"The Religion of Peace"
El Camino Real's Jeff Culbreath links today to an important blog, Jihad Watch, which in turn is affiliated with another important blog, Dhimmi Watch.
I have lived in an Islamic nation, known many Muslims, and can even say that I became a better Christian by admiringly witnessing Muslim prayer, fasting, and devotion. In a sense, Muslims are our brothers as fellow spiritual children of Abraham, worshippers of the Creator, and believers in the Day of Judgment.
Still, it is prudent to be wary of a religion that divides the world into "The House of Islam" (Dar-el-Islam) and the "House of War" (Dar-el-Harb).
According to this website, Islâm,
[See also ISLAM AND THE CHURCH - FOURTEEN CENTURIES OF JIHAD, or, on the lighter side, this board game: Dar-el-Harb (House of War).]
El Camino Real's Jeff Culbreath links today to an important blog, Jihad Watch, which in turn is affiliated with another important blog, Dhimmi Watch.
I have lived in an Islamic nation, known many Muslims, and can even say that I became a better Christian by admiringly witnessing Muslim prayer, fasting, and devotion. In a sense, Muslims are our brothers as fellow spiritual children of Abraham, worshippers of the Creator, and believers in the Day of Judgment.
Still, it is prudent to be wary of a religion that divides the world into "The House of Islam" (Dar-el-Islam) and the "House of War" (Dar-el-Harb).
According to this website, Islâm,
- "[I]t was the traditional duty of Islâmic rulers to extend the House of Islâm into the House of War. This was the Jihâd, the Holy War."
[See also ISLAM AND THE CHURCH - FOURTEEN CENTURIES OF JIHAD, or, on the lighter side, this board game: Dar-el-Harb (House of War).]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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