Tag Archives: Islam

Islam—Facts or Dreams?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by David E Smith

In 1993 I was a seasoned federal prosecutor, but I only knew as much about Islam as the average American with a reasonably good education—which is to say, not much. Consequently, when I was assigned to lead the prosecution of a terrorist cell that had bombed the World Trade Center ...

Posted in Islam & Sharia | Tagged al-Azhar University in Cairo, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, ISIS, Islam, Janet Reno, Omar Abdel Rahman, Robert Jackson, Taliban, Winston Churchill | Comments Off

Wheaton College Matters

Posted on January 13, 2016 by David E Smith

Renowned Evangelical flagship Wheaton College has been embroiled in a controversy generated by the Facebook statement from associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. She made this statement when she announced that during the entire Advent season, she would wear a hijab, the traditional head-covering required of Muslim women when in public. Hawkins viewed this as an act of “embodied politics, embodied solidarity” as opposed to what she deems “theoretical solidarity.” Wandering around America wearing a hijab was Hawkins’ rather peculiar application of James 2:26: “For as the body apart from the …

Posted in Education, Faith, Islam & Sharia | Tagged Al Mohler, Black Lives Matter, Brian Howell, Bruce Lindley McCormick, Eric Teetsel, Erwin Lutzer, Islam, Julie Rodgers, Larycia Hawkins, Michael Mangis, Miroslav Volf, Muslim, Nabeel Qureshi, Noah Toly, Statement of Faith, Wheaton College | Comments Off

Dhimmitude in America?

Posted on May 11, 2015 by David E Smith

You may not know what dhimmitude is and hopefully you never experience it. But you’ve probably heard of ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) and you’re almost surely aware of what Christians are. Dhimmitude is an Islamic system that governs non-Muslims who have been conquered through Jihad by folks like ISIS. If you surrender to Muslim control – though not Muslim – you are referred to as dhimmi. Sounds fun, right?

Posted in Islam & Sharia | Tagged Arlene’s Flowers, Attorney General, bakers, Bakery, Bob Ferguson, Dhimmitude, discrimination, ISIS, Islam, Oregon | Comments Off

How Should Christians Respond to ISIS?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by altha-admin

It seems that every day is met with a new atrocity stemming from the Islamic State. We've lost track of the executions, the crimes against women and children are incalculable and unconscionable, and it seems that every drop of innocent blood feeds a thirst for more.

Posted in Islam & Sharia | Tagged ISIS, Islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Shariah | Comments Off

A Presidential Blunder: My Response to Obama’s Address at the National Prayer Breakfast

Posted on February 12, 2015 by altha-admin

President Barack Obama’s address at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015 has reverberated through the corridors of the world and provoked shock and dismay in numerous quarters. Even a professor at the University of London commented on his shallow understanding of the Crusades.

Posted in Faith, Islam & Sharia, Media Watch | Tagged Barack Obama, Christianity, Crusades, Geraldo Rivera, History, Islam, National Prayer Breakfast, Ravi Zacharias, White House | Comments Off