Crosstalk: October 14, 2016

The Obama administration and Hillary Clinton continue to promote Islam as a peaceful religion.  It's being absorbed by our children as it's taught in the public education system.  It's also advanced in public libraries across America through events called, 'Meet Your Muslim Neighbors'.

Joining Jim to discuss this phenomenon was Usama Dakdok.  Usama is a native of Egypt, an expert on Islam, director of the Straightway of Grace ministry and speaker on 'Revealing the Truth about Islam'.  Usama has translated the Qur'an word for word into English to make readers fully aware of the agenda of Islam.

Before getting to the main topic, Jim had Usama comment on two other issues.  The first one dealt with a recent resolution put forth by the Palestinians and passed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (U.N.E.S.C.O.).  The resolution claims that the Jews have no connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.  The United States voted against the resolution.

The other issue they discussed dealt with a story in which a 28 year old Jordanian Muslim, who was studying to become a pilot, died after crashing a small airplane in Connecticut yesterday.  The instructor/pilot who survived said the crash was intentional.  Another pilot on the flight said the crash was not an accident.  The governor has said not to jump to conclusions.

Concerning the main topic, Usama described in great detail his attendance at a recent 'Meet Your Muslim Neighbors' gathering in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.  After listening to the presentation for nearly an hour, the question and answer session began.  They let Usama go first with the microphone.  After an exchange with a speaker and a Church of Christ pastor regarding the fact that Allah is not God and the fact that Islam considers Christians to be infidels, Usama sat down.  The police chief, however, had other plans.  He wanted to escort Usama from the meeting.  Usama respectfully declined to leave, telling the chief that he can't take him out.

As Jim noted from an editorial written regarding the meeting, it was designed to...'show the similarities of Muslims and Christians and how peaceful, friendly relationships can be forged between the two groups'.  Usama explained why, from the Islamic perspective, this is simply not possible due to the clear writings of the Qur'an and the Hadith.