The Islamic Antichrist (2 page)

CONTENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER 1:
Why This Book? Waking Up to the Islamic Revival

CHAPTER 2:
The Sacred Texts of Islam

CHAPTER 3:
Islamic Eschatology

CHAPTER 4:
The Mahdi: Islam’s Awaited Messiah

CHAPTER 5:
Comparing the Biblical Antichrist and the Mahdi

CHAPTER 6:
The Muslim Jesus

CHAPTER 7:
Comparing the False Prophet and the Muslim Jesus

CHAPTER 8:
The Dajjal: Islam’s Antichrist

CHAPTER 9:
Comparing the Biblical Jesus and the Dajjal

CHAPTER 10:
The Revived Islamic Empire of the Antichrist

CHAPTER 11:
The Dark Nature of Muhammad’s Revelations

CHAPTER 12:
The Antichrist Spirit of Islam

CHAPTER 13:
Islam’s Ancient Hatred for the Jews

CHAPTER 14:
End-Time Martyrdom

CHAPTER 15:
Islam and the Goal of World Domination

CHAPTER 16:
Understanding Dishonesty and Deceit in Islam

CHAPTER 17:
The Great Apostasy, Terror, and Islam’s Conversion Rates

CHAPTER 18:
A Summary of Comparisons Between the Islamic and Biblical Narratives of the End Times

CHAPTER 19:
Potential Problems with the Thesis

CHAPTER 20:
Further Thoughts

CHAPTER 21:
How Should We Respond?

CHAPTER 22:
Responding with Outreach

CHAPTER 23:
Preparing for Martyrdom

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I most especially want to thank my beautiful and beloved wife. I simply could not have done this without you—you already know that—but I wanted everyone else to know as well. You are an amazing woman. I love you
.

I want to thank my good friend Adam for his courageous Luther-like refusal to accept the status quo. You’ve emboldened and inspired me to dig where few others tread. I want to thank Wes and Jane for their encouragement and help. You two are an awesome couple. Thank you to Robert Livingston for your friendship and encouragement during this whole process. To that conservative professor from Chicago—the first one to give me the time of day on this whole project—you’re a true forerunner in your field and most generous as well. Thanks for your time and your honest input. A dual-pronged thank you/sorry goes out to J. Hall for being the first to read and comment on the early and exceedingly chaotic version. My deepest and most heartfelt thanks go to those of you who have given your endorsements to this book. The number and the qualifications of those of you who have done so have humbled me. Also, thanks go out to my business partner Bob for being a godly friend and daily companion and for listening to me endlessly ramble on about such dark topics. And to everyone else who has supported me and affirmed me, may it all be returned back unto you tenfold
.

INTRODUCTION

In writing this book
, I have found myself in a difficult position for more than one reason. On one hand, I would like to share with you, the reader, a little bit about myself—my experience with Christian/Muslim interfaith dialogue and the story of how I came to write this book. On the other hand, I have, with good reason, determined not only to use a pen name but also to share as little personal information as possible.

On any given day, I receive one or perhaps several e-mails from Muslim friends from all over the world. Most of these e-mails are very nice and include personal information as well as portions of ongoing theological discussions that we are usually having. This is a delight for me and I truly enjoy and value these friendships. Unfortunately, not all of the e-mails that I receive are pleasant or friendly. While the following e-mail was not the only death threat that I have received, it was this one in particular that caused me to begin practicing quite a bit more discretion in my interactions with Muslims in the context of interfaith dialogue. (The portions in brackets I have added for clarity):

…
Allahu Akhbar
!! [Allah is the greatest!]
Yaaaa Allah
!! [Oh, Allah!] I will chop off your head! May Allah damn you and your whole family. May you and your whole family all rot in hell forever. I want you to know that all Muslims call upon Allah to damn you and put you in hell. I will personally kill you. I will personally kill your family. You will die a very slow and painful death
inshallah
[by the will of Allah].
Ameen
,
Ameen
,
Ameen
[Amen, Amen…].
Allahu Akhbar
!!
Allahu Akhbar
!!
Yaaaa Allah
!

