and raids in his last 10 years. <font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq )</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Ordered no military campaigns, nor <br />offered any approval of war or violence. <font size="2"><br /> </font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Killed captives taken in battle.<font size="2"><br />(Ibn Ishaq 451)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never took captives.<font size="2"><br /></font>Never killed anyone.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Encouraged his men to rape enslaved women.<font size="2"><br />(Abu Dawood 2150, Qur'an 4:24)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Never encouraged rape.<br />Never enslaved women. </font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded captured slaves and<br />a fifth of all other loot taken in war.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 8:41)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"The Son of Man came not <br />to be served, but to serve.</i><font size="2"><i>"</i><br />(Matthew 20:28)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Was never tortured, but tortured others.<font size="2"><br />(Muslim 4131, Ibn Ishaq 436, 595, 734, 764)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Suffered torture, but never tortured anyone.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And fight them until there is no more persecution and religion is only for Allah"<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 8:39)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Love your enemies and pray <br />for those who persecute you</i><font size="2"><i>"</i><br />(Matthew 5:44)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Blessed the brutal murder of a half-blind man<br /><font size="2">(al-Tabari 1440)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Healed a blind man<i><br /></i><font size="2">(Mark 8:28)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ordered a slave to build the very pulpit <br />from which he preached Islam.<br /><font size="2">(Bukhari 47:743)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Washed his disciples feet.<br /><font size="2">(John 13:5)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">What are the Greatest Commandments?<br /><i>"Belief in Allah and Jihad in His cause"</i> <br /><font size="2">(Muslim 1:149)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">What are the Greatest Commandments? <br /><i>"Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself."</i><br /><font size="2">(Matthew 22:34-40)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded the protection of armed bodyguards, even in a house of worship<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 4:102)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Chastised anyone attempting <br />to defend him with force.<font size="2"><br />(John 18:10-12)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Died fat and wealthy from what was <br />taken from others in war or <br />demanded from others in tribute.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Demanded nothing for himself. <br />Died without possessions.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Advocated crucifying others.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 5:33, Muslim 16:4131)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Was crucified himself.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>According to his followers:</i> <br />Had others give their lives for him.<br /><font size="2">(Sahih Muslim 4413)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>According to his followers:</i> <br />Gave his life for others.<br /><font size="2">(John 18:11 and elsewhere)</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between <br />Early Muslims and Early Christians</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muhammad's Companions...</font></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">Jesus' Disciples...</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Lived as warriors.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Lived like harmless hippies.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Slew and persecuted religious minorities.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Were slain and persecuted<br /> as a religious minority.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on Jihad (the way of Muhammad<i>)<br /><br />"He who fights that Allah's word should <br />be superior fights in Allah's cause"</i><font size="2"><br />(Bukhari 53:355)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on Evangelism (the way of Jesus)<br /><br /><i>"Go ye into all the world and preach <br />the gospel to every creature"</i><font size="2"><br />(Matthew 15:16)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Attacked and conquered the populations in<br />parts of 28 modern countries in just the first<br />three decades following Muhammad's death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Did not resort to violence of any sort, <br />despite tremendous persecution.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Declared holy war on the people of five <br />major world religions in just the first <br />100 years following Muhammad's death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Went centuries without declaring 'holy war'.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Plundered and lived off the wealth of others.</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Gave away their possessions to those in need.<br /></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial">(Acts 2:44-45)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Captured and enslaved non-Muslim people.</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Considered themselves to be slaves of others.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Waged war to keep members from leaving<br /> the religion. Put apostates to death.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">No record of aggression toward apostates.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Muhammad's own family members quickly <br />fell into armed warfare against each other.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Jesus' disciples never resorted to violence<br />against one another (or anyone else).