Posted: Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:00 am
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Hussein Hajji Wario (left) talks about his experience as a Christian convert living among Muslims in Kenya. Wario was the guest speaker at the May 19 “Look at Islam” event held at the Durand Center. Also pictured are Eugene Saul (center) and Dr. Charles Fuqua. The three men discussed the dangers of Islam in today’s world.
Hussein Hajji Wario had some concerns about his rear end.
A teacher had invited
Wario to a Christmas Eve service, but the young Kenyan Muslim had been
told by his religious leaders that if he visited a Christian church and
sat in one of the pews or chairs, he would get a mark on his bottom.
In the end, Wario went to
that 1988 Christmas Eve service. No, he did not receive a mark on his
posterior, but he did receive a mark for his posterity. All night, after
the service, Wario kept hearing the choir, and within a year or two, he
became only the second person in his exclusively Muslim tribe to
convert to Christianity.
Wario brought his story
of conversion to Christianity and rejection of Islam to Harrison on May
19. He was the featured speaker at the third and final installment of “A
Look at Islam: Its Religion and Its Politics” series, which was
sponsored by the Boone County Transparency in Government Group (TIGG) in
cooperation with the North Arkansas Baptist Association. Held at the
Durand Center, the event also featured Dr. Charles R. Fuqua, a
Batesville attorney who has studied and written about Islam and local
evangelist Eugene Saul, who founded the Provoking to Love Ministry and
who has traveled extensively in Kenya.
Wario, who now lives in
Chicago with his wife and son, detailed his life pre- and post-Christian
conversion, then joined Fuqua and Saul in a discussion about the
fallacies of Islam’s claim of being a religion of peace and the dangers
it poses in the world today.
Wario is the author of “Cracks in the Crescent.”
“Everyone who leaves Islam,” Wario said in a thick Kenyan accent, “the Koran says they must be killed.”
Before his conversion,
Wario was a devout Muslim. He fasted and prayed five times a day, he
said. Prior to beginning his education in the Kenyan public schools, he
attended a madrassa, an Islamic religious school. Even after starting
school, he continued to attend madrassa in the evenings and on weekends.
Upon embracing
Christianity, Wario found himself rejected by his family. Officials told
him that he had better renounce his new faith.
Wario’s response was to quote the words of Jesus as recorded in Matthew.
“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven.”
Wario left no doubt as to his stance on the notion of Islam being a religion of peace.
“The best PR for Muslims has been done by non-Muslims who are ignorant,” he said.
He noted that President
George W. Bush, speaking after 9-11, called Islam a religion of peace.
Barack Obama, Wario continued, has upped the ante.
That drew a quick response from Wario.
“That gentleman is out of his mind!” he said.
Fuqua also mentioned a
verse from the Koran, which many people use to bolster their arguments
for a peaceful Islam. Anyone who kills one person, the verse says, is
like killing mankind.
“What they don’t know,” Fuqua said. “is that doesn’t apply to Muslims.”
Wario agreed.
“That’s for ignorant Christians to quote,” he said.
Wario drew some “amens!” and applause when he said, “Salvation is only through Jesus Christ.”
Fuqua spent considerable
time alerting his audience to the dangers of specific Muslim groups.
Surprisingly, it’s not necessary ISIS or Al-Qaeda.
“One of the best things
to happen to the world,” Fuqua said, “is Muslim terrorism. When we view
Muslim acts of terror, we learn the true nature of Islam. I believe Isis
and Al-Qaeda are not that dangerous. They commit acts of terror and
wake people up.”
Fuqua went on to say that
if a Republican president is elected this year, and he named Donald
Trump as the presumptive Republican candidate, ISIS will be destroyed.
Rather, it is the Muslim
Brotherhood with which Americans should be concerned, according to
Fuqua. He said the goal of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in
1928 as an Islamic religious, political and social movement, is to put
the entire world under one caliphate. The plan is the step by step
destruction of society from within, “destroying its miserable house by
its own house,” Fuqua read from the plan.
Fuqua went on to tell his
audience that if they didn’t know the United States is being run by the
Muslim Brotherhood, they were sadly mistaken. Barack Hussein (Fuqua
emphasized “Hussein”) Obama has filled the government with members of
the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Muslims have a sacred responsibility to lie to non-Muslims,” Fuqua said at one point.
Regarding Sharia law, law
based on Islam, Fuqua said that Sharia courts are now operating in
England with the blessing of the government. Some are operating in the
United States, he added, though not legally.
“I maintain that to
believe in Islam is to be a traitor to the United States,” Fuqua said
with emphasis. “I think we need to wake up and get rid of the traitorous
people.”
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