In Sunday's News-Times, September 26, a letter you entitled "A disappointing letter" had some comments to which I must respond. The writer said, "Jehovah and Allah are the same, the very same...." I believe this is vastly untrue. Jehovah, the God of the chosen nation of Israel is most definitely not the same god as Allah, the god of Mohammad. The Torah and the Bible define/describe God. The Qur'an defines Allah. This is how we know they cannot be the same.
For example, Allah tells his followers to "slay the unbelievers wherever you find them," (Qur'an 9:5) and "Therefore, when you meet the unbelievers in fight, smite at their necks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly on them," (Qur'an 47:4) This is one of the commands from the Qur'an that is responsible for the beheadings we read about, all for the glory of Allah.
Jesus said, " "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me," (Matthew 5:11). The Qur'an says, "...... and drive them out of their places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter," (Qur'an 2:191). Do these quotes come from the same God? I don't think they do. There are many more examples that consistently show the vast difference between the true God and the false god. Mohammad was born of a woman by man, Jesus was born of a woman by the spoken word of the Holy Spirit. He was God incarnate. The Qur'an says Jesus is just another prophet, not deity. The Qur'an also implys there is no Trinity, there is no Holy Spirit, no Son of God. So, the writer should not try to tell people that Allah and the true God are the same. And, just because someone with the title "Reverend" agrees with the writer, it does not make it a fact. There are also many false teachers around today. Almost as many as there are false gods.
Regarding the writer's comment about the idea of Muslims (who are true believers of the Qur'an) controlling the world, Lisa Gardiner who wrote "American Muslim leader urges faithful to spread Islam's message," San Ramon Valley Herald, July 4, 1998, had this to say: "CAIR board chairman Omar Ahmad said this to a Muslim audience in 1998: 'Islam is not in America to become equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only religion on earth.'" Now, I would say Ms Maiden was correct in her statement and the writer should apologize to her.
The writer also made the comment that Islam is a peaceful and caring religion. This is true, but only as it relates to believers of Allah. If you are an infidel, there is nothing peaceful and caring about it. See above quotes.
I do agree with the writer on one comment he made. We do need to pray for this president, we do indeed. And believe me, I pray daily that he will not destroy this nation before sanity can be restored in the White House and most particularly in Congress. Oh, and the other true but sad statement made by the writer, "he is our president," illegally maybe, but still the president.
God save this nation and come quickly November!