</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>First 240 Years:</i> <br />11 of the first 32 caliphs were<br />murdered by fellow Muslims.</font></p></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>First 240 Years: </i><br />14 of the first 25 popes were martyred by<br /> pagans (none by fellow Christians).</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Caliphs were polygamous and maintained harems of hundreds of captured sex slaves.</font></td><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Popes were expected to be celibate.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Islamic mosques sustained by taxes forced from subjugated non-Muslims (<i>the jizya</i>).</font></td><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Christian churches sustained<br />by voluntary tithes from Christians.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between <br />Islamic Teaching and Christianity</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">The Qur'an</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font color="#666633" face="Arial" size="5">The Bible</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">External sources (the Hadith and Sira) necessary for translating the Qur'an</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Historical context contained <br />within the text of the Bible</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Must know Arabic in order to "fully understand" the Qur'an (according to Muslim apologists)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Universal. Can be translated into other languages without excessive commentary.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Chronological progression of the <br />Quran is from peace to violence.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Chronological progression of the<br /> Bible is from violence to peace.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The words 'torture' and 'punishment' appear six<br />times more often in the Quran than in the New Testament.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The word 'love' appears five times more often in the New Testament than than in the Qur'an,</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Contains not a single original moral value.</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The 'Sermon on the Mount' and others.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Suffering is an excuse for violent revenge <br />and establishment of Islam by force</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]...and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah." </i><br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 2:191)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Suffering builds character</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"We also rejoice in our sufferings, <br />because we know that suffering <br />produces perseverance; perseverance,<br /> character; and character, hope"</i></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial"><br />(Romans 5:4)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on this World</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"And Allah has made you heirs to their land <br />and their dwellings and their property"</i><br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 33:27)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Emphasis on the Next</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Mine is not a kingdom of this world"</i><font size="2"><br />(John 18:36, see also Luke 14:33)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Kill, convert or subjugate Christians and Jews.<br /><font size="2">(Qur'an 9:29)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Share one's faith with gentleness and respect<font size="2">.<br />(1 Peter 3:15)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Martyrs as Killers<i><br /><br />"Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain" <br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 9:111)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Martyrs as Martyrs<i><br /><br />"As it is written, For thy sake we are <br />killed all the day long; we are <br />counted as sheep for the slaughter"<br /></i><font size="2">(Romans 8:36)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Killing Apostates<i><br /><br />"They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them"<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 4:89, also Bukhari 52:260, 83:37...)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Letting God Judge Apostates<i><br /><br />"For we know Him that has said, <br />'Vengeance belongs unto me, I will<br /> recompense,' says the Lord. And again,<br />'The Lord shall judge his people'" <br /></i><font size="2">(Hebrews 10:25-30)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Punishment</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Let not compassion move you<br /> from carrying out God's law..."<br /></i><font size="2">(Qur'an 24:2)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mercy</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Love is patient. Love is kind... <br />It keeps no record of wrongs"<br /></i><font size="2">(1 Corinthians 13:4-5)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Charity and Non-Believers</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mercy toward fellow Muslims - ruthlessness toward unbelievers. Muslims are warned not to befriend those outside the faith. They must even ensure that their charity tithe (zakat) <br />stays within their own identity group.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 48:29, 3:28, Sharia)</font></font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Charity and Non-Believers</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Christians are specifically told that even<br /> those who hate them are entitled to <br />kindness and charity. They should be loved<br />and cared for as surely as any fellow believer.<font size="2"><br />(Mark 10:25-37)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">The Qur'an explicitly instructs <br />men to beat disobedient wives.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 4:34, Sahih Muslim 2127)</font></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><p><i>"Husbands, love your wives and <br />do not be harsh with them."</i><i><br /></i>(No permission to beat women)<br /><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Colossians 3:19)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Explicitly allows Muslim men to rape their female slaves, even those already married.