Unleashing the Beast

T HE M AHDI , I SLAM ' S M ESSIAH / 93

questioning him about the last days, about Israel and Jerusalem, and about what he believed would be the end result. For several hours, we conversed. My interpreter (a non-practicing Muslim) later told me the plans involving the non-Islamic nations. He said that Muslims would move into and live in other nations, especially those that were friendly (including America). They would attend Western universities and marry women from the host country, thus giving them the status of a citizen (Muslims who marry an American woman can get a permanent visa). He predicted they would move into the major cities and begin to populate them by having many children. They would convert as many as possible to Islam, he, said, especially among the inner city black population. (The Nation of Islam is an African-American Islamic organization.) After building thousands of mosques and purchasing hotels, restaurants and businesses, they would become such a force or influence that no matter what happened (terrorism or otherwise), they could not be removed from the nation without a major internal war. If they went to war (a jihad) against, let's say, America, all Muslims would join in and "take out" as many as they could. This is one reason nations such as France are anti-Israel and pro-Islam in their political stance. Over six million Muslims live in France. Any political restraint against the group is met with swift opposition from a major voting block of Muslims. Muslims have made Western Europe their first target for this type of strategy. Once the Muslim population reaches