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The Challenge of

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Daniel Janosik, Ph.D.

By Daniel Janos ik © 2014

Understand

Defend

Refute

• “Professor,WillyourconferenceportrayIslamasareligionbentonworlddomination?WilltheworkshopstalkaboutconvertingMuslimstoChristianity?Oraboutbeingabletoargue thatChristianityisthetruereligionandIslamisafalseone?Justtryingtobetterunderstand.”

• TimFunk,TheCharlotteObserver

• Here are some guidelines• (1)Truth aboutrealityisknowable, and

• (2)the oppositeoftrueisfalse.• Thisleads totheLawofNon-contradictionthatstates thatatruestatement and itsoppositecannotbothbe trueatthesametimeinthesame sense.

• InregardtoChristianityandIslam, thismeans thatsince thereare cardinaldifferences between these tworeligions(Trinity,deityof Christ,crucifixion/resurrection,accuracyoftheOT andNT,etc.),thenbothofthese religionscannotbe true(thoughtheybothcanbefalse).

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• AsChristians,webelievethatChristianityistrue,and,therefore,accordingtotheLawofNon-contradiction,webelievethatIslamcannotbetrue.

• So,inregardtoyourthirdquestion,Iwouldsay“yes,wewillargue thatChristianityisthetruereligionandIslamisafalseone.

• Inallfairness,youwouldhavetoagreethatIslammakesthesameclaim,andwillthereforeargue thatChristianityisfalse.”

• You cannot have two different religions saying the Same Thing in the Same Sense at the Same Time

Islam ChristianityTawhid Trinity

Jesusonly aProphet JesusisGodJesustakeninto heaven Jesusactually diedon

thecrossTheBible hasbeen

corruptedTheBible isthe

trustworthy Word ofGod

• MostMuslimsintheworld wantthesamethings that wewant:peace,prosperity andachance topursuepositive goals

• About 15%aresaidtobe“RadicalMuslims” (around 180million)*

• MostvictimsofRadical Islamicterrorism areMuslims

*Bridgette Gabrielle estimates 15-25%, or up to 250 million

• There is a new wind blowing in the House of Islam

• More Muslims have come to the Lord in the past 20 years than the previous 1400 years put together!

Muslims are not the problem,

Islam is

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Bad ideas have bad

Consequences

• Islam is keeping 1.6 Billion people from seeing the beauty of the Lord – the one person who can truly open their eyes and make them see the Splendor of Eternity!

IslamBeliefs and Traditions

5.BeliefintheDayofJudgment(HeavenandHell)

2.Beliefinangelsanddemons(jinn)

3.BeliefinProphetsofGod:Muhammadisthe

mostimportant

4.BeliefinrevealedbooksofGod:theQur’anisthefinalrevelation

6.BeliefintheSupremacyofAllah’sWill(Predestination)

1. Belief in One God: Allah

1. Allah

1. Allah is the one true God.vTheword"Allah" probablycomes fromalillah,whichmeans "the God.”

vAllahisanabsolute unity:UnitarianratherthanTrinitarian

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• Are “Allah” and “Yahweh”the same God?

• Can the Father of Jesus be the God of Muhammad?

2. Prophets

2. Muhammad is the last and greatest of the prophets.v Jesusissaidtobethesinlessprophet,butisconsideredasneitherthegreatestprophetorasdeity.

3. Holy Books

3. The Qur'an is the most important of the scriptures.vPartsoftheBibleareaccepted,andJewsandChristiansareconsideredpeopleofthebook,butonlytheQur'anisconsidereduncorrupted.vTheTauret (thePentateuchofMoses)v TheZabur (thePsalmsofDavid)v TheInjil (thegospelsofJesus)

4. Angels and Demons

4.There are angels and demons (jinn)vthere is also a ruler of the demons: Iblis or Shaitan (Satan)

5. Judgment

5. There will be a day of judgement, a resurrection, and a heaven and hell.vSalvationisman'sresponsibility;itdepends onaman's actionsand attitudesandnotGod's grace.

6. There is a belief in the supremacy of Allah’s willv ThisdealswiththetensionbetweenAllah’sforeordainingandhumanfreewill

vThesayingsofMuhammad,recordedintheHadith,favoraviewofpredestinationmorethantheQur’an

v afavoritephraseis“insha’allah”(ifAllahwills)

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2. Salat 3. Zakat

4. Sawm(Ramadan) 5. Hajj

1. Shahadah

Islam

• "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." ["La-ilaha-illa-Allah"]

• a. The word Islam essentially means "surrender" or "submission" to the will of Allah.