<font size="2"><br />(Qur'an 4:24, 70:29-30, 23:5-6...)</font></font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Tells masters and slaves to serve <br />each other as if serving God.<font size="2"><br />(Ephesians 6:7-9)</font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>Muhammad is the messenger<br /> of Allah. And those who are with him <br />are ruthless to the unbelievers"<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 48:29)</font></td><td align="center"><i><font face="Arial" color="#800000">"Do good to them that hate you"<br /></font></i><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Luke 6:27)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Allah wills those that stray and are lost<br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 16:93)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">God wants all people saved<br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(1 Timothy 2:4)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Warns Against Questioning Faith. <br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 5:101-102)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Welcomes Intellectual Challenge. <br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(1 Peter 3:15)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Violence as Virtue</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye <br />dislike it. But it is possible that ye <br />dislike a thing which is good for you, and<br />that ye love a thing which is bad for you.<br /> But Allah knoweth, and ye know not."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 2:216)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Violence as Sin</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Do not take revenge, my friends, but <br />leave room for God's wrath, for it is written:<br /> 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord. On the contrary: 'If your enemy<br /> is hungry, feed him... '"<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 12:19-20)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Hell for unbelief. <br />Good deeds count for naught</font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000"><br />(Qur'an 18:102-107)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Hell for bad deeds and the<br />failure to do what is right<i><br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 2:6-8, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:41-45)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Judging</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 9:73)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Judge Not</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Romans 2:1)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Taking wealth from others</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Allah promiseth you much <br />booty that ye will capture..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 48:20)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Working for and giving wealth to others</font><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"The thief must no longer steal but must <br />work hard and do what is good with his <br />own hands, so that he might have <br />something to give to the needy."</i></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Arial"><br />(Ephesians 4:28)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Calls down Allah's curse on Christians <br />and those of other religions.<i> <br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 9:30)</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Calls down God's blessing on <br />those who curse Christians<i>.<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Matthew 5:44)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center" valign="top"><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Arrogance & Privilege</font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"Ye are the best of peoples, <br />evolved for mankind"</i><br /></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 3:110)</font></p></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Humility & Servitude</font><p><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all."</i><font size="2"><br />(Mark 9:35)</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>"O you who believe! do not take My <br />enemy and your enemy for friends: <br />Would you offer them love while they deny what has come to you of the truth?<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Qur'an 60:1)</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>"Love your enemies..."<br /></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#800000">(Luke 6:27)</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="2" width="700" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F4F4DE"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#666633"><p align="center"><i><font size="6" face="Arial" color="#F4F4DE">Differences Between the Islamic <br />and Christian-Based Worlds</font></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" height="55"><p align="center"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" color="#666633">Muslim Legacy</font></b></p></td><td width="350"><p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#666633">Christian Legacy</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Countries that Muslims want to escape from.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Countries that Muslims want to escape to.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Madrassahs that indoctrinate Muslim <br />children with bigotry and terror.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Mission schools that teach reading and <br />writing to Christians and Muslims alike.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Suicide bombings for Allah</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No suicide bombings for Jesus</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">International terror organizations.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">International charities.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No formal charities for non-Muslims.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Leading provider of disaster relief to Muslims.