What Would Happen if Islam Ruled America?
by Monthir Abdullatif
Fundamental Baptist Home
Missionary to Muslims
Today there is a movement that boasts one billion followers
that has targeted the United States of America as the strongest Western Bastion
to impugn. It is Indeed the fastest growing segment of our society, thanks to
the freedom inherent in our culture and traditions, and guaranteed by our
constitution and laws. This movement promotes itself as a total comprehensive
and all-encompassing way of life. Its dictates define every aspect of a
person’s life in concrete, immutable terms. It defines the way to dress, how to
eat, how to wash, how to cleanse, how to shave your body hair, how to use money
and financial transactions, how to practice sex.. .and how to kill, whom to
kill.
The name of that movement is... ISLAM. Muslims present
Islam as the universal cure and solution to all ills and ailments. (They also take
credit for what is good about America.) Ironically, Muslim countries
are.plagued with all sorts of ills.
Marketers of Islam promote it as the belief in one god.
They project their image as peaceful, harmonious, Jesus-loving people; and yet
their deeds project a totally different image--an image painted with chronic
and unjustifiable violence, aggression, assassination, kidnapping, slave
trade, oppression, and hate (all condoned by the Quran). The most alarming fact
about Islam is that once they master enough power, they will show the other
side of their face.
To get to the point, let us examine what Islam would do if
it ruled America. What would happen to the values and institutions that we hold
dear to our hearts?
First:
Liberty
This country was built on a Bill of Rights established by
the founding fathers who came here to escape religious oppression in the mother
country. The founding fathers recorded these rights in a constitution that
guards the rights. This constitution gives the citizens the right to express
themselves as they please, to criticize the president if they feel like it, to
worship in the way they want, and to act in any way they see appropriate as
long as they do not violate the rights of others.
So what will happen to this freedom in an Islamic State?
Will the citizens be granted the right to choose the religion they want, or
will they be forced into Islam according to the Quranic verse: “If any one
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” (Suran 3:85).
How about the right of a Muslim to change his religion?
Will he be given this right, or would he be punished according to the apostasy
rule, which is punishable by death? Mohammed said, “Whosoever changes his
religion, kill him” (Al Bukhari Vol. 9:57).
Do Muslim activists want us to have the same rights
granted to the citizens of an Islamic country such as Saudi Arabia where women are
not allowed to drive an automobile and no one can worship according to any
religion other than Islam?
Second:
Democracy
Our present system in the United States of America gives
the citizens the right to rule themselves, to write the laws that will govern
their lives, to decide the amount of taxes to be collected from them and how it
will be spent, etc.
One important principle in this great system of the United
Sttates is the “Separation of Church and State.” So, will Islam accept this
principle, as long as it is built on the principle, “Islam is a Religion and a
State?”
According to Islam, the Quran is the principal source of
legislation: “We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that you mightest
judge men as guided by God” (Surah 4:105).
If the Quran is the law, what are some of the rules and
regulations that will be imposed upon us? Here are just a few examples:
Stealing: Punished by amputation of
the hands (Surah 5:4 1).
Adultery: Punished by public
flogging (Surah 24:2).
Drinking: Punished by eighty lashes
according to Hadith (Mohammed’s sayings).
Resisting
Islam: Punished by death,
crucifixion, or the cutting off of the heads and feet (Surah 5:36).
Third:
Equality
Under our system in the United States, there should be no discrimination
among citizens based on sex, color, religion, or race. Would Islam treat men
and women equally when...
It
teaches that men are superior to women (Surah 2:228).
It gives
men double the share of the women in inheritance (Surah 4:11).
It gives
the man double the value of a woman’s witness in court (Surah 2:282).
Would Islam treat non-Muslims fairly when:
The Quran
calls on Muslims not to befriend Jews or Christians (Surah 9:30).
The Quran
imposes Jizya (tribute tax) on
Christians and Jews that will be
collected
only from them and not from Muslims (Surah 9:29).
Mohammed
says that a Muslim may not be killed if he kills a non-Muslim: “No
Muslim
should be killed for filling a kaJlr (infidel
or non-Muslim)” (Al Bukhare
Vol.
