Muslims live in virtually every section of the country and there is no reason why every Muslim community cannot be reached with the gospel

Muslims live in virtually every section of the country and there is no reason why every Muslim community cannot be reached with the gospel.

This is one of my 18 Truths About Reaching Muslims in America With the Gospel.

The idea seems to be catching on and there’s an important opportunity to get the gospel to Muslims you know in their own language right now.

The 16-lanugage DVD, The Life of Jesus Christ is becoming available for mass distribution among Muslims in America. This is the same JESUS film that has been used by missionaries around the world for the last two decades. It’s based entirely on the Gospel According to Luke and it’s unquestionably the most-translated and most-watched film in history.

There are several great things about this DVD version of the film.

First, it’s one DVD packaged in a simple, but colorful cardboard sleeve. So it’s easy to keep a copy or two with you to be ready to give it out anytime you run into a Muslim.

Second, when the DVD is inserted, you get a choice of 16 languages to watch the movie - all this on one DVD! And the dubbing of each language is excellent. You don’t feel like you’re watching an old Japanese karate movie when you see it!

Third, it’s cost-effective. DVDs are cheap to produce and distribute. There are a number of inexpensive options:

• If you volunteer to help out on a distribution team, you will be given the DVDs.
• If you want to get a few copies for yourself or your church, the cost can be very low.
• If you or your chuch will personally distribute 200 or more DVDs to Muslims in the U.S., and give a report on the distribution, you can get them for free.

There is a group called Christ for All Peoples which is making this possible. This is what they say on their website:

Millions of foreign-born persons from all walks of life have entered the United States in the last several years–many from hard-to-reach nations.  Nearly 600,000 of them are international students studying here this year.  The majority of these immigrants have never heard nor had access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Our goal at Christ for All Peoples is to bridge the cultural divide and encourage and assist the church to share the Good News of Jesus with these ethnic groups here in the USA–many from countries in the 10/40 Window–and to do so quickly.  Your help is welcomed and needed!

Please leave a comment here and share your story about using the Jesus DVD in cross-cultural outreach.

Evangelism is terrorism says Algerian Religious Affairs Minister Ghoulamullah

A March 28 report from Compass Direct explains the closure of 19 churches in Algeria and the detention of Christians caught carrying Bibles. 

“I equate evangelism with terrorism,” Religious Affairs Minister Ghoulamullah said in an article in L’Expression on February 12.

Thanks to Jihad Watch for the alert about this story.

Geert Wilders guilty!

Breaking News! (sarcasm)

30 March 2008

Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, is reporting the Dutch MP Geert Wilders is guilty.

Guilty of what? He is “guilty of serious generalizations.”

Islamic jihad? No problem. Serious generalizations? Now that’s a crime!

Meanwhile, “Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he was ‘proud’ of Dutch Muslims for their peaceful reaction to the film,” according to the report. 

In other news from Malaysia, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said, “said Muslims were ‘very annoyed’ with the film as it depicted Islam as being violent.” Also, “Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said Malaysia strongly condemns the irresponsible act of airing online the ‘Fitna’ film. He said the film, that portrays Islam as a religion advocating extremism and violence, is not only misleading and erroneous but also a blatant disregard and utter disrespect for Islam and the sensitiveness of the Muslim world.”

Fitna, the film, speaks for itself

Fitna [replaced by short slide show explaing why it has been taken down from the server]

UPDATE, 3/29/2008:

The film can now be viewed online…

YouTube here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bCrCsTMokTU

Jihad Watch here: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020486.php

A .wmv copy can be downloaded and viewed with Windows Media Player here: http://downloadfitna.blogspot.com/2008/03/download-fitna.html

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says the Bible is a fraud

Muammar Gaddafi’s remarks are represent the common belief Muslims have about the Bible. The latest Truth Messenger newsletter deals with the topic of Christian Apologetics & Islamic Duplicity and provides useful information about the topic.

Libyan leader says the Bible is counterfeit
Thursday, 20th March 2008. 11:42am

By: Manasseh Zindo.

LIBYAN leader Col Muammar Gadaffi, who is in Uganda, on Wednesday March 19 celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohammed with a series of attacks on European countries and the Bible for besmirching the Prophet

Gadaffi was speaking to a large crowd at Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium in Kampala after leading the Thuhur (afternoon) prayer, where he said any Bible and Torah (Old Testament) that does not mention the Prophet Mohammed was written by mankind and therefore a fraud.

“The Bible we have now is not the one that was revealed to Issa (Jesus) and the Old Testament is not the one that was revealed to Musa (Moses). Muhammad is mentioned in both (original versions), but the Tora and Bible we have now, there is no mention of him,” the Libyan head of state said.

Col Gadaffi, who is known for his controversial statements more than his piety, said: “It means that it (Bible) has been forged. Prophet Muhammad was sent to mankind. Allah (God) wanted mankind to have one religion. The Koran that we have is the only book that was sent by Allah. We believe in the Bible as well as the Torah.”

He said Prophet Musa and Issa talked about the coming of Mohammed in the Bible, which has been in existence for centuries.

“Issa is mentioned in the Koran 25 times, Musa is mentioned 128 times, and Mariam (Mary, mother of Jesus) is mentioned 30 times. It is all glorifying and highly respectful. We cannot be Muslims unless we believe in Issa. We have to look for the Bible and Old Testament that were sent to Moses and Jesus, but where can you find them? Unfortunately, the holy book that was sent by God was written by mankind and forged,” Col Gadaffi said with the aid of an Arabic translator.