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Murder of aid workers.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Supply of aid workers.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Christians in jail for apostasy or blasphemy.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Religious freedom.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Modern-day slavery in the name of Islam.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Abolition in the name of Christianity.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Muslim clerics who engage<br />in or condone terrorism.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Christian clerics murdered each year by <br />terror groups rife with Muslim clerics.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Hindus.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Jews.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Buddhists.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Daily religious violence against Muslims.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">None.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ritual slitting of animals' throats</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Ending of animal sacrifice</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Religion</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Technology & Medicine</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Censorship</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Freedom of speech</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Intolerance for criticism of Islam.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Tolerance for religious dissent.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Restricting other religions from preaching faith.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Allowing all religions the <br />same right to evangelize.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">Conversions allowed to Islam only.</font></td><td align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Freedom of conscience.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#800000">Converts to Christianity beheaded.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial">No dead converts to Islam.</font></td></tr><tr><td width="350" align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>Most famous Muslim:</i> Osama bin Laden.</font></td><td align="center"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><i>Most famous Christian: </i>The Pope.<br /><br /></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p 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<p><span>Middle East envoy Martin Indyk was overheard at an upscale Washington, D.C., bar bashing Israel and fully blaming it for the recent failure of peace talks with the Palestinians, according to an individual who overheard the conversation and described it as a surprising and “nasty” 30-minute-long tirade against the Jewish state.</span></p>
<p><span>Indyk—who has been </span><a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/white-house-continues-secret-media-war-against-israel/" target="_blank">identified by the <i>Washington Free Beacon</i></a><span> as the source of a recent series of anonymous quotes in the press condemning Israel—was caught openly lashing out at Israel over drinks with several members of his staff and wife, Gahl Burt.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="http://teapartyinfo.org/polling/10098_Has_the_Obama_Administration_turned_its_back_on_Israel_.php?promocode=tp-11217" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">POLL: Has the Obama Administration turned its back on Israel?</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p><span>The conversation took place in the hotel bar at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursday night, shortly after Indyk finished </span><a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-administration-special-envoy-continues-to-attack-israel/" target="_blank">delivering remarks</a><span> at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s (WINEP) annual gala.</span></p>
<p><span>While Indyk was critical of Israel in his </span><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/In-historic-speech-Indyk-opens-up-on-breakdown-of-Israeli-Palestinian-peace-talks-351763" target="_blank">public remarks</a><span>, he and his staff are said to have let loose on the Jewish state over drinks before Indyk was scheduled to meet with former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.</span></p>
<p><span>“The tone was nasty,” according to the source who overheard the conversation.</span></p>
<p><span>Indyk and his staff “openly blamed” conservative Israeli politician Naftali Bennett and others for “sabotaging the [peace] negotiations” by issuing permits for new Israeli housing blocks in Jerusalem.</span></p>
<p><span>“In the 30 minute conversation, no one at the table mentioned a single wrong thing the Palestinians had done,” according to the source who overheard the conversation. “There was no self-criticism whatsoever.”</span></p>
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<p><span><a href="http://freebeacon.com/issues/indyk-caught-bashing-israel-at-hotel-bar/">http://freebeacon.com/issues/indyk-caught-bashing-israel-at-hotel-bar/</a></span></p></div>NLETS PROJECT SPONSOR, What that means is that we are in trouble! Rest in Peace Personal Privacy!https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/nlets-project-sponsor-what-that-means-is-that-we-are-in-trouble2013-02-19T01:00:00.000Z2013-02-19T01:00:00.000ZSemper vigilo fortis paratus ethttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/Sempervigilofortisparatuset<div><p><strong><i>Department of Homeland Security</i></strong></p><p>When lines of authority are blurred, power naturally defaults to the highest level. The states are not ‘partners’ with the federal government in matters that require state authority over their jurisdiction.</p><p>From the Legal Information Institute;</p><p><strong><i>Jurisdiction-</i></strong><i>The term jurisdiction is really synonymous with the word “power”</i></p><p><i>Jurisdiction is the territory within which a court or government agency may properly exercise its power</i></p><p>State and local policing is a jurisdictional matter and the states and local governments have conceded their authority in this. Informational jurisdiction is no exception and in fact leads physical control.