9:50).
Do Muslim activists want us to be ruled by a ruler such as
Khomeini, who issued an order to murder a writer, Salman Rushdie, just because
he dared to criticize Islam? Even in a moderate Islamic state such as Egypt.
Christians have to obtain a presidential decree to be able to build a church,
or even to repair a toilet in a church. They face discrimination in all areas.
Muslims project gaining an additional one million
Americans every year. It is expected that Islam will be the second largest
religion in America before the turn of the century, and it is a matter of time
before Islam will become the religion of the majority. America. then, will be
labeled an “Islamic country,” ruled by the Quran
and the Hadith, or what Muslims
call Shana (the Islamic code of ethics).
My Fellow
Americans
The threat of Islam is real, more so than communism ever
was, because with Islam, Muslim activists are willing to kill and to die for
the cause of spreading the religion.
This is called Jihad,
a sacred duty for all Muslims to perform.
Get this
message out! Stop the spread of Islam before it is too late.
KNOW THE
TRUTH
FOLLOW
THE TRUTH
SPREAD THE
TRUTH
“Ye shau know the truth and the truth shall make
you free” (John 8:32).
Christian Attitudes
Jesus understood His times. He was not ignorant of the
corruption, hypocrisy, and deception of the Pharisees and other Jewish leaders.
He also knew the sin and
darkness of the people He met every day, yet his attitude
was that of compassion because they fainted
and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd”
(Matthew 9:36).
Following Jesus’ example, we must realize that Muslims are
lost. We need to
understand the deception in Islam, the incorrectness of
their view of God, and the dangers of their political agenda. Yet we need to
have the compassion of Jesus
towards them as we recognize their need to know the good
news of God’s love and salvation. We must learn to love and accept them without
accepting their beliefs.
On the Day of Pentecost, there were people from many
lands; including Libya, Turkey, Egypt, and other Middle Eastern nations; in
Jerusalem. They were there by God’s
providence to hear the gospel and carry the good news back
to their nations. Today, each American city is a modern Jerusalem. We must see
the influx of Muslims to
America as both a challenge and an opportunity to proclaim
the gospel to them and through them to the entire Muslim world.
After I arrived in the United States and settled in
Detroit, I saw that the Islam religion, a false religion, was growing very fast
in this country. The Lord put a great zeal and
burden in my heart to reach the Muslims. I found there was
no worker among the
Muslims in the Fundamental Baptist movement. Those Muslims
need somebody to go to them and teach them. The Bible said, “How shall they believe in him of whom they
have not heard, how shall they hear without a preacher” (Romans 10:14).
The
Lord called me to this ministry to reach my native people because I know their
culture, religion, and language. I decided to put all my efforts into winning
Muslims to Christ.
Now
many Muslims from different Islamic countries have come to faith in Jesus
Christ through our ministry. The Light of Life Ministry captures every opportunity
to bring God’s love to the Muslims in America. We reach the Muslims in
different ways:
1. Radio Program
2. Door-to-door evangelism.
3. Bible distribution.
4. Correspondence courses.
5. Home Bible studies.
6. Hospitality.
7. Cassette ministry.
The
Light of Life Ministry is the only Fundamental Baptist ministry work among the
Muslims in the United States. We need the Fundamental Baptist churches to open
their doors to us to present our ministry to the Christians in those churches.
We need to raise our support as soon as possible because the time is very
short. We need to establish a radio program in many large cities in America. We
need to have a television program to reach the Muslims. We need to spread the
Word of God to every Muslim in America, and we need to purchase a large
quantity of Bibles every month. All these things will not happen until the
Fundamental Baptist churches make the decision to stand behind us.
I
started the first Fundamental Bible Baptist church among the Muslims in Detroit.
Now
I have started to make new disciples so they will be able to reach their
people.
Also,
the Lord has given us the great opportunity to conduct many seminars in many
Fundamental
Baptist churches in America. We are ready to provide your church with
different
tools in the Arabic and English languages for the ministry to Muslims.