Unleashing the Beast

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And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations (Revelation 13:4-7). T HE A SSIGNMENT H AS B EGUN Fifty years ago, the very thought that a militant Islamic leader could unite a radical Islamic coalition into a feared global threat would have been considered fiction. Twenty five years ago the possibility of a violent Middle Eastern dictator gaining access to weapons of mass destruction was discussed among military brass only behind closed doors. Today, the threat is not if this possibility exists, but when the moment of attack will come. As you have discovered, the Islamic religion has an agenda. This agenda is both practical and prophetic. The practical plan is to expand the Islamic crescent from its Middle East stronghold into Europe and Asia, and to eventually dominate the large cities in North America. The prophetic agenda is to ensure that the predictions and traditions of its founder, Mohammad, are fulfilled. In Mohammad's day the Islamic religion grew by the use of the sword, and forced conversion. Today, it grows through large Muslim families, conversion and, in some countries, forced conversion. Despite the smooth tongue of well-educated Muslims telling the West not to worry, the sword of fanatical Islam is once again slashing its way through nations, slaying the "infidels" who would resist conversion to the religion of Allah. As the Koran says: