You may not agree with everything that I say, but please
know that I grieve about what you have experienced in our nation. I also grieve
to see the Body of Christ torn apart by suspicion and resentment. I beg your
forgiveness for whatever wrongs you have experienced, not only for Christ’s
sake but also for all of us Christians:
· “Forgive
us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors…For if you forgive others
their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not
forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses” (Matthew 6:12, 14-15; ESV).
I long to see love and forgiveness prevail among us.
However, so many churches seem to be going in an unbiblical and
self-destructive direction.
Speaking at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Miami, Florida, Louis
Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, preached that blacks "must" rise
up and "…kill those who kill us"--if the federal government does not
“intercede in our affairs" (The
Blaze):
·
[Allah is] “looking for ten thousand in the
midst of the millions, ten thousand fearless men who say death is sweeter than
continued life under tyranny. Death is sweeter than to continue to live and
bury our children while white folks give the killer hamburgers.”
·
“Death is sweeter than to watch us slaughtering
each other to the joy of a four hundred year-old enemy…The Koran preaches
persecution is worse than slaughter. Then it says, retaliation is prescribed in
matters of the slave. Retaliation is a prescription from God to calm the breast
of those whose children have been slain.”
·
“So if the federal government will not intercede
in our affairs, then we must rise up and kill those who kill us. Stalk them and
kill them.”
The fact that a Christian church would entertain such a
message of hate, especially from a non-Christian, raises an important question:
“Who is really your friend? Is it the one who agrees with your worldview and
might use “agreement” to get what he wants? Or is it the one who has your
ultimate welfare in mind but might not endorse the way you are looking at
things right now in these heated, emotionally-charged times?”
Please, beware! The thief comes to kill and destroy. How? By
posing as a friend, as a messenger of truth:
·
For such men are false apostles, deceitful
workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his
servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end
will correspond to their deeds (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).
Farrakhan is not a friend of the
Blacks, especially Black Christians. Although Muslims claim that they worship
the same God as you, they are deceiving you in order to use you for their own
advantage. In fact, they believe that you are damned:
· Koran
5:75: They do blaspheme who say, “God is Christ, the son of Mary” …Whoever
joins other gods with God—God will forbid him the Garden and the fire will be
his abode.
· Koran
3:85: If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted
of him; and in the hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have lost
(all spiritual good).
Right now, the Muslims are making
a big show of their solidarity with Black Lives Matter (BLM). Why? Remember the
Scripture: “The thief comes only to kill and destroy.” Islam wants to use you
for its own destructive purposes. Just look at the motto of the Muslim
Brotherhood:
·
“Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our
leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our
highest hope.”
Make no mistake—these are not your friends. They are those
who want to exploit your feelings of alienation and anger, as they have done so
effectively in the prisons.
Meanwhile, the Koran makes it plain that Muslims are
forbidden to be friends with non-Muslims:
·
Koran Surah 3:27: “Let not the believers take
the disbelievers for friends rather than believers. And whoever does this has
no connection with Allah unless it is done [deceptively] to guard yourselves
against them, guarding carefully.”
·
5:54: “O ye who believe, take not the Jews and
the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and
protectors to each other.”
·
60:1: “O you who believe! Take not My enemies
and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists) as friends, showing
affection towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of
the truth.”
·
60:4: “Indeed there has been an excellent
example for you in Ibraaheem SHOULD THIS BE IBRAHIM, ? (Abraham) and those with
him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever
you worship besides Allaah, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS SPELLING? we have rejected
you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever
until you believe in Allaah Alone.’”
How do Muslims understand these verses? One commentator
writes (www.koranqa.com; fatwa 59879):
·
“Undoubtedly the Muslim is obliged to hate the
enemies of Allaah and to disavow them, because this is the way of the
Messengers and their followers.”
·
“Based on this, it is not permissible for a
Muslim to feel any love in his heart towards the enemies of Allaah who are in
fact his enemies too. Allaah says”: PERHAPS THESE LAST TWO WORDS SHOULD BE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION?
·
“But if a Muslim treats them with kindness and
gentleness in the hope that they will become Muslim and will believe, there is
nothing wrong with that, because it comes under the heading of opening their
hearts to Islam. But if he despairs of them becoming Muslim, then he should
treat them accordingly.”
