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This could only happen in North America and perhaps parts of Western Europe. If Christians tried this just about anywhere else, a riot would probably ensue.
Led by a California pastor, a group of Christians will gather outside some Seattle-area mosques today in hopes of winning converts among Muslim worshippers coming to midday prayer.
They will also take their message of salvation to those attending this weekend's Arab Festival at Seattle Center and to the parking lots of shopping centers popular among people from Islamic or Arab cultures.
George Saieg, the Christian pastor leading this campaign, is a Christian Arab educated in Muslim schools in Sudan.
"In some countries, the penalty of leaving Islam is death," he said. "I want people to know that they have freedom in this country to hear about Jesus Christ."
Amen to that!
Predictably, Seattle-area Muslim leaders are nonplussed.
Mohamad Joban, imam of the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, said he thinks Saieg is driven either by "arrogance or ignorance." He and other Muslim leaders say they aren't threatened by him and are open to talking with him.
Joban points to a growing consensus that Islam is the nation's fastest growing religion and also notes that the Quran is clear in its teachings against proselytizing.
The Quran opposes proselytisation? Then why are Muslims in Nigeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, and elsewhere intimidating Christians and trying to coerce them into accepting Islam?
h/t: Religion News Blog
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