Circular Letter March/April 2006
The events of September 11th, 2001, when 19 Islamic fanatics carried out their supposed “holy” mission and after cutting the throats of the US-pilots flew the hijacked aircrafts straight into the towers of the New York World Trade Center, were a rude awakening for the Western World and caused them to take a closer look at the religion of the “prophet” Mohammed. About three thousand people perished and the US-government decided to take up the fight against terrorism. Regrettably, on account of their noble mission the USA is now responsible for igniting even more terrorism and is sadly disregarding the human rights and national laws of the people caught in the crossfire.
There are the many different Islamic-Arabic terrorist organisations as well as all the other various non-Arabic, but Islamic, terrorist groups which are active in many countries, reaching as far as the Philippines. Our main objective is to illuminate the historic background for the deadly hatred against the Jews and the fanaticism driving this religion. In 1982, during a stay in Egypt, I read the entire Koran with all its 114 surahs. The people I met in Cairo and Alexandria were very loving and caring. The hospitality which they extended to me was overwhelming. When I was reading the Koran, I realised that no part of it is in agreement with the Old Testament or with the New Testament. Furthermore, I was unable to find any information about what might have offended Mohammed and caused him to develop such a deep-seated hatred against the Jews in particular. In surah 5:19 it even states in regards to Israel, therein called the “people of the book”, “… Enter into the Holy Land which God has ordained for you.” How can any Islamic statesman now declare that Israel has no right to exist in its own country of Israel?
Only after reading the introduction to the Koran and other books about Islam and the “prophet” Mohammed, I discovered the roots of this hatred. Mohammed could neither read nor write; therefore he was dependent upon what he already knew and upon what others were saying. He abhorred the idea from the world’s Christianity, which states that God has a son in heaven, and considered it a blasphemy. Therefore he paid no attention to the Christians. They were scattered all over and posed no threat to him.
The situation with the Jews, who dwelled as a community in Yatrib/Medina, was a very different one. The main expectation among them was the coming of the prophet Elijah, who was to arrive before the day of judgement. This thought made an impression on Mohammed and he could not get it out of his mind. Inspired by this, he went into the cave of Mount Hirá, which is located about five kilometres north of Mecca. There he heard a strange voice saying, “Read!” He answered, “I cannot read!” And again, “Read!” “I cannot read.” Then he went up the mountain and there the voice said, “O Mohammed, you are Allah’s messenger and I am Gabriel.” He looked up and supposedly saw an angel in the sky that had spread his wings over the earth. The fact of the matter is that angels do not have wings, only cherubim and seraphim have them. Gabriel and Michael appear in the likeness of a man, as we find confirmed many times in the Holy Scriptures.
From that day on he felt he had been called to be the last prophet, through whom the final revelation was to be given to mankind. This developed into the notion that all others, the various Arabic tribes as well as the Christians and the Jews, had to submit to this last message from above. Even until today this has remained as the basic idea of the believers of Islam. They consider it a blasphemy when someone dares to resist this final revelation, which Gabriel himself – as they claim – has given to Allah’s messenger.
When the Jews in Yatrib/Medina did not receive Mohammed as their promised prophet, he was so offended that in the year 627 he called upon all the fighters, who then conquered the Jewish settlement and slaughtered the entire male population (about eight hundred men) and carried off the women and children. Since then this »jihad« has taken its course and today it is keeping the world in suspense.
The religion of Islam requires total devotion and submission of soul, spirit, and body. To this day the hatred is first and foremost directed against Israel, which the Islamic world calls “Satan”, and then towards all those who acknowledge the state of Israel, especially the USA. The recently released cartoon drawings depicting Mohammed are serving as an eagerly welcomed excuse for those who wish to fuel the hatred.
The objective of the religion of Islam remains the same, namely for the half-moon to turn into a full-moon upon subjection of the whole world to Islam. The publishing of the twelve caricatures has fanned the flame of »jihad« into an alarming wildfire. The “holy war” continues and on account of this even a new word was invented for Europe – »Eurabia«. The Western World is gripped by fear and they are doing everything they can to appease the radical Muslims. For this reason the British airline even imposed a ban that nobody who flies to Saudi Arabia with BA is allowed to bring a Bible on board.