It was not only the nature and the intensity of this threat that caused me to take it seriously, but also the perfect punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure. There were no indicators that this threat came from outside of the country.

Now, I have to admit I have no idea what specifically motivated this particular threat. I am not sure what I said or did that incurred such a strong reaction. Of course, when speaking with Muslims, my normal practice is to speak straightforwardly about everyone’s need for a savior, as most of my Muslim friends likewise speak very straightforwardly about our lack of a need for a savior. Seems reasonable to me. But apparently for this great sin I received this threat to my life and to the life of my family. While threats of this sort are certainly not uncommon in many parts of the world, it still amazes me that merely sharing my beliefs could incur such a strong reaction. In any case, for obvious reasons and for the safety of myself and my family, I have chosen to remain anonymous with regard to this book. I trust that you understand.

Nevertheless, in order to establish a measure of credibility with the readership, I will simply say that the information in this book comes from a person who is not only well versed in the Islamic source materials and the sacred literature that is quoted throughout this book, but who also, as noted previously, has extensive experience in interfaith religious dialogue with Muslims. The information you will read has been researched exhaustively. To convey an accurate and complete picture of Islamic doctrine and belief, I have utilized not only nearly every book available in English on the subject of Islamic eschatology, but also articles beyond number and interviews with hundreds of Muslims on their specific beliefs about the last days. My purpose here was not merely to present a book that would educate Christians, I also wanted to write a book that Muslims—even if they disagree with my conclusions—would appreciate for both its honesty and its use of quality references. While I’m quite sure that due to the nature of this book, very
little will go unchallenged by Muslim apologists, I have written this work knowing that readers who look up the sources can see for themselves that what I have written is an accurate representation and overview of Islamic teaching and belief. I have also striven to be as unsensational as the subject matter allows. I have personally read many overly sensational works on the subject of prophecy and I do not personally value this approach.

The other reason that I had a hard time writing this book is that it is, to some degree, a polemical work. While I am not above writing a book of this nature, if at all possible I would far rather avoid it altogether. While I do believe that polemics have a completely valid place within the landscape of Christian/Muslim interfaith dialogue, I am also aware that love will win far more souls into God’s Kingdom than a hundred intellectual reasons. Samuel M. Zwemer, Christian missionary to the Muslims of a century ago, put it well: “After forty years’ experience—sometimes heartbreaking experience, of sowing on rocks and of watching the birds pick away the seed to the last grain—I am convinced that the nearest way to the Muslim heart is the way of God’s love, the way of the Cross.”
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I fully agree. I would far rather be involved in the type of relationship with Muslims that consists of mutually beneficial dialogue and genuine friendships than engage in polemics, which are by their very nature negative. Indeed, this book contains information about Islam that is negative, much of it outright disturbing. Nevertheless, I felt a very strong mandate from the Lord that this book needed to be written and this information made known. The primary purpose of this book is to warn—both those within and those outside of the church walls.

I also want to stress very strongly that my purpose is by no means to “bash” Muslims in any way. While the premise and the points of this book are indeed a strong charge against the religion of Islam, this should not be interpreted in any way as an attack
against Muslim individuals. Like any other religion, Islam is not monolithic and not all Muslims believe or agree with every article of faith attributed to them in this book. This point cannot be stressed enough. Many Muslims are wonderful, peaceful people. We must never categorize people according to the group to which they belong; rather, we need to get to know them personally, one individual at a time. As such, because of the frightening and rather disturbing information about Islam that this book contains, I strongly encourage you at the outset to spend some time in prayer and ask God to protect you from any negative feelings, fears, or prejudices that the human heart is so prone to, and instead to touch your heart with His heart for Muslims. Perhaps you will, as I did, fall in love with these whom God so eagerly desires to adorn with redemption, transformation, and His beautiful garments of salvation. And if you are a Muslim, I pray that through the ancient prophecies analyzed in these pages truth will become manifest and God will guide you to the straight path.

CHAPTER ONE