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Islam in America, Part 2
By Dr. Richard Booker

Islam is clearly on the move. It is no longer the desert religion of the Middle East. Its tentacles have reached around the globe in an effort to achieve world domination through territorial conquest and the complete submission of all people to Allah. The modern revival of Islam, fueled by unrestrained nationalistic fervor, has become the most powerful and dangerous force in our world. Yet, the Western world knows so little about Islam and finds it hard to believe what we do learn.

While there are numerous militant Islamic terrorist groups, they all want to impose their extremist’s views on the nations of the world. Since Israel lives in the tough neighborhood that is surrounded by states that sponsor and protect these terrorists, Israel has suffered the brunt of their hatred.

For the Islamic fundamentalists, all nations must be converted to Islam. Christians and Jews may, however, retain their faith as “People of the Book” on conditions they submit to Muslim sovereignty. The notion that Muslims must live under non-Muslim governments, as in Israel or the USA, is totally unacceptable to these people.

Peace-loving Arab Muslims (and Christians) who do not share the hatred against the West, and who refuse to cooperate with the militants, are also threatened. So it is essential for Americans and Christians and Jews to understand that while most terrorists are Muslims, not all Arab Muslims are terrorists. Most Arabs are normal people trying to live their lives in peace with their neighbors. I want to make it clear that this is not an anti-Arab Muslim book. The One True God loves everyone the same. But He does not love nor does He condone evil.

Some who are hostile to Jews and hostile to Israel try to justify the heinous terrorist attacks in the U.S. by citing American support for Israel. But we must remember, that militant Islamic hatred of America would occur regardless of whether Israel existed or not. Islamic hatred of Christians and Jews is as old as Mohammed himself.

Islamic Hatred of America and Israel       

Radical Islamic terrorists hold extreme anti-Semitic and anti-Christian views and wish to see the outbreak of a religious war. They see themselves as the “revengers” for the Crusades, which happened a thousand years ago, and the restorers of Islamic pride.

Furthermore, they despise America and the West because of their deep, abiding resentment of America’s religious freedom, political plurality, equality of the sexes, and America’s economic superiority. They feel this puts them in an unacceptable position of inferiority, which they seek to change by violence.

This is why Muslim terrorists chant, “Today we fight the Saturday people (Jews), tomorrow the Sunday people (Christians). The fight against the Saturday people has been going on in Israel for decades. The fight against the Sunday people was revealed to the whole world on September 11, 2001.

The first American led coalition against Iraq, with Christian solders based in Saudi Arabia, was a humiliating defeat and setback for the militant Islamic groups. This inflamed their hatred of the “Christian West” led by America. Since the Gulf War, they have planned and successfully carried out attacks against American interests overseas. The last American led coalition to disarm Iraq has certainly caused more hatred against America.

With years of “sleeper” cells planted in America, militant Islamic terrorists now believe they can demoralize and destroy America from within, thus removing the greatest obstacle to their dream of world conquest. While it will be a long, difficult, and painful struggle against terrorism, the ancient words of the Hebrew prophets give certain hope and comfort for the future for those who have a Judeo-Christian heritage:

“Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.        Many shall come and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall come forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2:2-4).

Dr. Richard Booker is a bestselling author and speaker and the Founder of Sounds of the Trumpet and the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies. He is a contribution editor for the Jerusalem Connection. To learn more of his work, see his web site at: www.rbooker.com.  This is the second of six articles on the Islamic Invasion of America. The articles are excerpts from Dr. Booker’s new book, “Radical Islam’s War Against Israel, Christianity and the West.” To get the full text, order this book directly from Dr. Booker’s web site at www.rbooker.com.

Islam in America, Part 1
By Dr. Richard Booker

This is the first of six articles on the Islamic Invasion of America. The articles are excerpts from Dr. Booker’s new book, “Radical Islam’s War Against Israel, Christianity and the West.” All Americans need to be aware of how radical Islamists plan to destroy Israel, subjugate Christianity, and turn the West (Europe and the United States) into Islamic countries. Christians and Jews must take action to preserve our Judeo-Christian heritage and way of life. You can start by educating yourself about this most important subject. To get the full text, order this book directly from Dr. Booker’s web site at www.rbooker.com.

Where Were You When?

Where were you when …? The World War II generation of Americans asked this question about a sneak attack against America. It was December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt said it was a “day that would live in infamy.” It was certainly a day that changed the world. My generation of Americans asked, “Where were you on November 22, 1963”? That was the day Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.

Now the younger generation, and all Americans ask, “Where were you on 9/11”? We all know what they mean by this question, and most of us can tell where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news about radical Islamic terrorists hijacking planes and crashing them into the World Trade Center buildings. And while our government has made some changes regarding the security of our country, most Americans believe another attack is coming. It is not a matter of if, but when!

America Under Attack

The radical Islamic threat to Israel and the Middle East has finally come to America. On February 26, 1993, Islamic Palestinian militants associated with the Hamas terrorist organization first bombed the World Trade Center in New York. Five people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.

All of a sudden, the American public awakened to the terrorist threat that Israel faces daily. The relatives of those who perished in the 1993 bombing demanded blood. The American congress introduced a bill that would deny members of Hamas visas to enter the country as well as deporting known members of Hamas. How ironic that we have been so quick to condemn the Israelis in their humane treatment of terrorists for over forty years while we want to kill and expel the terrorists after a single incident.

The Hamas organization is not a fringe Islamic sect. Their charter and terrorism represent the mainstream of Islamic fundamentalist thinking that is threatening to overthrow Arab governments, annihilate Israel and humble the West. They have established an extensive support network in the United States to aid its reign of terror around the world.

The attack on the World Trade Center in 1993 was only a dress rehearsal for the horror that would come later. As the whole world knows, on September 11, 2001, radical Islamic fundamentalists hijacked four planes. Two of these planes were flown into the towering twin World Trade Center buildings, which represented the financial heart of America. Many thousands of innocent people were murdered, and the buildings were completely destroyed.

The terrorists hijacked a third plane and flew it into the Pentagon, the headquarters in Washington D.C. for the American military. Hundreds more were killed. If that was not enough shock for us all, the terrorists hijacked a fourth plane but failed to reach its target. The courageous passengers on the plane forced the plane to crash in the woods of Pennsylvania. Analysts have speculated that the hijackers wanted to crash the plane into the White House.

While Osama bin Laden is blamed for this horrific act of terrorism, there is no difference between any of these terrorist groups. No matter their name, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Hezballah, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aksa Brigade, the Palestinian Authority, etc., they all have the same goal to destroy Israel and America. And while we should all sympathize for the desperate conditions of the self-proclaimed Palestinian Arabs, we must remember that they elected Hamas as their government.

I say self-proclaimed Palestinian Arabs because never in history has there even been a “Palestinian People.” By electing Hamas to represent them, they have voted a terrorist group to lead them in their fight against Israel. The only difference between Hamas and the so-called moderate Palestinian Authority courted by the U.S. Statement Department is how to best eliminate Israel.

The American government has declared this attack to be an act of war and has promised to destroy the bases and infrastructures of terrorists wherever they may be found. This is a just but difficult goal as we have discovered in our attempt to capture Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda terrorist group as well as in the war with Iraq. While only the Almighty knows the outcome of our war against terrorism, one thing we mortals can know for sure is that the world will never be the same.

Dr. Richard Booker is a bestselling author and speaker and the Founder of Sounds of the Trumpet and the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies. He is a contribution editor for the Jerusalem Connection. To learn more of his work, see his web site at: www.rbooker.com.