</p><p>What is revealed in this IACP <a href="http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&issue_id=112012&category_ID=4">Nov. 2012 article</a> is that the Department of Homeland Security has funded an international non-governmental organization, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), to manage the operational issues of the endeavor; Targeted Interstate Photo Sharing (TIPS).</p><p><i>“The DHS S&T has funded the IACP Technology Center to provide a practitioner group to advise Nlets on operational issues. These experienced practitioners will provide input on how this technology can be used in the field.”</i></p><p><b>What that means is that we are in trouble. </b></p><p><em><strong>The IACP is an international, non-governmental organization accredited by the United Nations and has been instrumental in bringing about profound changes to our nation politically, technologically and culturally. </strong></em> There has been a great paradigm shift in our nation since 9-11 that spans all agencies of government. This shift affects every aspect of our lives and has practically decimated the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. US citizens, regardless of their political persuasion, are united in astonishment as they witness the slash and burn abrogation of one cherished right after another.</p><p>There is no sector of our society left untouched by the new paradigm and each has its own specialists attending to the transformation in their particular realm. In the realm of policing, it is the IACP who is in charge of nurturing and tending this transformation.</p><p>Here is just one example;</p><p><b><a href="http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/intelligence-led-policing-and-fusion-centers-how-the-iacp-helped-the-usa-to-cross-the-rubicon/" title="Permalink to Intelligence Led Policing and Fusion Centers: How the IACP Helped the USA to Cross the Rubicon">Intelligence Led Policing and Fusion Centers: How the IACP Helped the USA to Cross the Rubicon</a></b></p><p>Unfortunately there’s no solution in legislation, no real willingness by enough of our elected representatives to do what they took an oath to do; to protect our liberty I do still recommend that you contact your state representative and tell them if you have concerns about open access to your data contained in the state Dept. of Public Safety database. Tell them that you expect them to protect your personal information from being freely shared and used on a whim to track and spy on you. They need to hear concerns from their constituents.</p><p>It is clear that we cannot stop the government from sharing this information in ways that will hurt our ability to control our own lives. If we want to protect ourselves we must remove our biometrics from the system by either not giving it to them in the first place or taking legal action to remove it.</p><p> </p></div>Merry Christmas From The Baker Familyhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/merry-christmas-from-the-baker2010-12-23T12:30:00.000Z2010-12-23T12:30:00.000ZDr. Jake Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/DrJakeBaker<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;">Tonight will be Christmas eve and it seems to me that the country is a little sadder, a little more reflective, a lot more realistic, and a little less hedonistic this year.<span> </span> I know that this sounds like a weird opening for a Christmas message, but I think this is a healthy thing.<span> </span> I think many of us are longing for a simpler, more honest time in America.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;">I really miss Christmas and long for the feeling of Christmas I had as a child.<span> </span> For so long we have made Christmas so glitzy and vulgar that we have missed the real joy of this season.<span> </span> It is sad, but it's a part of the identity loss we are suffering as a people.<span> </span> Maybe this year, this adversity we are going through, is not all bad.<span> </span> And while I sympathize with families out of work at this time of year, perhaps this is giving us pause to reflect on all we've had, all we've lost, and all we have stopped being.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263283,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="254" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263283,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263283?profile=original" /></a>Christmas during my childhood is one of my sweetest memories.<span> </span> Sure, we had the tree and the presents, and the trappings of Christmas.<span> </span> But what I remember is not the presents or the trees, but the hot chocolate made with real cocoa.<span> </span> I remember the Christmas cookies made with all the love of Christmas past.<span> </span> I remember practicing for the Christmas pageant that the church children put on every Christmas eve.<span> </span> I remember going to the small little house of my grandparents on Christmas day with all of my aunts and uncles and all of their kids.<span> </span> I remember the snowball fights, warming by the old stove, and the giggling conversations of children amerced in the innocence of yesteryear.<span> </span> The Christmas meal wasn't about just eating, it was about family, tradition, and remembering.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263354,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="159" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263354,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="4063263354?profile=original" /></a>I can still see my long lost uncle from New York sitting there at the table with his brothers and sisters and watching the bond being reformed ... becoming family all over again.<span> </span> I remember the story telling and the good natured ribbing.<span> </span> I remember the presentation of the turkey and the home made noodles (weird Christmas tradition at the Baker's Christmas table) which I loved.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263310,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="246" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263310,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263310?profile=original" /></a>I can recall so vividly the color of the sky as evening set in on Christmas day.