MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

In all likelihood their targets would have been local Jews or Christians. When it comes to being the type of Muslim that the “prophet” of Islam wanted his followers to be and the barbaric practice of beheading, you cannot become the one without preparing for the other …

Qur’an Sura 8:12b, “… terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.”

Qur’an Sura 24:2, “Let not compassion move you from carrying out [Allah’s] law …”

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By Ean Higgins and Dan Box, The Australian – “PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says NSW Police have saved the nation from a third brush with terrorism.

‘This country has already had two brushes with terrorism,’ Mr Abbott told parliament today following the arrest this morning of two men during terror raids in Sydney.

‘There was the attack on police officers in Victoria in September, and then we had the terrorist incident in Martin Place in December. We could easily have had a third but for strong action by NSW Police and the joint counterterrorist team.’

Omar al-Kutobi, 24, and Mohammad Kiad, 25 are suspected of planning to carry out an attack yesterday, amid suspicions they were plotting a public beheading.

A machete, a hunting knife and a flag associated with Islamic State were among items seized in the raids on their Fairfield home, along with a video of a man talking about carrying out an attack.

Neither man appeared during a brief hearing in Fairfield court, in Sydney’s west this afternoon, where prosecutor Michael Allnutt said they are facing a ‘very, very serious allegation.’

Both have been charged with preparing or planning a terrorist act.

Court documents show the two men have been charged with committing ‘an act in preparation/planning a terrorist act’ at some point between 12pm on Monday and 4.40pm yesterday afternoon.

While it is not yet known what the act was, it seems police responded quickly, arresting them at 4.40pm yesterday afternoon.

‘On 10 February 2015, in the state of New South Wales and elsewhere, (the two men) did commit an act in preparation for, or planning a terrorist act,’ the documents said.

Both men are expected to appear by video-link in Sydney’s Central Local Court, where they will also be provided with an Arabic translator, the documents show.

Mr Abbott, asked in parliament about the arrests, said counterterrorism agencies had thwarted ‘an imminent attack’ against Australians.

‘Police found a large ISIL or Daesh flag, a machete, a hunting knife and a video of a recording of one suspect kneeling in front of the ISIL flag with the two knives while making a statement in Arabic,’ the Prime Minister told parliament.

‘This was an imminent attack in Australia inspired by the ISIL or Daesh death cult.’ Read more.

The secular media is reporting on current events that were foretold in the Bible. This is not a coincidence …

1 Peter 4:12-13, “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you … but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”

Matthew 24:29-31, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days … they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect …”

Colossians 3:12-13, “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another …”

Acts 14:22b, “… we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”

By David Curry, FOX News – “Boko Haram continues its march toward making Nigeria an Islamic state. A few weeks ago, as the world focused on the terror attacks in Paris, the group continued its murderous rampage across the northern part of the country. Last weekend it killed dozens in Maiduguri. These are just the latest atrocities from Boko Haram, which has kidnapped hundreds of schoolchildren, murdered thousands of innocent men, women and children and driven hundreds of thousands more from their homes.

Unfortunately, all indicators point to the likelihood that the worst is yet to come.

Last month, Open Doors released its 2015 World Watch List, an annual survey of the most dangerous and difficult places in the world to be a Christian. This year’s report uncovered some startling and worrisome trends. In every region of the world — Africa, Asia and even in the Americas — persecution of Christians is growing. There was not one country on the 2015 list that decreased its acts of violence and persecution from the previous year. The escalation of violence over the past year was so great that the threshold used to create the list had to be increased. With nearly twice the number of Christians persecuted over the previous year, it’s clear why Christians should be very concerned.

What may not be as clear is why everyone else should care.

What all Americans must understand is this: Ending the persecution of Christians is not just morally right; it is in our national interest. When we promote and defend freedom of religious expression throughout the world we are making the world safer for oppressed peoples, we are promoting a value that keeps extremism of any kind in check.

After 13 years of creating the World Watch List in its modern form, Open Doors has observed that the persecution of Christians is a lead harbinger for discord in the wider society. If history teaches us anything, it is to pay attention to the signs that warn of geopolitical upheaval; in particular, the restriction of religious minority groups.  When religious minorities are first marginalized within a society, then targeted for attacks without notice from the free societies around the world, a purge is the next logical step in the mind of extremists.

For example, more than a decade ago, Christians in Iraq worshipped in relative peace. Even under the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, they faced no greater threat to their freedom than the general population of Iraq. But now Iraq ranks third on the World Watch List as one of the most brutal places for expression of the Christian faith.

In 2003, Open Doors began to take notice of a sharp increase in acts of violence against Christians and their places of worship in …” Read more.

Revelation 17:5-6a, “And on her forehead a name [was] written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus …”

Flashback: David Alton On Islamic Persecution: The West Is Sleep-Walking Into A Tragedy With Implications Beyond The Middle East – “THE WEST is sleep-walking into a tragedy with implications beyond the Middle East unless it exposes the ideology behind radical Islamist thinking, writes Lord Alton. Reports of religiously-motivated atrocities against Christians appear almost daily but the West, including some Christian leaders, seems to be in a state of denial. Persecution in Nigeria, Syria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, Iran, Egypt and many other countries is relevant to us and by denying it, the nature and intensity of the suffering is minimised.” Read more.

Flashback: ‘Time Is Running Out’: US Congressman Asks Why Churches In The West Are Silent On Worldwide Christian Persecution – “Congressman Frank Wolf, who has been a champion of human rights, is hard pressed to understand why U.S. churches are silent when it comes to advocating for persecuted Christians. The Republican Virginia rep. specifically called out big-name pastors such as Rick Warren and John Piper for their non-activity, especially at a time when Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Egypt are at greater risk for persecution.” Read more.

Flashback: ‘Terrifying’: 150 Million Christians Suffering At Hands Of Muslims Have Reached ‘Biblical Proportions’ – “‘The number of persecuted Christians in the world is 150 million.’ There are many other figures, terrifying and dramatic, in the pages of the ‘Blackbook of the plight of Christians in the world’, a unique initiative of French scholars and coordinated by journalist Samuel Lieven. Snapshots of a global and amorphous war. In particular, there is a disconcerting statistic: ’80 percent of the acts of religious persecution in the world are directed against Christians.’ How many victims? The Center for the Study of Global Christianity brings the average of one hundred thousand Christians killed each year for their faith throughout the last decade. An average of five Christians every minute.” Read more.

Flashback: Terrorism Expert: The Middle East Is Experiencing ‘A Christian Version Of The Holocaust And Nothing Less’ – “International media remain apathetic to Christian persecution in the Middle East. Speaking on ‘Breitbart News Saturday’ Dr. Sebastian Gorka addressed the subject after being asked by the host, Alex Marlow, why the press is not interested in the story. Before Gorka gave his answer he called the situation ‘a Christian version of the Holocaust and nothing less.’ Gorka then went on to say that the West has done much to stand up for Muslims in the past two decades. ‘Whether it was to save the Muslims in Bosnia or the Albanians, Kosovars, and Muslims in Serbia, it is now time for a humanitarian operation to save the remaining Christians in Iraq,’ he said.” Read more.

Revelation 6:4, “Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.”

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By Raymond Ibrahim, The Commentator – “The one glaring fact concerning the persecution of approximately 100 million Christians around the world today is that the overwhelming majority of it is being committed by Muslims of all races, nationalities, languages, and socio-political circumstances.

Muslims from among America’s allies (Saudi Arabia) and from its enemies (Iran); Muslims from economically rich nations (Qatar) and from poor nations (Somalia and Yemen); Muslims from ‘Islamic republic’ nations (Afghanistan) and from ‘moderate’ nations (Malaysia and Indonesia); Muslims from nations rescued by America (Kuwait) and Muslims from nations claiming ‘grievances’ against the U.S. (fill in the blank __).

This fact is underscored in Open Doors’ recent 2015 World Watch List — a report that highlights and ranks the 50 worst nations persecuting Christians.

It finds that ‘Islamic extremism’ is the main source of persecution in 40 of the top 50 countries — that is, 80 percent of the nations where Christians are persecuted are Muslim.

As for the top ten worst countries persecuting Christians, nine of them are Muslim-majority — that is, 90 percent of nations where Christians experience ‘extreme persecution’ are Muslim.

Still, considering that the 2015 World Watch List ranks North Korea — non-Islamic, communist — as the number one worst persecutor of Christians, why belabor the religious identity of Muslims?

Surely Christian persecution is not intrinsic to the Islamic world, but is a product of repressive regimes and other socio-economic factors — as the North Korean example suggests and as many analysts and media maintain?

Here we come to some critically important but blurred distinctions.

While Christians are indeed suffering extreme persecution in North Korea, these fall into the realm of the temporal and aberrant.  Something as simple as overthrowing the North Korean regime would likely end persecution there overnight — just as the fall of Communist Soviet Union saw religious persecution come to a quick close.

