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Reactionary Islam and Born Again Christianity – Surely We Are Natural Allies?

In 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced a fatwah sentencing to death Salman Rushdie for his book The Satanic Verses.

Americas best known christian evangelist, Rev Pat Buchanan, sprang to the Ayatollahs defence without hesitation, damning the book as `a blasphemous assault on the faith of hundreds of millions.`

George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, said `I can well understand the devout Muslims reaction, wounded by an attack on what they hold most dear and would die for.`

Salman Rushdie has since insulted Christian Creationsim, in the Toronto Globe and Mail:

`we now have General Relativity, the Hubble Telescope and all the imperfect but painstakingly accumulated learning of the human race, and, on the other hand, the Book of Genesis. In (the USA) the scales balance.`

Isnt reactionary Islam clearly preferable to left wing Christianity and vastly preferable to secular atheism?

Shouldnt we be joining forces with Islam in a Christian Fatwah against Rushdie?

No. The two are mutually exclusive of each other.

The only remote similarities between Islam and Christianity is that they are monotheistic, and claim Abraham as a patriarch. Any other similarities are at best superficial. The differences outweigh the similarities.

An example:

In Islam, the Qur’an states rather clearly, “Proclaim: Allah is One. Allah is Eternal. He neither begets nor was begotten.” (Surah 112:1-4)

In Christianity, we believe that Jesus was begotten. (John 1:14) Jesus clearly states that He is God: “Truly, truly I tell you, before there was an Abraham, I am!” (John 8:58) Naturally, there are many other examples I could use, but it wouldn’t really help.

Now, we have a conundrum. Either Islam is right, and Jesus is not God, nor begotten; or Christianity is right, and Jesus is God, and is begotten. We can’t have it both ways. Islam will never hold to a belief that Jesus is God. And Christians will not accept that Jesus is not God, and is not begotten. Therefore, they do not worship the same God.

I’d rather join hands with a humanist secularist or liberal Christian, than join in with an Islamic radical bent on destroying western civilization.