ISLAM
Response to President Bush's Comments on Islam


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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 700 CLUB TRANSCRIPT:

PAT ROBERTSON: "ˇ­We must distinguish between the origin of the religion and those who who adhere to it in the United States, who are indeed a peaceful people. To say the religion of Islam is peaceful, I do not think is accurate. To say that most of the adherents in America to the Islamic religion are peaceful, is absolutely correct. It is just a question of semantics, but I think it is vitally important in our war on terror that semantics be correct."

On Monday, Nov. 11 Pat Robertson's statement came after a segment focusing on a report from MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute). The headline reads that, based on Koranic Verses, Interpretations, and Traditions, and Muslim Clerics, The Jews Are The Descendants of Apes and Pigs.

"THEY ARE THOSE WHOM ALLAH HAS CAST ASIDE AND ON WHOM HIS WRATH HAS FALLEN AND OF WHOM HE HAS MADE SOME AS APES AND SWINEˇ­" (Surah 5, Verse 60)

Source: Middle Easta Media Research Institute

GORDEN ROBERTSON: "ˇ­A Washington Post story done a year ago on Feb. 25, 2002 this year said that outside of Washington, DC there was an Islamic school teaching their children that before the end of the world can come, all the Jews have to be exterminated by the Muslimsˇ­."

"(AN ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN THE US USES A) HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK, IN THE REPORTERS WORDS, "SAYS ONE SIGN OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WILL BE THAT MUSLIMS WILL FIGHT AND KILL JEWS, WHO WILL HIDE BEHIND TREES THAT SAY: "OH, MUSLIMS, OH SERVANT OF GOD, HERE IS A JEW HIDING BEHIND ME. COME HERE AND KILL HIM.

Source: The Washington Post Feb. 25, 2002

It is taken from Volume 4, Book 52, Number 176 & 177 of the Sahih Bukhari edition of the Hadith. The title of this chapter is, "Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)"

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 176:
Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.' "

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 177:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."


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