In the Islamic world, however, a similar scenario would not alleviate the sufferings of Christians one iota. Quite the opposite; where dictators fall (often thanks to U.S. intervention) — Saddam in Iraq, Qaddafi in Libya, and ongoing attempts against Assad in Syria — Christian persecution dramatically rises.

Today Iraq is the third worst nation in the world in which to be Christian, Syria fourth, and Libya 13th.

The reason for this dichotomy is that Christian persecution by non-Muslims (mostly communists) is often rooted in a particular regime.  Conversely, Muslim persecution of Christians is perennial, existential, and far transcends this or that regime or ruler. It is part and parcel of the history, doctrines, and socio-political makeup of Islam — hence its tenacity; hence its ubiquity.

Moreover, atheistic communism is a relatively new phenomenon — about a century old — and, over the years, its rule (if not variants of its ideology) has greatly waned, so that only a handful of nations today are communist.

On the other hand, Muslim persecution of Christians is as old as Islam. It is a well-documented, even if suppressed, history.

To further understand the differences between temporal and existential persecution, consider Russia. Under communism, its own Christians were grossly persecuted; yet today, after the fall of the USSR, Russia is again reclaiming its Orthodox Christian heritage (and is prominent among Western nations for showing support for persecuted Christians).

North Korea — where Kim Jong-Un is worshipped as a god and the people are shielded from reality — seems to be experiencing what Russia did under the Soviet Union. But if the once mighty USSR could not persevere, surely it’s a matter of time before tiny North Korea’s walls also come crumbling down, with the resulting religious freedom that former communist nations have experienced.

(Tellingly, the only countries that were part of the USSR that still persecute Christians are Muslim, such as Uzbekistan, ranked #15, ‘severe persecution,’ and Turkmenistan, ranked #20, also ‘severe persecution.’)

Time, however, is not on the side of Christians living amid Muslims; quite the opposite.” Read more.

Proverbs 14:8, “The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.”

Yet again, a self-deceiving Barack Hussein Obama speaks his folly. The summation of the law of YHWH — the One True God of the Bible — rests upon love. Where no such love exists, however, only lawlessness remains. The perfect “god-like” man of Islam — the “prophet” Mohammed — commands unadulterated lawlessness and the wars that accompany it with the hatred of the God of Israel and the desired destruction of the Israel of God. We see this reflected daily by the Islamic State and like-minded co-religionists. But the perfect God-Man of Christianity — Jesus the Messiah — commanded that we fulfill the Law of God through love. Whereas offensive behavior committed in the name of Islam is a genuine reflection of Mohammed’s teachings, offensive behavior committed in the name of Christianity is a departure from the genuine teachings of Christ. And no, Mr. Obama, The Crusades were not offensive wars and without cause. They were completely defensive to protect Christendom from invading blood-thirsty, war-hungry Muslims whose own teachings commanded them to wage war and rule the world for the cause of “Allah.” Unsurprisingly, rudimentary history such as this is evidently too difficult for the likes of an Ignoramus-in-Chief …

Hadith, Sahih Muslim 1:33a, “… fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish [Islamic] prayer …”

Qur’an: Sura 4:89, “Have no unbelieving friends. Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them.”

Qur’an Sura 8:60, “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies …”

Matthew 5:43-46a, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you?”

Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places…”

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By Raymond Ibrahim, FrontPage Mag – “As the world reacts with shock and horror at the increasingly savage deeds of the Islamic State (IS) — in this case, the recent immolation of a captive — U.S. President Obama’s response has been one of nonjudgmental relativism.

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, Obama counseled Americans to get off their ‘high horse’ and remember that Christians have been equally guilty of such atrocities:

Unless we get on our high horse and think this [beheadings, sex-slavery, crucifixion, roasting humans] is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.

There is so much to be said here.  First, the obvious: the wide gulf between violence and hate ‘justified in the name of Christ’ and violence and hate ‘justified in the name of Muhammad’ is that Christ never justified it, while Muhammad continuously did.

This is not just a theoretic point; it is the very reason that Muslims are still committing savage atrocities.  Every evil act IS commits — whether beheading, crucifying, raping, enslaving, or immolating humans — has precedents in the deeds of Muhammad, that most ‘perfect’ and ‘moral’ man, per Koran 33:21 and 68:4 (see ‘The Islamic State and Islam’ for parallels).

Does Obama know something about Christ — who eschewed violence and told people to love and forgive their enemies — that we don’t?  Perhaps he’s clinging to that solitary verse that academics like Philip Jenkins habitually highlight, that Christ — who ‘spoke to the multitudes in parables and without a parable spoke not’ once said, ‘I come not to bring peace but a sword.’ (Matt. 10:34, 13:34).

