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		<title>Why Did He Do It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Scott Griese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ <p align="center">By Dr David N Smeltz</p> <p align="center">Chaplain Vietnam Veterans of America State of Virginia</p> <p align="center">Missionary to Eastern Europe and Asia</p> <p align="center"> <p align="left">Why would a person take the life of so many? What you will not hear on the media is the truth about the Moslem’s life and destiny.  When the [...]]]></description>
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<p align="center"><strong>By Dr David N Smeltz</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Chaplain Vietnam Veterans of America State of Virginia</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Missionary to Eastern Europe and Asia</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Why would a person take the life of so many? What you will not hear on the media is the truth about the Moslem’s life and destiny.  When the Muslim is at odds with the world and his or her relationship is in conflict with  Allah, he must follow the Qur’an. Why did Major Hussan  attack his comrades? As you listen to the media you will hear the spin to blame what Major Hussan has done on (PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.</p>
<p align="left">If you will bear with me, as I would like to approach this from his religious belief. It is very clear he was living the Muslim life as he was the senior Muslim taking the place of the chaplain who led the fifty eight Muslims on base.  We know many veterans have taken their life due to the stress of war and stress of life.  <strong> </strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tolerance is the key</span></strong> and what happens when you can no longer tolerate what you see and what you hear. The result is revolt or attack. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Qur’an teaches tolerance and peace.</span></strong> <em>&#8220;109.1&#8243;</em>:    Say: O unbelievers! <em>&#8220;109.2&#8243;</em>:    I do not serve that which you serve, <em>&#8220;109.3&#8243;</em>:    Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve: <em>&#8220;109.4&#8243;</em>:    Nor am I going to serve that which you serve, <em>&#8220;109.5&#8243;</em>:    Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve: <em>&#8220;109.6&#8243;</em>:    You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion. Those you cannot tolerate leave them as Allah will deal with them.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Qur’an teaches believers to take up arms only in self-defense. </span></strong> Did Major Hussan feel he was defending what he believed?  Look at Qur’an 2:190-193  <em>&#8220;2.190&#8243;</em>:    And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits. <em>&#8220;2.191&#8243;</em>:    And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers. <em>&#8220;2.192&#8243;</em>:    But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. <em>&#8220;2.193&#8243;</em>:    And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.</p>
<p>Was Major Hussan defending his belief?  Was this act a act of Jihad. It is said he cried out Allah Akbar as he fired these hand guns at his comrades killing thirteen and wounding 28.  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Qur’an teaches there is nothing greater than a Jihad</span></strong>. This is a guarantee of going to paradise. <em>&#8220;9.111&#8243;</em>:    Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah&#8217;s way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.</p>
<p>A reference to this would be Umm Nidal, the mother of Hamas suicide attacker Muhammad Farhat, saw her son’s murderous death in the same way-as a great victory: Jihad is a (religious) commandment imposed upon us she explained.” We must instill this idea in our sons’ souls all the time. What you see every day, massacres, destruction, bombing of homes strengthened, in the souls of the sons and daughters of Islam. Allah is to be praised for the Jihads. The act of Major Hussan was a Jihad’s act. It was his final call to Allah whereby he would be guaranteed paradise. That is why he cried out “Allah Akbar.”</p>
<p>What America needs to know is this religion which is being approached as tolerate and good is not tolerate and good. As this religion grows in this country we will see more acts as what we witnessed yesterday.  When one speaks up as I have here I might be called a hate monger but my friends the truth will set you free. America is under attack by a religious polity who has all intentions to destroy the American way. Beware, this is just the beginning.</p>
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		<title>10 Brief Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Scott Griese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>10 BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT </p> <p>(Friday Church News Notes, October 16, 2009, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) &#8211; The following is adapted from a list that was sent to us recently. </p> <p>1. Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand years before the rise of Islam. </p> <p>2. Since the Jewish conquest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-573" title="cloud" src="http://firstbaptistfernwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cloud14.jpg" alt="cloud" width="130" height="88" />10 BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">(Friday Church News Notes, October 16, 2009, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) &#8211; The following is adapted from a list that was sent to us recently. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand years before the rise of Islam. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">2.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">3.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital for over three centuries, but it has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">4.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in the Jewish Holy Scriptures, but it is not mentioned once in the Koran. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">5.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Jews pray facing Jerusalem; Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">6.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Arab refugees were </span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><em>intentionally</em></span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> not integrated into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been integrated into their own people’s lands. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">7.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">8.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> The Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">9.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> The PLO’s Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold;">10.</span><span style="font-family: Times,Georgia,Courier,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Of the 690 United Nations General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel, but the UN was silent while the Jordanians destroyed 58 Jerusalem synagogues, systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, and enforced an apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.</span></p>
<p><a class="aligncenter" title="Israel" href="http://wayoflife.org/files/ce915fcf6165ca1b55fa918cea89c515-436.html" target="_self">http://wayoflife.org/files/ce915fcf6165ca1b55fa918cea89c515-436.html</a></p>
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