Therefore, when the believing Muslim displays friendship, it
is to deceive and to advance Islam. Muslims even regard Allah as the great
deceiver. Consequently, it is totally okay for the Muslim also to deceive:
·
Koran 3:54; cf. 8:30: “But they (the Jews) were deceptive, and
Allah was deceptive, for Allah is the best of deceivers!”
·
Koran 7:99:
“Are they then secure from Allah's deception (makra Allahi)? None deemeth
himself secure from Allah's deception (makra Allahi) save folk that perish.” DOES THIS QUOTE MUDDY THE WATERS A BIT?
Yes, I can understand your feelings of anger, my brethren. I
come from a people who have been persecuted for thousands of years. At one
time, I too had wanted to kill Germans—to settle the score—even if it meant my own
destruction. Anger and hatred are powerful drugs. However, after Jesus laid
claim to me, He began to release me from these damaging narcotics. He gave me
something better—love and forgiveness.
Yes, we Christians had also failed to be your friends, especially
during Segregation. I deeply grieve because of this. However, this wasn’t
because of Christ or the teachings of the Bible. This was because of our own failures,
our own sins. Please give us another chance. Please forgive. After all, Christ
has called us to unity:
·
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the
Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you
were called to one hope when you were called—one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephesians
4:2-6).
However, these are not the teachings of Islam. If you have
any question about whether or not you are being deceived by Islam, just look at
the genocide and sex slavery that Islam is waging against Christians in Chad,
Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, and in Mali. Just look at
the Black slavery that goes on even today--Muslims enslaving Blacks!
I
grieve that “Christians” were also involved in the slave trade. However, there
is a big difference here. While Islam sanctions the subjugation of Blacks, the
Bible does not, not even in the slightest way. Instead, the Bible teaches
against racial distinctions. Paul declared to the Athenians:
·
And he made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth (Acts 17:26; ESV).
It
teaches that, in Christ, we are all one:
·
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ
Jesus (Galatians 3:28).
We
have failed you in many ways, but we are your friends, as we must be.
Meanwhile, the Islamic religion teaches horrid things about Blacks from The
Sayings of Mohammed:
- 'Ubaidullah b. Abu
Rafi', the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him),
said: When Haruria (the Khwarij) set out and as he was with 'Ali b. Abu
Talib (Allah be pleased with him) they said," There is no command but
that of Allah." Upon this 'Ali said: The statement is true but it is
intentionally applied (to support) a wrong (cause). The Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) described their characteristics and I found these
characteristics in them. They state the truth with their tongue, but it
does not go beyond this part of their bodies (and the narrator pointed
towards his throat). The most hateful among the creation of Allah is one
black man among them (Khwarij). One of his hands is like the teat of a
goat or the nipple of the breast. When 'Ali b. Abu Talib (Allah be pleased
with him) killed them, he said: Search (for his dead body). They searched
for him, but they did not find it (his dead body). Upon this he said: Go
(and search for him). By Allah, neither I have spoken a lie nor has the
lie been spoken to me. 'Ali said this twice and thrice. They then found
him (the dead body) in a rain. They brought (his dead) body till they
placed it before him (Hadrat 'Ali). 'Ubaidullah said: And, I was present
at (that place) when this happened and when 'Ali said about them. A person
narrated to me from Ibn Hanain that he said: I saw that black man.
- Sahih Muslim 5:2334 “Shem,
the son of Noah was the father of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Greeks;
Ham was the father of the Black Africans; and Japheth was the father of
the Turks and of Gog and Magog who were cousins of the Turks. Noah prayed
that the prophets and apostles would be descended from Shem and kings
would be from Japheth. He prayed that the African’s color would change so
that their descendants would be slaves to the Arabs and Turks.”
(Al-Tabari, Vol. 2, p. 11, p. 11)
- Ham [Africans] begat all
those who are black and curly-haired, while Japheth [Turks] begat all
those who are full-faced with small eyes, and Shem [Arabs] begat everyone
who is handsome of face with beautiful hair. Noah prayed that the hair of
Ham’s descendants would not grow beyond their ears, and that whenever his
descendants met Shem’s, the latter would enslave them. (Al-Tabari, Vol. 2,
p. 21, p. 21)
- A man of B. al-'Ajilan
told me that he was told that Gabriel came to the apostle and said, 'There
comes to sit with you a black man with long flowing hair, ruddy cheeks,
and inflamed eyes like two copper pots. His heart is more gross than a
donkey's; he carries your words to the hypocrites, so beware of him.'
