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Originally Posted by Ferd
With respect, Hasidic Jews do not have conquring the world and subjugating them to their religous beliefs at the point of a sword as a tenent of their faith....
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Tell that to the non-religious and moderate Israelis, and those who live in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Muslims have been living in Dearborn Michigan since the early 1900s. In Dearborn they have the largest mosque in the United States which dates back to 1964. The oldest mosque in the United States is the Mother Mosque which is in Iowa which was built in the 1930s. I bring all this up because before Iranian hostages crisis (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981) the Muslims (Shiites) were virtually unknown to the American Church. Yes, yes, we knew of Palestinians who were causing the Israelis issue with Yasser Arafat with his now famous head scarf, but for the most part the Arab wasn't the boogie man he is currently. If you look at the first original Search for Truth the battle of Armageddon is fought with Arabs fighting Jesus Christ and His returning armies. After 9/11 the Muslims (Shiites, Sunni, NOI, 5% Nation, or anyone wearing headscarf even if he is your gardener) has come under suspicion as a player in the End Time, and a threat to everything that is decent and free.
I brought up the Beth Din and what is going on in Williamsburg Brooklyn because it is also a religious council that the "religion" uses, and as far as specifically "bike lanes" in Willaimsburg it is a religion gaining preference by the politics of the town. Sort of like "one" group of Muslims using a swimming pool? Yet, the closing down of an entire bicycle lane is far more amazing!
Whether or not some people of any group can be considered to be a problem doesn't mean we should start to fear the entire movement, or all of the people who are part of a certain religion. Whether they're Orthodox Jews, or Muslims.
Even Christians, there are sects of Christianity that believe, or once believed that they were to conqueror for Christ. The late Dr D. James Kennedy totally believed (because of his Postmillennialist views) that the Presbyterian church was to legislate morality by being involved in government politics, and therefore bring about a rule and reign of Christ on the earth. Sort of like getting everything cleaned up before Christ's return?
I also brought up the documentary The International Jew, which was produced by the National Socialist Party, and how the Nazi party used racial prejudice to come against an entire group and religion.
So, in short, we as Christians should be focusing teaching, preaching, and peaceful dialog to other groups. Not trying to get everyone to fear, and hate any certain group. History might repeat itself, and when they start (not saying it will happen, just saying what if it might happen) marching off all Muslims (like they did the Japanese during World War II) to camps? Then after they are all rounded up they look for another trouble making group, one that doesn't play well with others, and refuses to compromise their beliefs with other beliefs? Then they start moving on to other groups, Christians?
Ok, it could never happen here, and what I'm saying about Christians being rounded up is just Dystopian fiction. Yet, I do believe there might of been some individuals who were Christians during the Nazi uprising in Germany who thought that after the Nazis rounded up the Jews, they might of been next on the menu.
If he was still alive, I wonder what Martin-Niemöller would think about the whole Islamophobia in the West?
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