For the purpose of currying favor, the “infidels” from politics and churches have taken a stand. The churches are simply masking out the massacres against Christians in Muslim countries during Ramadan. It is preferrable to create an Islam that is comfortable for oneself — freely adapted from Pippi Longstocking.

Idea writes:

CHURCHES AND RAMADAN

This year, the Muslim Ramadan fasting month goes from August 11th to September 9th. Because Ramadan occurs at different times of the year in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar, the duty of fasting during the day presents a seasonally changing concern. During this time it is not permitted to eat or drink during the day, the Muslim is also among other things to restrain from sexual activity and smoking. After sundown everything is once again permitted that was forbidden during the day. Muslim fasting, therefore, distinguishes itself fundamentally from Jewish and Christian fasting which is set up to turn toward God in a special way. In this, fasting is often a sign of repentance for wrongs committed. The Bible often mentions of such fasting.

Similar to the Muslim “prayer” (=recitation of certain Suras), Ramadan is a commendable action that is supposed to effectuate the way into Allah’s paradise. The prophet, “peace be unto him,” said, “if one fulfills his obligation in Ramadan, this is equivalent to 70 months of other fulfilled obligations. … It is a month whose beginning is mercy, whose middle is forgiveness, and whose end is liberation from Hell fire” (A. Khoury, Islam Lexicon, Freiburg 1991).

Of course, the lunar cycles bring to mind the lunar god Allah, who besides 360 other gods was worshipped in Mecca before Muhammad lifted him up to be the only deity. His symbol, by the way, is the crescent, which to this day decorates every mosque and can be seen on the flags of many Islamic countries (Ramon Bennett, Philistine — or the Grand Deception, Lüdenscheid 1996 [German]). The night of the 27th Ramadan is considered especially sacred, the “Night of Calling” in which the first revelation of the Quran, along with accompanying phenomena, was given to Muhammad. With this commenced the reign of the Quran over many people who gave up their freedom and subjected (= ‘islam’)themselves to the misanthropic doctrines of Allah.

Like hardly at any other time of the year, Muslims have the feeling in Ramadan of a great fellowship that also demonstrates a presumed superiority over the “infidels,” by which they attack Jews and Christians in a special way during this month. It is not seldom that in Islamic countries churches still available then go up in flames, or it leads to massacres against Christians.

But in spite of that, many church leaders and politicians regard Islam as enrichment — whether out of ignorance or from the belief that all religions, after all, are still the same. Thus, not only does the Federal President but also the church leaders consistently convey their “cordial wishes for success and blessing” at the time of Ramadan. The Wetzlar Christian weekly magazine “idea-Spektrum” reported about two examples in its newest edition (Number 33) on August 18, 2010:

Islam is an Enrichment

Church president Jung greets Islamic associations at the month of fasting, “The Hesse-Nassau church president Volker Jung (Darmstadt) has advocated that ‘the presence of Muslim religious fellowships not be recognized as competition, but rather as enrichment.’ The occasion is the Islamic Ramadan month of fasting that began on August 11th. Jung conveyed ‘cordial wishes of success and blessing’ to the top representatives of three Islamic associations. For the Muslims, he wishes Ramadan to be ‘an important time of reflection for body and spirit’ and ‘a festival of peace.’ The dialog with the Muslim associations has grown in on all levels of Church (!) life. With this common interests for the formation of society have come to light: ‘We are bonded together by the wish for a confession-linked religious upbringing of our children, according to educational fairness in schools, equality for chance in the workplace and according to social fairness. We intend to engage ourselves to the end that poverty, racism and fundamentalism have no chances in our soceity.’ The great festivals of faith (!) are support for this. …”

Muslim-Evangelical Banquet in Delmenhorst

In Delmenhorst, the regional bishop Jan Janssen has taken the effort to show unity and a good togetherness between Christians and Muslims during Ramadan.

“The Oldenburg regional bishop Jan Janssen has expressed his support of genuine, neighborly relations between Muslims and Christians.” He acknowledged the good togetherness at the fist Muslim-Evangelical (!) banquet at the beginning of the Islamic month of fasting Ramadan in Delmenhorst…. The Delmenhorst Mevlana Mosque Fellowship and the Church Fellowship ‘for The Twelve Apostles’ sent out an invitation to the Iftar meal on the evening of August 11th.” In a greeting before more than 200 religious and political guests, Janssen stressed the importance of dialog without prejudices.

The Mevlana mosque and the church fellowship have cultivated exchange and encounter for years. The Muslim meal for breaking the fast has taken place in the Evangelical house of fellowship many times!

For Christians, love of neighbor — and also toward the “infidel” — is a binding duty by the Bible. In the Quran, however more than 200 Sura passages call for the battling against non-Muslims “until all of them believe in Allah” (Sura 8:40. “Fight against every one of them to whom the Scripture was given (the Jews and Christians) who don’t believe in Allah. (…) Allah slew them to death! How are they without understanding!” (Sura 9:29f). The Taliban (= ‘pupils’ of the Quran) also are of the same viewpoint as the “holy” Quran, in which the death penalty can neither be criticized or altered, and a short while ago killed ten medical helpers in Afghanistan, no murders. They did what the Quran expressly teaches.

So the question remains: How do the above-mentioned courageous ecclesiastical friends of dialog deal with this reality?

Not at all. Islam is treated as a request program that masks out real existence. Nothing negative is allowed to be brought in connection with it, not even the Quran. The latter will not be quoted one single time. Otherwise that would then be “right-wing populist.”

(Hat tip: Herbert N. / Translation: Anders Denken)

For the purpose of currying favor, the \"infidels\" from politics and churches have taken a stand. The churches are simply masking out the massacres against Christians in Muslim countries during Ramadan. It is preferrable to create an Islam that is comfortable for oneself -- freely adapted from Pippi Longstocking. Idea writes: CHURCHES AND RAMADAN This year, the ...

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