Since the 9-11 Muslim terrorists attacks against the United States, I have been seeking to warn Americans in general, and Christians in particular, of the enormous threat posed to our country by radical Islam. That has gotten me on the wrong side of the politically correct, even among other Christians.
 
 

Some Christian leaders have not understood this God-directed emphasis to my prophetic ministry. They have told me that my emphasis "puts Arabs in a bad light," "is too anti-Muslim" and "hinders evangelism to Muslims."

Their motives are pure in this and I don't criticize them. I do, however, question their awareness of the seriousness of the threat. They don't understand the almost impenetrable blindness caused by Islam over those born into it.

Since the main thrust of Bible prophecy for the last days is the rise of the antichrist's government, understanding the global political scene is essential to understanding God's unfolding Plan.

But apart from this, it is important to understand that radical Islam is an aggressive, intolerant false religion, rather than a political organization. But it is growing in influence in both arenas.

Noted the Jerusalem Post recently, The power of the extremist Wahhabi form of Islam in the United States was created with generous Saudi financing of American Muslim communities over the past few decades. Over 80 percent of the mosques in the United States have been radicalized by Saudi money and influence. ... The people now in control of teaching religion to American Muslims are extremists."

That report was authored by Yehudit Barsky, a leading expert on terrorism in America.

There are non-violent Muslims within the communities here in the United States. But they are frightened into silence or indoctrinated by the radical clerics who dominate the teaching and direction of most of the mosques.

Stephen Schwartz, author of "The Two Faces of Islam," was quoted by CBN News as saying:

We should not be alarmed by the growth of Islam in the United States, but by who controls it. I would say billions of dollars have been spent in the United States to advance Wahhabism ... The Wahhabi sect, backed by Saudi Arabia, controls 70 to 80 percent of the mosques in the United States.

That means they control the teaching, the preaching, the literature that's distributed, and they control the training of the imams. They control all the imams in the federal and state prisons, and they control the imams in the U.S. military. That is, they instruct, they indoctrinate and they certify the chaplains in the federal and state prison systems and in the military.

If you think that this is not dangerous to our country, remember this: "Just as the Communist Party recruited spies and traitors, the Wahhabi imams recruit terrorists – Jose Padilla was recruited in prison. Jose Padilla came back to the United States looking for the recipe for a dirty bomb. This is a reality," Schwartz said.

I believe that those called to a prophetic type ministry, as I am, are bound to warn against religious movements that preach intolerance and doctrines that deny every basic tenet of Christianity – not to mention the fact that they are determined to destroy this country.

So I will not compromise the clear calling that God has given me. I will preach at the "gates of hell" as long as they don't tell me what to say.

Secular analysts call this a clash of civilizations. In reality, it is a spiritual war, spilling out into the flesh-and-blood world as a war between Christians and Jews against the forces of Islam, the Prince of Persia.

A war, I believe, that will reach its climax sometime in the foreseeable future -- on the plains of Megiddo.

Hal Lindsey

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