"At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab, and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand. He will extend his power over many countries; Egypt will not escape. He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt with the Libyans and Nubians in submission." (Daniel 11:40-43)

Here we see that Daniel predicted the current conflict in the Middle East. The "Beautiful Land" is the literal land of Palestine. Of course the King of the South represents the modern Muslim powers continuing what began during the Crusades. The King of the North, the Papacy, does not do the actual fighting. As he sent the Christian kings to do his fighting during the Crusades, he now has his modern Christian "kings" to do his bidding again. Let us look at modern history to better understand this text.

If we look at recent history, we can see that the Northern Alliance (The King of the North)  is slowly, but surely, taking control of Palestine and the rest of the Muslim countries in the region either by military force (Afganistan and Iraq) or by economic coercion. By buying the oil of countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, by providing economic assistance to countries like Egypt and Yemen, by establishing economic sanctions against countries such as Libya and Iran, the US, with varying support from its western allies, is breaking the will of the Muslim countries that will not make peace with Israel. Peace in the region ultimately means coming to terms with the "god of fortresses." There was a time when the USSR provided a balance of power by helping Arab leaders such as Gamal Nasser of Egypt. But those days are gone.

Therefore, we are seeing a clear, historic fulfillment of the prophecy of Daniel, chapter 11.

God uses literal, local, earthly events to point us to spiritual, universal truths.

So how did this conflict in the Middle East begin? It began with the Papacy, in 1095 AD, calling for Holy Crusade (a “Jihad”) against the Muslims to take the Holy Land. According to the New Testament, the Holy Land is not on earth, it is in Heaven (Hebrews 11:14-16). The Papacy has never apologized for or changed its intentions to take control of the land of Israel. The US and Britain are being used to accomplish this purpose. Israel (Judah) will never have peace until the Papacy ultimately reigns in Jerusalem, and then only a "short time."

Strict separation of church and state is more important today than it ever has been. Our government should be neutral in this religious controversy, especially in light of the history of that region. Unfortunately no one in American politics has the courage to go against the Jewish and so-called Christian influence. Our country is being lead like the “tail wagging the dog.” So who is the real Superpower? I have good Jewish friends and have nothing against the Jewish people, after all they are part of God's people too.  But they should not expect preferences from our government due to their race, heritage or religion.

That's MINNESOTA as in MINARET    [Andy McCarthy]

From the state that brought you the flying imams, our first Muslim congressman, Muslim cabdrivers who refuse to ferry alcohol-bearing passengers, and Muslim students who coerced a disabled student to leave school by threatening to kill his medical-aide dog (because their religion declares dogs unclean), now comes [drum-roll ...] Muslim mortgages!

John Hinderaker has the details at Powerline.  The most interesting detail is that they are being structured by the state government.  This is another gambit from the burgeoning field known as "shariah compliant finance."  Shariah, the Muslim legal code, does not countenance interest.  So the game is to structure transactions that would not occur absent interest payments without calling those payments "interest."  Here, the state buys a home and sells it to Muslim buyer at an increased up front price that factors in what the payments (plus interest) would have been on, say, a 30-year mortgage.  The payments are stretched out over the usual period but, presto!, you have something you can pretend is all payments and no interest.

It's far from the most dicey financial transaction anyone's ever heard of — after all, no one's getting hurt and its arm's length ... at least ostensibly.  But on that point, what makes the state government think it has to, or should, use taxpayer funds to structure financial transactions that accord with a religious code?  (Perhaps — and far be it from me to be a nag here — the ACLU might take a few moments away from worrying about poor Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the 9/11 terrorists to consider whether state-sponsored shariah is up there with creches at courthouses on the list of outrages against the Constitution to be avoided.)

And, given that shariah is anti-democracy, anti-equality, anti-freedom of conscience, and understood by a sizable number of Muslims to command jihadist attacks on the United States, is it really something we ought to be incorporating into American law?

According to our Prez, we are not at war with Islam and our country isn't Christian.

Nashville hotel boots anti-jihad conference

A Nashville, Tenn., hotel has summarily cancelled a meeting scheduled in its facilities by the New English Review, which is holding a conference this weekend called "Understanding the Jihad in Israel, Europe and America" and featuring a video presentation

WND had reported only about 10 weeks ago when Wilders, whose film "Fitna" warns that Islam is threatening Western civilization, was banned from entering the United Kingdom.