This, so they say, was the description of Nabtal. (Ishaq:243)
- "I have heard the
Apostle say: 'Whoever wants to see Satan should look at Nabtal.' He was a
sturdy black man with long flowing hair, inflamed eyes, and dark ruddy
cheeks. He used to come and talk with the Prophet and listen to him. He
would carry what he had said to the hypocrites. Nabtal said, 'Muhammad is
all ears. If anyone tells him something he believes it.' Allah sent down
concerning him: 'To those who annoy the Prophet and say that he is all
ears, say, 'Good ears for you.' For those who annoy the Apostle there is a
painful punishment." (Ishaq:2430)
- It is your folly to
fight the Apostle, for Allah’s army is bound to disgrace you. We brought
them to the pit. Hell was their meeting place. We collected them there,
black slaves, men of no descent. (Ishaq:450)
- The black troops and
slaves of the Meccans cried out and the Muslims replied, ‘Allah destroy your
sight, you impious rascals.’ (Ishaq:374)
- "Abu Darda reported
that the Holy Prophet said: Allah created Adam when he created him (sic).
Then He stroke (sic) his right shoulder and took out a white race as if
they were seeds, and He stroke (sic) his left shoulder and took out a
black race as if they were coals. Then He said to those who were in his
right side: Towards paradise and I don't care. He said to those who were
on his left shoulder: Towards Hell and I don't care. – Ahmad."
(Mishkat, Vol. 3, p. 117)
- Ahmad ibn Abi Sulayman,
the companion of Sahnun said, “Anyone who says that the Prophet was black
should be killed. (Ibn Musa al-Yahsubi, Qadi ‘Iyad, p.375)
- And on the day of
resurrection you shall see those who lied against Allah; their faces shall
be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud? (Qur'an 39:60)
WORDS OF THE ISLAMIC
SCHOLARS
- Ibn
Khaldun (1332–1406) was, among other things, an Islamic jurist, Islamic
lawyer, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, and hafiz: "Therefore,
the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes]
have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite
similar to those of dumb animals, as we have stated."
- (Ibn
Khaldun, Muqaddimah, 14th century) "beyond [known peoples of black
West Africa] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense.
There are only humans who are closer to dumb animals than to rational
beings. They live in thickets and caves, and eat herbs and unprepared
grain. They frequently eat each other. They cannot be considered human
beings."
- Ibn
Sina or Avicenna (980-1037), was, among other things, a Hafiz, Islamic
psychologist, Islamic scholar, and Islamic theologian: [Blacks are] people
who are by their very nature slaves. Quoted in “Blasphemy Before God: The
Darkness of Racism In Muslim Culture” by Adam Misbah aI-Haqq
- Ibn
Qutaybah (828-889), was a renowned Islamic scholar from Kufa, Iraq:
"[Blacks] are ugly and misshapen, because they live in a hot
country."
- Nasīr
al-Dīn al-Tūsī (1201-1274), was a Shia Muslim Scholar and Grand Ayatollah:
"If (all types of men) are taken, from the first, and one placed
after another, like the Negro from Zanzibar, in the Southern-most
countries, the Negro does not differ from an animal in anything except the
fact that his hands have been lifted from the earth -in no other
peculiarity or property - except for what God wished. Many have seen that
the ape is more capable of being trained than the Negro, and more
intelligent."
- [The
Zanj (African) differ from animals only in that] their two hands are
lifted above the ground,... Many have observed that the ape is more
teachable and more intelligent than the Zanj.
- Al-Muqaddasi
(945/946-1000) was a medieval Muslim geographer "Of the neighbors of
the Bujja, Maqdisi had heard that "there is no marriage among them;
the child does not know his father, and they eat people -- but God knows
best. As for the Zanj, they are people of black color, flat noses, kinky
hair, and little understanding or intelligence." (Al-Muqaddasi (fl.
966), Kitab al-Bad' wah-tarikh, vol.4)
- Al-Masudi
(896-956), was a Muslim historian and geographer, known as the
"Herodotus of the Arabs.": "Galen says that merriment
dominates the black man because of his defective brain, whence also the weakness
of his intelligence."
- Ibn
al-Faqih was a Muslim historian and geographer: "A man of discernment
said: The people of Iraq ... do not come out with something between
blonde, buff and blanched coloring, such as the infants dropped from the
wombs of the women of the Slavs and others of similar light complexion;
nor are they overdone in the womb until they are burned, so that the child
comes out something between black, murky, malodorous, stinking, and
crinkly-haired, with uneven limbs, deficient minds, and depraved passions,
such as the Zanj, the Somali, and other blacks who resemble them. The
Iraqis are neither half-baked dough nor burned crust but between the
two."