<span> </span> That was a time when all the world was right. <span> </span>By this time in the evening, all the kids were wet, cold and tired and ready for more hot chocolate and freshly baked homemade pie.<span> </span> And following the pie came games.<span> </span> The kids would be at the table in the basement playing board games and the adults would play cards at the huge dining room table, which would comfortably seat about 12 to 14 people.<span> </span> Grandma and Grandpa had eight children and a large table was a necessity.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263323,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="157" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263323,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="4063263323?profile=original" /></a>I remember the drive home to our little town of Rochelle in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border.<span> </span> There was one street over which the trees made a tunnel in the summer, but in the winter, on those Christmas night rides home, I remember the way the moon silhouetted those leafless trees.<span> </span> I remember the blue and purple tint to the moonlight that colored the snow and made everything look cold, but somehow peaceful.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263294,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="252" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263294,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263294?profile=original" /></a>But I also remember what we celebrated.<span> </span> I know that Christmas is not the real time of the birth of the Messiah, but then we didn't know that … we just knew that this was a special event.<span> </span> From my earliest remembrance we knew the story of the shepherds watching their flocks by night.<span> </span> We knew about Mary, the young mother tenderly caring for her child lying in swaddling clothes in a cold dark manger.<span> </span> We knew of the star of Bethlehem and the wise men.<span> </span> We knew of the glory of the angels filling the sky as even the heavens could not contain the power and the joyous rapture of this event.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Luke 2: 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">9: And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">10: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">11: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">12: And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">13: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">14: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263373,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="115" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263373,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263373?profile=original" /></a>Peace on earth good will toward men.<span> </span> And yet there is no peace on earth.<span> </span> This Christmas we have members of our armed forces braving the elements and facing Islamo extremism around the world; our politicians have betrayed us again and again in Washington D.C., and state capitals around the country.<span> </span> Our financial crisis threatens to destroy our economy and millions of our country men are jobless and scared.<span> </span> Justice evades our courts and arrogance rules in the White House.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;">But even in this midst of this turbulence and betrayal, we can look forward to a time when all of this will be replaced with a prophesied righteous government which will be established forever.<span> </span> And fortunately, we have the surety, the down payment of the promise posited with us at this Christmas season.<span> </span> Let me share with you the prophecy of that time of righteous government, which came as the spirit moved the prophet Isaiah, 700 hundred years before the birth of the Messiah.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Isaiah 9:6<span> </span> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">9:7: Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263344,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="242" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263344,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263344?profile=original" /></a>There will come a time when all that we see: the violence, the corruption, and the brutality of humankind come to an end and there will come to this earth that which the very earth itself has cried out for ... peace.<span> </span> The peace of Christmas; the peace that was wrought when the King of kings chose to make himself the peace offering for all of us.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">It is indeed astounding to think that the Creator of all things would humble Himself to the birth of a peasant that we might be made kings and priests; And from that rude, cold and dark manger the world would find life, and light, and finally the peace that passes all understanding and brings joyous hope to an otherwise sad and broken humanity. How great is our salvation? How great is our God? How sure is the hope of those whose God is the Lord?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263454,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="245" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063263454,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="4063263454?profile=original" /></a>This Christmas season, Katie and I wish for you memories of the innocence of Christmas past, the<span> </span> joy of the shepherds as they gathered at the manger celebrating the fulfillment of all their hopes and dreams throughout the generations of Israel and in your heart, we wish for you, peace ... the peace that comes from knowing that our Messiah is no longer a helpless babe in a manger but the Lion of Judah and our loving redeemer that came to this earth for all, but more importantly He came for you.<span> </span> Had there been no one else on this planet but you ... he still would have come, for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">That, dear friends, is the message and meaning and the Peace of Christmas and it is that, we wish for you all.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Jake & Katie Baker</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">We created a special present for our family and friends ...hundreds of Christmas music videos... <a href="http://www.zootter.com/new_scenes.htm">Click HERE</a>. Allow a little time to initially download due to the size of the files.