Wilders had been invited to Britain in February for a special private screening of "Fitna" for Parliament in what already has been a controversial event because of challenges to his right to show the film.

"Fitna" features Quranic verses shown alongside images of the 9/11 terror attacks, the 2004 attacks in Madrid and the 2005 attacks in London.

The film calls on Muslims to remove "hate-preaching" verses from the text of their holy book.

By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Fordson High School, Dearborn, Mich.

A high school hall-of-fame and Christian wrestling coach in Dearborn, Mich., claims he was muscled out of his long-tenured coaching job by the school's principal, a devout Muslim, because the administrator was furious over a student wrestler who had converted to Christianity from Islam.

Gerald Marsazalek has coached wrestling for 35 years at Dearborn Public Schools, amassing more than 450 wins and, in addition to being added to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, was named "Sportsman of the Year" by the All-American Athletic Association.

Despite Marsazalek's success, however, Principal Imad Fadlallah of Dearborn's Fordson High School ordered the administration not to renew the coach's contract, allegedly in retaliation over the student's conversion and to continue a campaign of flushing Christianity out of the school.

"We are getting a glimpse of what happens when Muslims who refuse to accept American values and principles gain political power in an American community," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, which is representing Marsazalek. "Failure to renew coach Marszalek's contract had nothing to do with wrestling and everything to do with religion."

Marsazalek is suing both the principal and the school in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan, seeking back pay, injunctive and declaratory relief, damages, and to be reinstated as coach of the wrestling team.

According to lawsuit documents, Principal Fadlallah's retribution against the Christian coaches serving Fordson High began in 2005, after Marsazalek's volunteer assistant coach, Trey Hancock, led a non-school sanctioned and independent summer wrestling camp. Hancock, who is also pastor of the Dearborn Assembly of God and parent to one of the wrestlers, reportedly shared his beliefs at the camp and baptized a Muslim Fordson student into the Christian faith.

That fall, Fadlallah fired Hancock and ordered the volunteer coach not to have further contact with the student wrestlers.

"Subsequently, in full view of students and faculty," the lawsuit states, "Fadlallah approached the young Fordson student who had chosen to be baptized a Christian at Hancock's summer wrestling camp, punched the student and advised the student he had 'disgraced his family' by converting to Christianity from Islam."

According to a statement from the Thomas More Law Center, Dearborn is one of the most densely populated Muslim communities in the United States. An estimated 30,000 of its 98,000 residents are Muslims, and roughly 80 percent of the student population of Fordson High School is Arabic, many of whom are also Muslims.

Fordson Principal Imad Fadlallah

Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges, Fadlallah then banned Hancock from entering the school, ordered Marszalek to "keep Hancock out of the building" and even banned the Hancock family from helping out at school concession stands, even though Hancock's son was an All-State wrestler on Fordson's team.

On or about Thanksgiving Day 2007, Hancock came to the school to register his son for an activity, an offense against Fadlallah's orders, the lawsuit claims, which led to a vocal confrontation between the principal and Marszalek, who was allegedly accused of failing to enforce Hancock's banishment.

When the 2007-2008 wrestling season concluded, the lawsuit states, Fadlallah instructed the school's athletic director to be rid of Marszalek too, by refusing to even process the Christian's yearly renewal application for the coaching position, saying, "Gone. I want him gone. No appeal."

Another assistant coach, who had made no application for the head coaching position, was chosen by the school to take Marszalek's place.

According to the lawsuit, however, Marszalek's treatment by Fadlallah isn't isolated, but part of an intentional eradication of Christianity from the school.

"Fadlallah, since assuming duties as Fordsons' principal in 2005, has systematically weeded out Christian teachers, coaches and employees and has terminated, demoted or reassigned them because of their Christian beliefs," the lawsuit continues. "Fadlallah has publicly stated 'he sees Dearborn Fordson High School as a Muslim school, both in students and faculty, and is working to that end.'"

David Mustonen, a spokesman for Dearborn Public Schools, told the Detroit Free Press earlier today that the district had not yet seen the lawsuit and would therefore have to review it before making any comment.

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