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Missionaries To Follow U.S. Forces In Iraq
Enhancing the conviction among some Arabs and Muslims that the U.S.-led war of aggression on Iraq is part of a new "crusade" campaign, the Beliefnet.com and Newhouse.com websites recently reported that two leading evangelical Christian missionary organizations were readying teams to enter Iraq to address "the spiritual needs" of the population.Oh, horrors! An Islamist's nightmare! If there are missionaries, can the inquisition be far behind? Look out! The Southern Baptist Convention, the U.S. largest Protestant denomination, and the Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse said workers were on the Iraqi-Jordanian borders ready to go in as soon as it is safe. A free lance translator told IslamOnline.net Friday, March 28, that he was approached by âsome organizationâ to forge up a team of translators to carry out a translation job from English into Arabic, adding that âextracts I saw from the project were of a missionary nature, targeted to three countries; Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraqâ. I, myself, have seen Dark Monks gathering to plot their sinister moves for the conversion of the Believers®. Why, just the other day, I was down at the library, and I saw one checking out a book on how to conduct an auto-da-fÚ... Franklin Graham, one of the U.S.âs most outspoken critics of Islam, told Beliefnet.com Wednesday, March 25, in a telephone interview from Samaritanâs Purse headquarters in Boone, N.C., âWe realize weâre in an Arab country and we just canât go out and preach.â Not without getting bumped off, anyway... Muslims were outraged that Graham would be allowed to help with Iraqâs humanitarian effort. They're the ones who'll bump them off... "Franklin Graham obviously thinks it is a war against Islam,â said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.âThis is a guy who gave the invocation at President Bushâs inauguration and believes Islam is a wicked faith. And he's going to go into Iraq in the wake of an invading army and convert people to Christianity? Nothing good is coming of that.â "And us good Muslims will make sure that it doesn't!" A spokeswoman for the U.S. Agency for International Development said Wednesday night she could not comment. Diplos aren't allowed to say "Oh, shuddup!" Meanwhile, officials from the Southern Baptist Convention are also planning a large âreliefâ effort in Iraq once the war ends. âThis is not just a great opportunity to do humanitarian work but to share God's love,â said Sam Porter, state disaster relief director for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. "We can't have that! Mahmoud, kill him!" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-28 |
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