</span></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><p> </p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div>New offer, no agreement over Israel settlementshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/new-offer-no-agreement-over2010-10-11T21:00:00.000Z2010-10-11T21:00:00.000ZNovus Ordo Seclorumhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/NovusOrdoSeclorum<div><span>msnbc.com news services</span><br />updated<br /><abbr style="display:inline;" class="dtstamp updated" title="2010-10-11T15:46:45">10/11/2010 11:46:45 AM ET</abbr><br /><div class="txt timestamp"><span class="hide">2010-10-11T15:46:45<br /><br /></span></div><br /><span class="dateline">JERUSALEM —</span> The Palestinians swiftly rejected an offer <br /><p class="i1">Monday by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39615600/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/#" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;text-decoration:underline;border-bottom:.075em solid;padding-bottom:1px;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;padding-top:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-left:0pt;" class="iAs">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</a> to <br /></p><p class="i1">renew a freeze on West Bank settlement construction in <br /></p><p class="i1">exchange for recognizing Israel as a Jewish nation-state.</p><br /><p>"If the Palestinian leadership will say unequivocally to its</p><p>people that it recognizes Israel as the homeland of the <br /></p><p>Jewish people, I will be ready to convene my government <br /></p><p>and request a further suspension," Netanyahu told parliament.</p><p>Netanyahu has been under heavy international pressure</p><p>to renew a just-expired slowdown on settlement construction.</p><p>The Palestinians have said they will walk away from <br /></p><p>negotiations if the settlement curbs aren't extended. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Impasse <br /></strong>There was immediate speculation that the conditional offer</p><p>was unlikely to resolve the impasse over settlements, <br /></p><p>which stalled peace talks just a month after they were</p><p>launched. Only moments after the proposal was revealed,</p><p>a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas</p><p>said they had rejected it. Netanyahu's comments came <br /></p><p>amid a spat over the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39615600/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/#" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;text-decoration:underline;border-bottom:.075em solid;padding-bottom:1px;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;padding-top:0pt;padding-right:0pt;padding-left:0pt;" class="iAs">Israeli government's</a> approval of a <br /></p><p>bill to require new citizens to pledge a loyalty oath to</p><p>a "Jewish and democratic" state.</p><div class="ad-break t-AdBreak hide"><div class="skip"><br /></div><br /></div><p>In general, the Arab minority — making up one in five</p><p>Israelis — view the oath as a provocation aimed at further</p><p>making them second-class citizens in a country where</p><p>they already feel discriminated against. Netanyahu said</p><p>the bill, which must still be voted on by parliament, <br /></p><p>reflected the essence of Israel at a time when many <br /></p><p>are trying to blur the connection between the Jewish <br /></p><p>people and their homeland. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"The state of Israel is the national state of the Jewish <br /></p><p>people and is a democratic state in which all its <br /></p><p>citizens — Jews and non-Jews — enjoy full equal</p><p>rights," he said. "Whoever wants to join us, has</p><p>to recognize us." <br /></p><p><br /></p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39615600/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39615600/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/</a><p><br /></p><span class="copyright"><br /></span><p><span class="copyright">Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report. <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">[I believe it is time to remove the prime minister <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">of Israel out of office. Start off by voting in person</span></p><p><span class="copyright">that has passion for serving country.</span></p><p><span class="copyright">As in serving fellow citizens. <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">Netanyahu has been prime minister for how</span></p><p><span class="copyright">long now? Too long. He hasn't lifted a finger to</span></p><p><span class="copyright">serve Jewish people. It is apparent, he is <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">only interested in serving himself. By the <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">looks of things, he has never been service <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">oriented. If he was he would have accomplished <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">something by now. <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">Why make either side suffer when the simple</span></p><p><span class="copyright">solution to the problem is replace what ills.</span></p><p><span class="copyright"><br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">Palestinian prime minister can't negotiate with</span></p><p><span class="copyright">someone who has no interest in negotiating. <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">I mean give the man a break, <br /></span></p><p><span class="copyright">least he's trying.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span class="copyright">Israel prime minister can't expect Palestine to</span></p><p><span class="copyright">just give in to his wishes, not after the minster</span></p><p><span class="copyright">nearly toppled Palestine! <br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span class="copyright">What you want to bet Palestine and new Israel</span></p><p><span class="copyright">prime minister get along fairly well? Place a person</span></p><p><span class="copyright">who has compassion into the mix, and it will result in;</span></p><p><span class="copyright">a done deal. Negotiating for peace agreement be a cake walk.]<br /></span></p></div>