• b. The word Muslim refers to "one who submits."

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• 570 - Born inthetown ofMecca.• 575 - Orphaned uponthe deathofhismother

• 595–Marries Kadijah• 610 - Receivesfirst revelation fromGod during themonth ofRamadam.

• 613 - Tookhismessagepublic• 622 - Emigrates withhisfollowers toMedina.

• July 16, 622 A.D. (The official beginning of Islam: Muhammad's escape to Medina--the Hijrah, or "flight")

• 570 - Born inthetown ofMecca.• 575 - Orphaned uponthe deathofhis• 595–Marries Kadijah• 610 - Receivesfirst revelation fromGod during themonth ofRamadam.

• 613 - Tookhismessagepublic• 622 - Emigrates withhisfollowers toMedina.

• 624 - Thestart ofthree major battleswith theMeccans

• 628 – TreatyofMecca(breached byMeccans)

• 629 - Orders firstraidinto Christianlands

• 630 - Conquers Mecca• 631 - Consolidated mostoftheArabianPeninsula under Islam.

• 632 - Returned toMeccatoperform apilgrimage.

• 632 - DiesinMedina afterabriefillness.

• NOTE:NoneoftheseeventsareHistorical!

• Theywerenotwrittendownuntil200yearslater

• Howdoweknowthatanyofitreallyhappened?

• Afterhisdeathin632A.D.,hissuccessors(caliphs)continuedtoaggressivelyspreadIslambymeansofthesword.

• Withinthenext100years,IslamtookoverpartsofIndia,allofNorthAfrica,andapartofEurope

• ThisisHistorical!

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The Spread of Islam

• five times a day while facing Mecca.

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• a. Muslims are not allowed to eat or drink during the day.

• (1) Many eat before sunrise and after

sunset.

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• Force is advocated to overcome the infidels and spread Islam.

• Jihad forthesakeofAllahisnotsomeunfortunatedeviationfromthetruefaith,it’s anintegralpartofthatfaith.

• ‘Needed: A New Church Policy toward Islam [Pt. 2]’

• by William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine — February 4, 2015

• “OurProphet, theMessengerofourLord, hasordered ustofight youtill you worship AllahAloneorgiveJizya (i.e.tribute); andour Prophethasinformed usthat ourLord says:‘Whoeveramongst usiskilled(i.e.martyred), shallgotoParadise toleadsuchaluxurious lifeashehasneverseen,andwhoever amongst usremainalive, shall becomeyour master’”.

• —Sahih al-Bukhari• Volume 4, Book 53, Number 386.1

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1. Sura 9:5 reads: “Fight and slay the pagans (i.e. infidels) wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war.”

• Violence flows out of the primary characteristic of God in Islam: Power.

• God is affirmed as being able to do anything, including making what is right, wrong, and making that which is wrong, right.

• Thus his righteousness is subordinate to his power.

• Interestingly, there is only one thing which Islam affirms God cannot do

• -- become incarnate. • Islam denies the sonship of Christ, and

affirms the impossibility of God coming in the flesh.

• Thus the Trinity is also denied.

• “IdolatersandunbelieverswereconsideredenemiesoftheIslamiccommunity.

• Theworldwasdividedintotwoareas:theworldofIslamandtheworldofdisobedience.

GeorgeBraswell, Jr.

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• Through struggle andwarfare theworldof disobediencewas tobebroughtundertheauthorityandsubjugationoftheworldofIslam.

• Thus Islamwas thecorrectandpurereligion,andjihadwas themethodtobringothersintoitthroughconversionorthroughdomination.”

• George Braswell, Jr.

• MarkDurie’s Book• “Infidels” aregivenThreeChoices:

• Convert• Die• PaytheJizyaandsubmit toMuslims

• MuslimsdesiretobringthewholeworldunderthedominationofIslam

• ThosenationsthatareunderthedominationofIslamarenotdemocracies

• Christians,atbest,arenotallowedtowitnessandareconsidered2nd classcitizens

• OvertimeIslamseekstorootoutandridtheworldofChristianity