- Abu
Rayhan al-Biruni (973-1048), was an Islamic scholar and polymath:
"The Zanj are so uncivilized that they have no notion of a natural
death. If a man dies a natural death, they think he was poisoned. Every
death is suspicious with them, if a man has not been killed by a
weapon."
- Hudud
al-`Alam is a book dedicated to Abu l-Ḥārith Muḥammad b. Aḥmad, a ruler of
the local Farighunid dynasty. "Their [Zanj] nature is that of wild
animals. They are extremely black." "Among themselves [the
Sudan] there are people who steal each other's children and sell them to
the merchants when the latter arrive."
- Hudud
al-`alam, 982 AD: "[inhabitants of sub-Saharan African countries] are
people distant from the standards of humanity" "Their nature is
that of wild animals..."
- Al
Jahiz (781–869), was a famous Muslim scholar: "Like the crow among
mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and
the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament."
- Jahiz,
Kitab al-Hayawan, vol. 2: "We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the
least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least
capable of understanding the consequences of actions." (All of these
quotations from Wikipedia)
Please
forgive me for repeating such insulting comments. However, I think that it is
necessary to warn you, my brethren. Why then are the Muslims embracing Black
Lives Matter? To answer this, we must understand the Islamic agenda for world
conquest:
· Koran
8:37: “Make war on them until idolatry is no more and Allah’s religion (Islam)
reigns supreme.”
· Koran
4:5: “When the Sacred Months are over, kill those who ascribe partners [like Jesus]
to God wheresoever ye find them; seize them, encompass them, and ambush them;
then if they repent and observe prayer and pay the alms, let them go their
way’.”
· “…kill
the disbelievers wherever we find them” (Koran 2:191) and “murder them and
treat them harshly” (Koran 9:123), and “Strike off the heads of the
disbelievers” (Koran 8:12, cp. 8:60)
Islam will use anything necessary to achieve world
domination—violence and even false displays of friendship.
So then, who is your friend? I want to be your friend, and
there are many White people who also want to be your friends. In fact, if we
are true believers in our Savior, we MUST! Here is what our Lord prayed:
· That
they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they
also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The
glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as
we are one, I in them and you in me,
that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me
and loved them even as you loved me (John 17:21-23).
Our unity is the last thing that the secular world wants to
see. Therefore, they are busy trying to divide the Body of Christ by sowing
political discord. Here is just one small example of this...
The charge of “racism” has often been issued by the Left
against conservatives, but is it true? In "The Silencing: How the Left is
Killing Free Speech," Kirsten Powers, a liberal democrat, details how
leftists smear the right:
· Mary
Frances Berry, an African American and former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights under President Bill Clinton, wrote in a Politico online
discussion: “Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is
proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats.”
This should remind us of many similar charges, like the
Republican party's imaginary "war on women." This is not just
laughable, but also highly inflammatory! It is this kind of rhetoric that has
caused racial division and even violence, but is it true? Powers continues:
· Berry,
a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, added, “There is no evidence
that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed
many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks
and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in
November. Having one’s opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than
discussing joblessness.”
Some African Americans might welcome such propaganda and
even take it as evidence that the Left is on their side. But this political
strategy has proved to be highly divisive and inflammatory, serving to further
alienate black and white, even within the Church.
Finally, I do not believe that all Black Christians have
been taken in by the deceptions I have described. Some of my Black brothers and sisters are so
intoxicated with the truth of Christ that they have honored our Savior with
their forgiveness and love. They are my heroes.
I know that forgiveness is not easy. In contrast, for me to
forgive the Nazis is relatively easy, since they are no longer a threat to me
and mine. However, it might be more difficult for you to forgive if you believe
that you are still the victim of “systemic racism” and “white privilege.”
I have purposely not touched upon these present concerns.
Why not? Because it is more important to start with forgiveness! Why? Because
unforgiveness is a drug that blinds! It had blinded me to such a degree that I
had wanted to kill.
We have much to talk about, and there will be disagreements.
As one brother had correctly stated: “Racial reconciliation is a not single
conversation or even a conference but a long-distance marathon.” Let’s run it
together!
