Unleashing the Beast

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share the information about the Islamic dictator with Muslims, I get two responses. One will say, "This is amazing. I never knew the Bible spoke of such things." The other response is for the person to become defensive that I would even consider that a radical Muslim will one day fulfill the role of the Bible's predicted last world dictator. I am often told that even Muslims believe a man, similar to the Biblical Antichrist, will come and they are not to follow him. A point should be made here that not all Muslims are radical. In fact, a moderate Muslim gets along well with other people and is very friendly and considerate. Some of the most hospitable people I have met anywhere in the world are the Arab people in some parts of the Middle East. In much of the Islamic world, especially in the Middle East, concepts and perceptions are completely different from those of Muslims I have met in Romania and Bulgaria. Muslims in the Middle East have a much more ingrained hatred for the Jews and Israel. Yet, when the subject of Israel and the Jews comes up, there seems to be a united response among moderate and fundamentalist Muslims. They believe the Jews have land that does not belong to them; it belongs to the Palestinians and the Arabs. It was once believed that the more secular education Muslims receive, the less apt they are to become a terrorist. This was totally disproved with the 19 hijackers of September 11, 2001, as most were very well educated. It was also believed that the terror groups were mostly of the Shiite branch of Islam. This was also proven incorrect. Bin