Several African heads of state attended the prayers and their host, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, said he would put the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, the Most Rev Luke Orombi and Catholic Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese, His Grace Cyprian Lwanga, to task to explain the omission of Prophet Muhammad from the Bible. He praised Muammar Gadaffi for the assistance he has extended to Islam in Uganda.

Uganda’s independent newspaper, The Daily Monitor said Col Gadaffi’s remarks, just like the similar ones he made exactly a year ago in West Africa, are bound to court some controversy in a deeply religious Uganda.

Col Gadaffi’s previous remarks triggered a chain of reactions in Western Europe. He threw a barb at the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) for attacking the Prophet Mohammed who is revered in Islam.

“Those people in Scandinavia are attacking the same Prophet sent to them. They are ignorant. They are sick. They are racist and they are against Allah, Issa, Musa, because they all believed in him (Mohammed).”

A cartoon in Denmark in 2005, that depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a terrorist sparked a string of world-wide demonstrations in Islamic countries that claimed more than 50 lives.

President Gadaffi who also presided over the opening of the mosque named after him in Kampala, which is considered as the largest in sub-Saharan Africa said: “It is infidelity. They are attacking and saying bad things of Allah. He will judge them. The Prophet (Mohammed) is for Arabs and non-Arabs. He is meant to be their prophet. Allah stressed that the faith of Mohammed will be triumph. It will be victorious even if they don’t like it.”

He also turned to the Arab world, and accused them of monopolizing the Kaaba, the holiest site of Islam in the holy city of Mecca where pilgrimage is performed.

In an energetic voice, Col Gadaffi said: “It is for mankind. The Koran says only non-believers are forbidden from going to the Kaaba. If one day the President of United States (George Bush) says he wants to go to the Kaaba, he will use this verse in the Koran. He is not an atheist. He believes in the oneness of Allah. No one can stop him,” he said.

Gadaffi was cheered throughout his two-hour speech by the Muslim faithful who turned up for the prayers. “It is the non-believers who are barred by the Koran,” the Libyan leader emphasized.

The man who has ruled his country for 39 years also wondered why the birth of Mohammed was not used as the current dating. “Why doesn’t the world use the birth of Mohammed as a dating process? He was the last prophet; and seal of all prophets. It is racist, it is hatred.” Gadaffi reminded Muslims that those who doubt the miracles of Mohammed are non-believers.

Col Gadaffi at the same time reminded those prosecuting Muslim minorities like the Shia, Ismailia, al-Qaddiya to be careful because they ‘could regret it one day’.

“I stand besides the oppressed people of all sects. They should be left to Allah. Religion is used to deprive them of their rights. Those people oppressing them will regret it one day. The oppressed may have a country to protect one day.”

He also asked Muslims to be proud of the day Prophet Mohammed was born.

Source: Religious Intelligence

NOTE: Various transliterations of Muammar Gaddafi (معمر القذافي) = Qaddafi, Gadhafi, Gadaffi

Jews, Muslims Work to Heal New Orleans [Muslim Student Association]

From the Jewish Exponent:

March 20, 2008 Bryan Schwartzman, Staff Writer

A year ago, an alternative spring-break trip afforded University of Pennsylvania student Sam Adelsberg the opportunity to witness firsthand the many, still-difficult, even grim realities of life in post-Katrina New Orleans, an experience that both haunted him and fermented a desire to return to the Crescent City and do more.

Read full article here…..

Muslim jihad video depicts Christian crucifix for target practice

This is from a March 20, 2008 report in the Daily Mail: Muslim man who sold DVDs glorifying the 9/11 atrocities jailed under new terror laws.

The court was shown excerpts from the DVDs:

One shocking detail of the video showed Muslims at a training camp using cardboard cut-outs as human victims with the Christian crucifix as the target.

For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ. (St. Paul. Philippians 3:1

Saudi Arabia: No churches unless prophet Mohammed recognised

According to an Adnkronos International March 20, 2008 report from Riyadh, no church will be allowed in Saudia Arabia unless “the Pope and all the Christian churches recognise the prophet Mohammed.”

Two days earlier a report in The Gardian stated:

The Vatican has been holding secret talks with the Saudi Arabian authorities on building churches in Muhammad’s homeland, according to one of Pope Benedict’s most senior Middle East representatives. Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hashem said: “Discussions are under way to allow the construction of churches in the kingdom. We cannot forecast the outcome.”

As of now, there is no word of Saudi officials recognizing Jesus Christ is the Son of God or even the historical fact of his crucifixion or His resurrection.

Instead, the Saudis are funding the distribution of Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s version of the Quran in the United States with the following footnote to Sura 4:157,

The Orthodox Christian Churches make it a cardinal point of their doctrine that his life was taken on the Cross, that he died and was buried, that on the third day he rose in the body with his wounds intact, and walked about and conversed, and ate with his disciples, and was afterward taken up bodily into heaven. This is necessary for the theological doctrine of blood sacrifice and vicarious atonement for sins, which is rejected by Islam.

The Muslim leaders are not ignorant of Christian theology. They understand it and reject it completely.

The teachings of Mohammed, who the Muslims believe is a prophet, are contrary to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Islamofacism Fraud at Wright State

Islamofacism Fraud at Wright State
By Patrick Poole
FrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, March 20, 2008

Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer

A while back I wrote a short pamplet called Islamic Terrorism and Muslim Terrorists: A Prayer Guide for Christians.

Now some friends have started a project called Adopt A Terrorist for Prayer. They also have a youtube video here.