Jesus was not commanding violence against non-Christians but rather predicting that Christians will be persecuted, including by family members (as, for example, when a Muslim family slaughters their child for ‘apostatizing’ to Christianity as happens frequently).

Conversely, in its fatwa justifying the burning of the Jordanian captive, the Islamic State cites Muhammad putting out the …” Read more.

Flashback: Muslim Cleric: ‘I Hate Christians And Am Disgusted By Them’ – “Dr. Abdullah Badr—an Egyptian Muslim scholar, Al Azhar graduate, and professor of Islamic exegesis, who spent ten years in prison under Mubarak, but, along with any number of Islamic terrorists and agitators, was released under Morsi—recently gave an excellent summation of the second half of the highly divisive Muslim doctrine of wala’ wa bara’ (or, ‘Love and Hate’)—namely, that the true Muslim should love and help fellow Muslims, while hating and being disgusted by non-Muslims.” Read more.

Flashback: Muslim Brotherhood: We Must Nurse Our Children And Grandchildren On Hatred Of Jews And All Who Support Them – “One American president after another — and most recently, that Obama — talks about American guarantees for the safety of the Zionists in Palestine. (Obama) was very clear when he uttered his empty words on the land of Egypt. He uttered many lies, of which he couldn’t have fulfilled a single word, even if he were sincere – which he is not… Dear brothers, we must not forget to nurse our children and grandchildren on hatred towards those Zionists and Jews, and all those who support them. They must be nursed on hatred. The hatred must continue.” Watch video.

If Islam’s “prophet” of perfection allowed it in the 7th century, then it’s permissible in the 21st …

Qur’an Sura 24:2, “Let not compassion move you from carrying out [Allah’s] law …”

By Ari Yashar, INN – “Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in Syria appear to have started a new trend when they released video on Tuesday of themselves burning a Jordanian pilot to death; officials in Cameroon reported on Thursday that Boko Haram Islamistterrorists have shot and burned to death at least 91 civilians.

The slaughter occurred during two days of fighting in a town near the Nigerian border named Fotokol, and aside from the murdered another 500 were reportedly wounded, reports The Associated Press.

Around 800 jihadists of the terror group that has been waging a five-year Islamist insurgency in Nigeria crossed the border to take part in the massacre, in which they ‘burned churches, mosques and villages and slaughtered youth who resisted joining them to fight Cameroonian forces,’ Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari told the news agency.

He added that livestock and food were also raided during the fighting, noting that the violence broke out on Wednesday and has been blazing on into Thursday. Schools have also been burned down by the terrorists, whose name Boko Haram means ‘Western education is forbidden.’

Cameroon’s military spokesperson Col. Didier Badjeck revealed that even though reinforcements have reached the town, the combat is still bogged down due to the fact that the terrorists are using civilians as human shields.

Nevertheless, the country’s Defense Minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo reported that hundreds of the terrorists died in the fighting Wednesday, whereas only 13 Chadian and six Cameroonian soldiers fell.

The minister added that it remains impossible to bring most of the over 500 wounded to hospital due to the ongoing fighting.” Read more.

Flashback: Nigeria: Nearly 1,000 Massacred After Muslims Attack Christian Village, ‘They Are Following The Strategy Of ISIS’ – “The death toll from Boko Haram’s takeover of the predominantly Christian town of Gwoza is nearly 1,000, not the 100 included in many reports, Nigerian relations expert Adeniyi Ojutiku told Baptist Press. The Nigerian military abandoned their weapons and fled Gwoza as Boko Haram attacked Wednesday (Aug. 6), burning government buildings, killing residents and taking hostages… ‘This is a new dimension in this crisis,’ Ojutiku said. ‘A completely new dimension. Now they are following the strategy of ISIS.'” Read more.

Flashback: Islamic State Fatwa Points To Muhammad To Justify Burning Jordanian Pilot Alive – “Once again, the Islamic State (IS) performs an atrocity that boggles the Western mind, and once again the Islamic State points to its namesake –Islam — to justify its depravity. IS has just released a video showing captive Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh in a cage being burned alive (image above).  It also posted a fatwa on various jihadi websites that permits the immolation of human beings. The brief fatwa argues that ‘the Hanafis and Shafi‘is [two of Sunni Islam’s four orthodox schools of jurisprudence] permit burning’ people.  It also cites the tafsir, or exegesis, of Muhalab ibn Safra (d. 702) concerning a statement attributed to the prophet of Islam …” Read more.