Now more than ever, our main focus is on the Near and Middle East: Israel, Syria, Iraq, and more recently Iran. As we can gather from the news and press releases, Russia in particular and also China are taking sides with the Islamic world and are trying to take on the role of mediator in order to gain control. At this time we will not go into further details of Bible prophecy, which speaks of the nations of the North and East – in relation to Israel –, but the current activities are perfectly falling into place with the end-time events.
The radical Islamic President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has publicly expressed his hatred towards Israel several times. He has even gone so far as to deny the holocaust with the remark: If the Jews would have been gassed, then they would not be here now.
At the memorial site Yad Vashem in Jerusalem the individual death camps and all the people who were murdered and burnt there are listed by name and in total numbers. The SS-myrmidons themselves were, of course, keeping a detailed account of their atrocities in every camp. This is not fiction; the information in the recovered documents proves without a doubt that about a third of the European Jews were killed in the “Third Reich” in the cruellest ways. Why the negation of the holocaust should now serve as the reason to deny Israel its right to existence does not make sense to anyone who is of sound mind. It is just further proof that the enemies of Israel will resort to any means necessary to fuel even more hatred.
God Himself gave the promise to Israel in Amos 9:14-15, which has indeed been fulfilled before our eyes, “… And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” For those who have scattered His people and divided His land He announces the following judgement: “…and I will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Amos 3:2). How this judgement shall come to pass when all the surrounding nations gather against Israel is described several times in God’s Word (Ezek. 38; Joel 4:9-17; Zech. 14:12-21; Rev. 19:11-21).
Revelation 9:13-19 speaks of the four judgement angels that are bound at the river Euphrates and are waiting for the hour, day, month and year to slay the third part of mankind. The stage for this is now being prepared and, without creating a doomsday atmosphere, we may very clearly declare, “Lift up your heads, for your redemption is drawing near!” The Return of Jesus Christ truly is close at hand. What God said to Abraham remains forever true and all the religions and cultures should take it to heart, “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Gen.12:3). Also unchanged is what He said in view of Israel, His people, “…for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye!” (Zech.2:8).
The events of September 11th, 2001, when 19 Islamic fanatics carried out their supposed “holy” mission and after cutting the throats of the US-pilots flew the hijacked aircrafts straight into the towers of the New York World Trade Center, were a rude awakening for the Western World and caused them to take a closer look at the religion of the “prophet” Mohammed. About three thousand people perished and the US-government decided to take up the fight against terrorism. Regrettably, on account of their noble mission the USA is now responsible for igniting even more terrorism and is sadly disregarding the human rights and national laws of the people caught in the crossfire.
There are the many different Islamic-Arabic terrorist organisations as well as all the other various non-Arabic, but Islamic, terrorist groups which are active in many countries, reaching as far as the Philippines. Our main objective is to illuminate the historic background for the deadly hatred against the Jews and the fanaticism driving this religion. In 1982, during a stay in Egypt, I read the entire Koran with all its 114 surahs. The people I met in Cairo and Alexandria were very loving and caring. The hospitality which they extended to me was overwhelming. When I was reading the Koran, I realised that no part of it is in agreement with the Old Testament or with the New Testament. Furthermore, I was unable to find any information about what might have offended Mohammed and caused him to develop such a deep-seated hatred against the Jews in particular. In surah 5:19 it even states in regards to Israel, therein called the “people of the book”, “… Enter into the Holy Land which God has ordained for you.” How can any Islamic statesman now declare that Israel has no right to exist in its own country of Israel?
Only after reading the introduction to the Koran and other books about Islam and the “prophet” Mohammed, I discovered the roots of this hatred. Mohammed could neither read nor write; therefore he was dependent upon what he already knew and upon what others were saying. He abhorred the idea from the world’s Christianity, which states that God has a son in heaven, and considered it a blasphemy. Therefore he paid no attention to the Christians. They were scattered all over and posed no threat to him.
