All Faiths Under Attack

Quran of Islam Proves God Exists
Disbelievers Respond by Attacks

No Longer Alone - Faithful Muslims, Jews & Christians Suffer Persecution Together

It's NOT about Jews against Islam - and it is NOT Christians against Muslims - (nor should it be "Us against Them")
The real problem today is a growing segment of the population who are not of the "faithful" at all. Atheists and irreligious organizations seem to be popping up all over the place and they are ready to take serious action against anything they consider to be against what they "preach".

Recent discoveries when compared to ancient scriptures confirm rather than disprove assertions about God and His creation. Check it out on www.ScienceIslam.com and see why these faithless, godless and misguided folks are all upset. You can even watch the videos of scientists confirming miracles of the Quran - and one even making shahadah (declaring publicly his belief in Allah and Islam).

The fact is - WE DID NOT COME FROM MONKEYS - and - There Really Is Going to be A DAY OF JUDGMENT

While serious scientists are reevaluating their conclusions and going back to the drawing board and returning to their laboratories, scratching their heads in bewiderment from recent findings in science that strongly indicate the "Origin of Creation" to be more than just religious hype - those who are unable to offer any serious proofs against religious scriptures, such as Quran's proof for existence of God, Creation, and signs of Last Days - the move seems to be now to just ignore the facts and attack the faiths.

Anyone visiting a mosque, church or synagogue in America should say a really big Al Hamdulillah - "Thanks to Allah" (or God; or G-d) for our founding fathers having the insight and guidance from the Almighty to set aside their own individual preferences and differences of religion and provide for us, our right to worship as we see fit in this country.

We Americans have more to be grateful for than we realize and our freedom to of worship is among the top blessings we enjoy every day.

I was inspired to talk about this after reading an article in USA TODAY (one of my favorite news reads while traveling around our country - it is free in all the hotels - LOL).
Take a look at the article (below or on their website):

A new report by Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life revealed a disturbing pattern: Nearly a third of the globe's population — 2.2 billion people — live in countries where religious persecutionincreased between 2006 and 2009.

Observers have often assumed that over time, the world would progress toward what political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously called "the end of history," when Western liberal democracy would triumph over all ideological competitors. But instead, we are seeing a marked erosion of what America's Founding Fathers considered the "first freedom": the liberty of religious conscience. Even in America, there are signs that our historic commitment to this freedom is wavering.

The countries with the largest populations in the world, India and China, are among the worst offenders in social harassment or government restrictions on religion. No surprise, there. In China, the government commonly imprisons dissidents, ranging from those of the Falun Gong spiritual movement to pastors of Christian house churches. Even now, Beijing authorities are seeking to shut down evangelical Shouwang Church, which has dared to hold outdoor assemblies.
(what happened to Right to Assembly?)

Christians being targeted

In the Middle East, the "Arab Spring" has not been auspicious for religious liberty. The uprisings against repressive governments have precipitated a delicate new era for the region's Christian minorities right alongside the Muslims.
According to the Pew report, Egypt was already the world's largest country with rising levels of government restrictions on religion before the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; since then, the situation has grown even worse.

When the revolution began in Egypt, Alexandria's Christians stood side by side with Muslims in the famous Liberty Square, calling for dictator Mubarak and his gang to step down and let the people have their country back. The solidarity seemed to forecast a new hope for the faithful there to begin new horizons for everyone - in building a new and better government for Egyptians.

But this did not last long. Just in the past six months, appalling religious violence has convulsed Egypt, between certain Muslim groups and the Christian Coptics. One of the most compelling of stories of a Coptic Christian woman converting to Islam and then being kidnapped and held against her will, caused serious rioting 3 months ago, leaving more than a dozen people dead, over 200 injured and churches coming under attack.

This incident and others caused Middle East journalist Yasmine El Rashidi to issue his own warning against what he calls "Islamist Takeover" in Egypt. Strange - Egypt is already 88% Muslims and all of them suffering for decades under Mubarak's dictatorship which was very much against any type of religious gathering or assembly. 
In the Pew report, Muslim-dominated countries tended to have both high government restrictions and social pressures against any religious freedom, whether Islam, Christian or Jewish.

And what about in the USA? You won't see the kind of religious persecution here as in other parts of the world, but religious freedom is taking its hits. This is not a problem rooted exclusively in the political left or right, either.

As we have come to know first hand, we Muslims in America have faced persistent harassment since 9/11. Opponents even try to force legal measures to stop the construction of Muslim places for worship from the controversial (and, I would argue, unnecessarily provocative) Islamic Center at "Ground Zero" in Manhattan, NY to a local neighborhood mosque down in Murfreesboro, TN.

Imagine some "faithless" civic personalities amongst the Republican Party, like Herman Cain, calling for Muslims to be forced to give "loyalty oaths" before being allowed to serve in government.

Consider this, FBI indicate over 1,500 religious 'Hate Crimes" every year - with the largest group (believe it or not) being targeted are from the Jewish faith.

Christians are getting their share of attacks against religious freedom as well. Everything from the silly (and unsuccessful) "Freedom From Religion Foundation" attempt to bring a lawsuit to ban Rick Perry (Governor of Texas) from holding "The Response" prayer rally down in Houston - to some very real law suits and proposed legislation against religious freedom in America.

Freedom and the courts

Earlier this month, for instance, a federal appeals court approved San Diego State University's policy of denying Christian sorority and fraternity official campus benefits simply because the groups restricted membership to Christians (even though they are clearly Christians in their faith).

And in October, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in what could likely become a most significant case dealing with religious liberty in many years. Watch for the Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, set up to decide whether a religious school can fight a teacher who teaches against the faith they are employed by.

The real danger here is the obvious intervention of government into the religious beliefs and practices that our constitution was so clear to avoid. The first ten amendments to the constitution (called the Bill of Rights), begin with profound reference to the rights to assemble, be free from harrassment and especaily keep government out of religion.

Should the court rule against Hosanna-Tabor, it could indicate that American courts will intrude more and more upon the internal affairs of religious organizations, dictating that the right to free exercise must bow before judges' and bureaucrats' current conceptions of legal equity. Placing religious groups under special legal disadvantages, and forbidding them from operating according to their own beliefs, is certainly not what the Founders had in mind when they banned an "establishment of religion" in the First Amendment.

Let's hope that, instead, America will renew its commitment to the genius of the First Amendment's religion clauses. The government should never promote the interests of any one faith — including secularism — but should protect the free exercise of religion for all.

In light of the Pew report, the world needs our example more than ever.

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