In an article posted on the Trinity Forum site, Dr. Luder Whitlock (former president of RTS in Orlando) begins:

“The relationship between the West and Islam will be one of the most important issues during the first part of the twenty-first century. It has enormous implications not only for the Middle East, but for Europe with its growing Muslim population. The growth of a militant, violently ruthless Islam endangers not only the West, but the world.” 

Click here to read the rest of his thought-provoking article.

I posted a comment to his article:

Dr. Whitlock is correct in his assessment of the threat posed by Islamic extremists, many of whom have been reared in the Wahhabi-sponsored Madrassah schools throughout the (Sunni) Islamic world. These schools provide shelter, three meals a day and medical needs while instilling the most virulent brand of Islam. In Saudi Arabia, these schools are endorsed by the gov’t. In poverty-stricken Muslim countries, they offer the only alternative to the ineffective and/or corrupt school systems. They have endeared themselves in the minds and hearts of the people, much as the Hesbollah (Shi’a) has done in southern Lebanon.

Some of these students will be tomorrow’s ‘moderate’ Muslims. A few will be homocide bombers. Philosophically, they will be indistinguishable.

In a reader comment to the above article, Mr. Kuhn correctly observed that the church has a challenge to win hearts and minds of Muslims. I agree and suggest that an alternative to Madrassah schools is an essential place to start.  May the Lord instill a fervency in our hearts equal to the zeal that motivates those who despise us.

If you are interested in a chilling account of the influence these Madrassah schools wield, the current issue of National Geographic includes an article that notes the rising fanaticism in Pakistan. The article credits these schools as being a primary factor.  You can read this article on the National Geographic site: Struggle for the Soul of Pakistan

Since writing the above comment I have done futher research. I highly recommend the following website in order to educate yourself on the growing threat these schools reprensent in civilized countries: Stop the Madrassa Website

In my book, The Y Factor, I mention these schools on page 298.

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Liam Roberts

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