The situation with the Jews, who dwelled as a community in Yatrib/Medina, was a very different one. The main expectation among them was the coming of the prophet Elijah, who was to arrive before the day of judgement. This thought made an impression on Mohammed and he could not get it out of his mind. Inspired by this, he went into the cave of Mount Hirá, which is located about five kilometres north of Mecca. There he heard a strange voice saying, “Read!” He answered, “I cannot read!” And again, “Read!” “I cannot read.” Then he went up the mountain and there the voice said, “O Mohammed, you are Allah’s messenger and I am Gabriel.” He looked up and supposedly saw an angel in the sky that had spread his wings over the earth. The fact of the matter is that angels do not have wings, only cherubim and seraphim have them. Gabriel and Michael appear in the likeness of a man, as we find confirmed many times in the Holy Scriptures.
From that day on he felt he had been called to be the last prophet, through whom the final revelation was to be given to mankind. This developed into the notion that all others, the various Arabic tribes as well as the Christians and the Jews, had to submit to this last message from above. Even until today this has remained as the basic idea of the believers of Islam. They consider it a blasphemy when someone dares to resist this final revelation, which Gabriel himself – as they claim – has given to Allah’s messenger.
When the Jews in Yatrib/Medina did not receive Mohammed as their promised prophet, he was so offended that in the year 627 he called upon all the fighters, who then conquered the Jewish settlement and slaughtered the entire male population (about eight hundred men) and carried off the women and children. Since then this »jihad« has taken its course and today it is keeping the world in suspense.
The religion of Islam requires total devotion and submission of soul, spirit, and body. To this day the hatred is first and foremost directed against Israel, which the Islamic world calls “Satan”, and then towards all those who acknowledge the state of Israel, especially the USA. The recently released cartoon drawings depicting Mohammed are serving as an eagerly welcomed excuse for those who wish to fuel the hatred.
The objective of the religion of Islam remains the same, namely for the half-moon to turn into a full-moon upon subjection of the whole world to Islam. The publishing of the twelve caricatures has fanned the flame of »jihad« into an alarming wildfire. The “holy war” continues and on account of this even a new word was invented for Europe – »Eurabia«. The Western World is gripped by fear and they are doing everything they can to appease the radical Muslims. For this reason the British airline even imposed a ban that nobody who flies to Saudi Arabia with BA is allowed to bring a Bible on board.
Now more than ever, our main focus is on the Near and Middle East: Israel, Syria, Iraq, and more recently Iran. As we can gather from the news and press releases, Russia in particular and also China are taking sides with the Islamic world and are trying to take on the role of mediator in order to gain control. At this time we will not go into further details of Bible prophecy, which speaks of the nations of the North and East – in relation to Israel –, but the current activities are perfectly falling into place with the end-time events.
The radical Islamic President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has publicly expressed his hatred towards Israel several times. He has even gone so far as to deny the holocaust with the remark: If the Jews would have been gassed, then they would not be here now.
At the memorial site Yad Vashem in Jerusalem the individual death camps and all the people who were murdered and burnt there are listed by name and in total numbers. The SS-myrmidons themselves were, of course, keeping a detailed account of their atrocities in every camp. This is not fiction; the information in the recovered documents proves without a doubt that about a third of the European Jews were killed in the “Third Reich” in the cruellest ways. Why the negation of the holocaust should now serve as the reason to deny Israel its right to existence does not make sense to anyone who is of sound mind. It is just further proof that the enemies of Israel will resort to any means necessary to fuel even more hatred.
God Himself gave the promise to Israel in Amos 9:14-15, which has indeed been fulfilled before our eyes, “… And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” For those who have scattered His people and divided His land He announces the following judgement: “…and I will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Amos 3:2). How this judgement shall come to pass when all the surrounding nations gather against Israel is described several times in God’s Word (Ezek. 38; Joel 4:9-17; Zech. 14:12-21; Rev. 19:11-21).
Revelation 9:13-19 speaks of the four judgement angels that are bound at the river Euphrates and are waiting for the hour, day, month and year to slay the third part of mankind. The stage for this is now being prepared and, without creating a doomsday atmosphere, we may very clearly declare, “Lift up your heads, for your redemption is drawing near!” The Return of Jesus Christ truly is close at hand. What God said to Abraham remains forever true and all the religions and cultures should take it to heart, “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Gen.12:3). Also unchanged is what He said in view of Israel, His people, “…for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye!” (Zech.2:8).