Christianity and Islamic Worldview Winter 2016 – Summit Bible College

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Osama Bin Laden

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Osama Bin Laden Jihad

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Osama Bin Laden Jihad Taliban

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Saudi Arabia

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Saudi Arabia IRAN

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? Saudi Arabia IRAN Mosque

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? The Koran

Questions What comes into your mind when you hear these words? The Koran Allah

Questions What similarities or differences do you understand to exist between Islam and Christianity?

Questions What do you think Islamic radicals “despise” the West so much?

Questions What do you think should be the role between religion and politics? Between faith beliefs and governing a country?

Questions “Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless. Islam says, ‘Kill all the unbelievers’ just as they would kill you. Islam says, ‘Kill them, put them to the sword, and scatter their armies.’ Islam says, ‘Kill in the service of Allah.’ Whatever good there exists is thanks to the sword, and the shadow of the sword. People cannot be made obedient except by the sword. The sword is the key of Paradise, which can only be opened for Holy Warriors.”

Questions Engage these quotes:

Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity? Muslims believe: Gnostic Christians believe: Adam and EveAdam and Eve People are good Some believe thisAbraham is FatherMoses gave law

Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity? Muslims believe: Gnostic Christians believe: OT is book of scriptureOT is scriptureOne GodJewish Messiah Virgin Birth

Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity? Muslims believe: Gnostic Christians believe: Jesus as Messiah Jesus as Messiah Jesus’ miraclesJesus’miraclesJesus not eternalJesus taken before cross

Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity? Muslims believe: Gnostic Christians believe: Jesus as prophet Jesus as ProphetJesus’ ascensionJesus’ returnJesus as judge

So what are the key differences Muslims believe: Gnostic Christians believe:

So what are the key differences 1. There is no inherent sinful nature within the human being – thus no need for salvation.

So what are the key differences 1.There is no inherent sinful nature within the human being – thus no need for salvation. 2.Jesus was not God.

So what are the key differences 1.There is no inherent sinful nature within the human being – thus no need for salvation. 2.Jesus was not God. 3.The bible is not the most trustworthy Word of God – It has been corrupted.

So what are the key differences? 1.There is no inherent sinful nature within the human being – thus no need for salvation. 2.Jesus was not God. God cannot be human. 3.The bible is not the most trustworthy Word of God – It has been corrupted. 4.God is transcendent, not close.

Highlights from Chapter 1 What happened on September 11 th, 2001? September 11 th is often described a the 21 st century shot heard around the world. It has re- defined the relationship between Western Civilization and the Islamic world. September 11 th, however, is the culmination of an Islamic awakening that began in the 20 th century.

Highlights from Chapter 1 What is the goal of Islam? Goal of Islam – Set up a global “ummah,” or global worldwide Islamic community. In short, there exists the Dar-al-Kufr, the world of Infidels, and the Khalifah, the Islamic State. Khalifah implies one unified Islamic state, not affected by national boundaries, and ruled by a single leader called a Caliph.

Timeline to understand 9/ A.D. – Islam founded by Muhammad. 621 – 1450 – Golden Age of Islam. Huge military conquests. Scientific leadership. Cultural superiorities in education, mathematics, literacy, medical care, libraries, birth rates, internal peace, art, architecture, and trade

Timeline to understand 9/ – Islamic Dark Ages. Largely influenced by Turkish Ottoman Empire and its political power over all matters; including religion. Cultural decline, economic decline, scientific stagnation, and colonial oppression from the West.

Timeline to understand 9/ ’s – Islamic Renaissance – a religious renaissance seeking to recreate the vision and advancement of the worldwide “ummah.” 1925 – Muslim Brotherhood is developed in Egypt and is patterned after the fascist movements taking place in Europe at the time. The combination of weak economies, oppressive colonial governments, and emotional frustration drove many in the Islamic world to turn to a revival of their faith to cope with these circumstances.

Timeline to understand 9/ ’s – Wahhabism – Emerging from the disunity of both the political and Islamic sphere of the Arabian tribes, the Al- Saud family united the Arabian clans under Wahhabism, which is a conservative, orthodox, puritanistic sect of Islam, which revived the idea of military jihad and the active goal of Islam creating a worldwide ummah. While not necessarily demanding a caliphate or Islamic state, in terms of political entities, Wahhabism, and Saudi Arabian promoters, have been the largest donors to spreading conservative Islam over the last 80 years.

Timeline to understand 9/ ’s and 1950’s – Muslim Brotherhood grows under leadership of Sayyid Qutb and becomes officially and fiercely anti-Western, after the fall of Western fascism coming out of World War II.

Timeline to understand 9/ – The “twenty-five unbelievable years.“ 99.5 percent of the non-Western world is under Western domination at the conclusion of World War II. By 1970, 99.5% of the non-Western world is now independent and wounded by Western colonial exploitation. While economic imperialism is still maintained, indigenous governments replace cultural imperialism and further the Islamic religious renaissance revivals begun in the early 20 th century.

Timeline to understand 9/ – The rise of “two” kinds of global Muslim. (1) the “offensive-activist” Muslim who often come from traditional Islamic countries and seek to persuade the world to abandon their current beliefs and convert to Islam. (2) the “defensive-passive” Muslim may come from any number of countries form the entire world with the goal to preserve the Islamic culture from dilution within non-Muslim countries.

Timeline to understand 9/ – Distributed hundreds of thousands of tapes throughout Iran in the 1970’s. Advocated for overthrow of the US backed Shah of Iran, and the establishment of Iran as an Islamic Republic. Encouraged creation of Islamic Republics through internal revolution, war, or negotiation. The military defeat of Israel. The immigration conquest of Europe. The fall of the United States. Culminating in a new world order known as the worldwide Islamic ummah.

Timeline to understand 9/ – Osama bin Laden forms the World Islamic Front – calls for Jihad against Jews and “Crusaders,” or Christians. With the call to Jihad, Bin Laden issued a fatwa condoning the general Islamic duty to kill all U.S. citizens and their allies.

Timeline to understand 9/ – With the attack on the US mainland on September 11 th, the U.S. proclaims a “war on terror,” and once again re-asserts Western military and economic might against the West.

Timeline to understand 9/ – Islam, however, whether organized or not, is making great strides in achieving a worldwide “ummah.” Perhaps the greatest influence upon the West will not be a military strike, but a cultural strike.

How Islam is advancing… Western nations grow primarily through immigration and not through reproduction. In short, without immigration, population in Western countries would be in overall decline. The average Muslim family is three to four times the size of the average Western family. By 2055, more than 50% of all births will be Muslim babies.

How Islam is advancing… Western nations are currently engaged in an internal cultural civil war. The clash is often called the battle between the West and the post-West, but is more accurately described as a battle between secularism and monotheism.

How Islam is advancing… Placed together, Islam may overcome the West simply through patience. With secularism promoting the “good life” and ever growing prosperity, as well as state funded abortions and the lack of cultural support for large families, the actual number of Western people are in a state of decline and will soon be overtaken by the middle of this century.

How Islam is advancing… Placed together, Islam may overcome the West simply through patience. With secularism promoting the “good life” and ever growing prosperity, as well as state funded abortions and the lack of cultural support for large families, the actual number of Western people are in a state of decline and will soon be overtaken by the middle of this century.