The tragic shooting of Christian Aid charity worker Gayle Williams in Kabul is but the latest grisly specimen of Islam, the so-called religion of mercy and peace. The brave Taliban warriors of Muhammad - inspired by Allah and directed by the Qur'an - showed their devotion to their religion in no uncertain terms. Had the headlines been 'Muslim aid worker shot dead by Christians in Kilburn', the 'compassion' of the outraged prophets of political correctness would have resonated around the world in harmony with Muslim denunciation: "What an affront to the peace-loving Muslim community!" But, of course, had such an atrocity occurred, no true Christian would have dissented from such condemnation, since the New Testament utterly forbids persecution (despite the failed deeds of medieval Crusaders and others). That said, in the starkest possible contrast, the Kabul killing has the backing of the Qur'an. Violence against Jews and Christians is plainly taught there. Gayle's killers were true to form whatever so-called 'moderate' Muslims might say.

For those who wish to suppress such unpalatable facts, it remains true that for every 'nice' surah in the Qur'an there are a hundred 'nasty' ones. This is the reality behind Gayle Williams' martyrdom. Yet, on Monday's 'News at Ten', while the BBC had sufficient honesty to say that Gayle was murdered 'for being a Christian', the announcer failed to identify her kíllers as 'Muslims'. However, when the item about the Sony computer game was reported, all changed. We learned that a Qur'an-based lyric is to be removed from the game's background music for fear of 'offending Islamic sensitivities'. Since it was (falsely) claimed that the 'Qur'an is the word of God', an imam was heard to express Muslim objections to the new game. Had he been asked about the Kabul murder, he could not have denied that such violence has the blessing of his so-called noble book! What wicked injustice to respect Muslim sensitivities about a game yet fail to take Islam to task over a Qur'an-inspired Taliban atrocity!

Yet the situation will never change until the truth about Islam is widely exposed for what it really is. Neither should it be forgotten that the Hadith (traditions of the prophet) are even more vicious than the Qur'an. The example below serves to highlight the appalling position of women in Islam. It should be carefully considered, especially by those who refuse to question the true character of the Islamic religion, with which the world could well do without! In short, we need, not the dark prophet, but One who is alone the 'Light of the world', Jesus Christ. Until we embrace Him, the darkness can only deepen. May God have mercy upon us.

Dr Alan C. Clifford (Norwich Reformed Church, 21 October 2008)

A woman came to Muhammad and said, "I have committed adultery, so purify me." Muhammad told her, "Go away until you give birth to the child." After she gave birth, she returned with the child and said, "Here is the child I have given birth to." Muhammad answered, "Go away and nurse him until you wean him." When she had weaned him, she came to Muhammad with the child, who was holding a piece of bread in his hand. The woman said, "Allah's Apostle, here is he as I have weaned him and he eats food." Muhammad gave the child to one of the Muslims and then pronounced punishment. The woman was buried in a ditch up to her chest, and the people stoned her.

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

Mark Gabriel was born and raised in Egypt in a fundamentalist Islamic family. By the age of twelve he had memorized the entire Qur'an. After graduating second in a class of 6,000 at Al-Azhar University in Cairo he became a professor of Islamic history at that university. He also served as the Imam of a mosque in Giza, where the pyramids are located.

Despite having become a highly-prestigious figure in the Islamic world, Mark one day dared to question the authenticity of the Qur'an. That evening he was kidnapped by the Egyptian secret police and thrown into prison where he was tortured unmercifully for days. Miraculously, just as he was about to be executed, Mark was delivered from the prison by a relative with political connections.

During the next year while unemployed and living with his parents, Mark met a Christian pharmacist who gave him a Bible. That Bible led him to Christ, and when he read the Sermon on the Mount, he decided to accept Jesus as his Lord and Saviour. When his father discovered he had become a Christian, he tried to kill him. Mark fled to South Africa where assassins were sent to kill him. He finally fled to the United States where he was granted religious asylum.

Today Mark is a Christian evangelist. He is also spreading the truth about Islam. As Mark puts it, "The history of Islam is a river of blood."

Distributed free by

Dr Alan C. Clifford

Norwich Reformed Church (www.nrchurch.co.nr)

By permission from Lamb & Lion Ministries,

PO Box 919, TX 75070 USA (www.lamblion.com)

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NOTE: Clifford also forwarded the below email with a small but telling quote by him: