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The Genocide Initiative – When Islam and Christianity come together against radicalism

Wed. July 29, 2015

By Catherine Shakdam for Shafaqna

SHAFAQNA EXCLUSIVE -Terror has a face and it moves under the ominous black flag of ISIS. Under each of its denomination, whatever the language and whichever the angle, terror today, has found a powerful vessel in the ideology carried by Wahhabism – the fountainhead of radicalism and religious extremism.

An evil onto the world, ISIS miasms have darkened the skies of Arabia, threatening to engulf regions and continents in their deadly and godless embrace. Before ISIS, no communities can claim shelter, no faith stands immune and no man, woman or child can hope to survive.

At such a time when terror is being debated in the public squares, its ideology dissected and its methodology studied; as experts and world leaders have scrambled to make sense of the nonsensical and thus find means to combat a movement rooted in hatred and blood, men of faith have stepped out of the shadow to reclaim God and reclaim Religion.

It all started with one man and a universal message of peace.

In October 2013, Dr John Andrew Morrow published a book, “The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad and the Christians of the World.” Meant as both a testament and a witness to Islam’s commitment to interfaith solidarity, Dr Morrow’s book found a deep echo among Muslims and Christians.

A bridge in between communities and a reminder of sacred oaths spoken long ago, The Covenants Initiative was born under the impetus of men such as Dr Morrow and Charles Upton, a light shone forth against the darkness of radicalism, a shield against the evil of war.

As words quickly spread and as more gathered around the Covenants Initiative, a plan began to form – one which would see men of all faiths come come together against takfirism.

Today, under the impetus of the Covenants Initiative and thanks to the courage of countless Muslims and Christians, a movement is being born – one which will fight evil with what is better, one which will answer violence with solidarity and unshakable resolve.

Today Muslims and Christians have said to be ready to break ISIS where it stands and denounce its deeds for what they are: religious genocide.

On July 29, Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Eastern Rite uniate churches suggested the “Genocide Initiative” be launched with the help of the Covenants Initiative – Muslims and Christians united against those who have declared war on God himself by defiling His Message.

Bishop Kalabat writes in a letter addressed to Dr Morrow and Charles Cupton, “I believe that the Muslim community has a great role to play in this initiative but I am not a great believer in demonstrations.  The Pope himself has made many pleads to stop the atrocities committed by ISIS/ISIL/IS and I know that the USCCB continues to play a vital role.

I do have an initiative that can bring greater focus on a common act that we can all work towards, and that is getting to proclaim the acts of ISIS/ISIL/IS to be genocide, not just in the media, not just in the wordings of some of our politicians, but by the US Congress and by the United Nations.  But entities have proclaimed their acts as “crimes against humanity” but never proclaimed them for what they truly are; genocide.  This must be a coordinated effort that can be done on a local level with our elected leaders and the religious leaders playing a role.  Greater awareness can then be brought to these persecuted Christians and maybe a greater response from the world leaders.

Let’s begin the Genocide Initiative and ask God’s blessings in doing so.”

Where ISIS sought to destroy religious communities, wielding ethnicities and faiths as one would do weapons, Shia Muslims, Yazidis, Sufis, Alawis, traditional Sunnis, Christians and all those who pledged themselves to God will rise, resist and unite.

When ISIS offers no hope, the Initiative will offer safety, when ISIS professes dogmatism, the Initiative will offer compassion – but no more will ISIS claim itself of Islam, no longer will the world believe its armies speak for the people of Islam.

For all will know how under ISIS’ blades Muslims, like countless Christians, have been murdered and brutalized, their sons and daughters enslaved and humiliated, their books defiled and their shrines broken, their faith mocked and their prophets insulted.

And so it is time for the world to hear the cries of the oppressed and name the fear which shackle them – ISIS.

ISIS knows no religion and speaks no faith.

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DR. JOHN ANDREW MORROW DEFENDS THE DIGNITY OF THE PROPHET, ISLAM, AND MUSLIMS ON THE CATS ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY JOHN CATSIMATIDIS

DR JOHN ANDREW MORROW DEFENDS THE DIGNITY OF THE PROPHET, ISLAM, AND MUSLIMS, WHILE TEARING UP THE TAKFIRIS ON THE CATS ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY JOHN CATSIMATIDIS

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BISHOP FRANCIS WRITES TO THE COVENANTS OF THE PROPHET FOUNDATION REGARDING THE COVENANTS INITIATIVE; CALLS FOR A GENOCIDE INITIATIVE

My dear brothers, 

I first of all would like to thank all efforts that are being done to eradicate injustice, and wish to utter the words “blessed are the peace makers”.  I believe that the Muslim community has a great role to play in this initiative but I am not a great believer in demonstrations.  The Pope himself has made many pleads to stop the atrocities committed by ISIS/ISIL/IS and I know that the USCCB continues to play a vital role. 

I do have an initiative that can bring greater focus on a common act that we can all work towards, and that is getting to proclaim the acts of ISIS/ISIL/IS to be genocide, not just in the media, not just in the wordings of some of our politicians, but by the US Congress and by the United Nations.  But entities have proclaimed their acts as “crimes against humanity” but never proclaimed them for what they truly are; genocide.  This must be a coordinated effort that can be done on a local level with our elected leaders and the religious leaders playing a role.  Greater awareness can then be brought to these persecuted Christians and maybe a greater response from the world leaders. 

Let’s begin the Genocide Initiative and ask God’s blessings in doing so. 

+Francis

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New Book Reveals Muhammad Ordered Muslims to Defend Christians

New Book Reveals: Muhammad Ordered Muslims to Defend Christians

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Posted July 5, 2015 by admin in Society

This book—The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World by Dr. John Andrew Morrow [Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis, 2013]—could change the course of Christian/Muslim relations. As a result of researching sources from obscure monasteries, ancient archives, and private collections, the author uncovered the Prophet’s treaties with Christians; they uniformly state that Muslims are not to attack peaceful Christian communities, but defend them “until the End of the World.”

Now that Christians are being persecuted in Syria and elsewhere by extremists who present themselves as Muslims while receiving aid from the U.S. (New York Times, September 10, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/world/middleeast/assault-on-christian-town-complicates-crisis-in-syria.html), this book could not be more timely. According to the author, if the documents brought to light in this book were known to the American people, and to Muslims around the world, the “clash of civilizations”—really a clash of barbarisms—might give way to a recognition that the religions face a common enemy dedicated to destroying them both. Already respected scholars and authorities from all over the Muslim world have taken notice of this ground-breaking work. (View endorsements at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxE_U1PjA8)

Ever since the 9/11 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing, informed and conscientious Muslims have been shouting out: “we are not all terrorists!”, and searching for a way to effectively counter the extremists in the name of the traditional shari’ah. (See overview: http://www.patheos.com/Books/Book-Club/John-Andrew-Morrow-Covenants-Prophet-Muhammad.html) This book confirms the rulings of the true shari’ah—not its extremist perversion—on the treatment of non-Muslims based on newly-rediscovered documents that record Muhammad’s actual words; it also contains The Covenants Initiative where Muslims can sign a declaration accepting these treaties of Muhammad as legally binding on them today. (To view the Covenants Initiative, and the covenants themselves, click on http://www.covenantsoftheprophet.com) This Initiative, which has already been signed by people from all walks of life, gives Muslims a way to stand in solidarity with peaceful Christians now under attack by corrupt and misguided terrorists who claim to act in the name of Islam in the Mid-East, Africa and other parts of the world.

The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World contains much difficult-to-obtain material: facsimiles of primary sources in Arabic and Persian; corrected versions in modern Arabic typescript; and alternate translations. Scholars now have all they need to study the covenants of the Prophet in depth. This book will almost certainly open a new field of action in Islamic studies, the antiwar movement, and interfaith relations.

“This narrative has the power to unite Muslim and Christian communities. A work of scholarship, its release is timely, and its content critical in fostering mutual respect and religious freedom.”—IMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF, Chairman, Cordoba Initiative

“In his indispensable contribution to the study of the Abrahamic faiths, John Andrew Morrow tells the story of how the Prophet Muhammad used his desert experiences of hospitality and protection to bring Muslims and Christians together.”—JOSEPH HOBBS, University of Missouri

“These letters from the Prophet Muhammad to Christian communities can serve to inspire both Muslims and Christians about our ability to live together as God’s people, as friends, as neighbors, and as custodians of the same small planet.”—OMID SAFI, University of North Carolina

“Covenants is a genuine call for reconsidering the relationship among the three revealed Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.”—AMAR SELLAM, Mohamed I University

“This book documents what is possibly the third foundational source of Islam: the Prophet’s treaties and covenants among people of the Abrahamic faiths.”—BRIDGET BLOMFIELD, University of Nebraska

“One of the most important projects related to Muslim-Christian relations in recent decades.”

—ZACHARY MARKWITH, Graduate Theological Union

JOHN ANDREW MORROW has served as a faculty member and administrator at numerous colleges and universities; his books include Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon: How Language Shapes our Conception of God (Edwin Mellen, 2006), Religion and Revolution: Spiritual and Political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012), and Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism (McFarland, 2013).

The imprint ANGELICO PRESS/SOPHIA PERENNIS combines the resources of Angelico Press, committed to conserving the essentials of Catholic Tradition while also promoting mutual understanding among peoples of the Abrahamic faiths, with those of Sophia Perennis, which for nearly two decades has been in the forefront of publishing works illustrating the common bases of all the world’s religions.

Contact the publisher at 706 Pasadena Drive/ Lexington, KY 40503-2121 // (859) 278-3444(859) 278-3444

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“Los pactos del Profeta Muhammad con los cristianos del mundo” de John Andrew Morrow

Revista Cultural Biblioteca Islamica, Revista 60
3 de julio de 2015
El destacado académico, islamólogo e hispanista John Andrew Morrow, presentó su libro “Los pactos del profeta Muhammad con los cristianos del mundo”, en el cual hace un exhaustivo análisis sobre los pactos históricos del profeta del Islam con los cristianos del mundo, algunas de las más importantes organizaciones y personalidades del Mundo Islámico avalaron la utilidad de la investigación de Morrow, declarando a diferentes medios su apoyo a la obra. Por ejemplo El shaykh Habib ‘Ali Zayn al-Abidin al-Jifri que preside la Fundación Tabah declaró que el profeta se sentiría muy feliz con la publicación del libro, asimismo el sheikh Nahyan ibn Mubarak Nahyan, Ministro de la juventud, cultura y desarrollo comunitario de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, se manifestó en favor del libro, declarando que: “Los pactos del Profeta Muhammad con los cristianos del mundo”: “su libro merece estar en cada escuela y biblioteca de Occidente”.
El autor también señaló que:
“Los pactos del Profeta Muhammad –la paz y las bendiciones sean con él– fueron renovados regularmente por los gobernantes musulmanes a lo largo de casi catorce siglos y ahora estamos llamando a los dirigentes musulmanes, tanto políticos como religiosos, a seguir los pasos de sus predecesores”.
Y luego comentó:
“la renovación de los pactos del Profeta y las protecciones que conceden, enviarán un fuerte mensaje a musulmanes y cristianos: distinguirán el Islam tradicional del Islam político radical, protegerán la imagen e integridad del Mensajero de Allah y ayudarán a mejorar las relaciones interreligiosas”.
En definitiva este es un libro que merece la pena leer, de él se pueden beneficiar tanto musulmanes como no musulmanes por igual, a continuación compartimos con los lectores un fragmento del texto:
Texto del Pacto del Profeta Muhammad con los Monjes del Monte Sinaí (I)
 [Por el Profeta Muhammad]
 [Traducción citada por Pococke (1809) “Capítulo XIV: La Patente de Mahomet, la cual él concedió a los monjes del Monte Sinaí; y a los cristianos en general”, pp. 389-391; citado por Davenport pp. 147-151]
 [Traducción del inglés al castellano por Héctor Manzolillo – 2014]
 Puesto que Dios es Grande y gobierna, de Él provienen todos los profetas y de ellos no existe ningún registro de injusticia contra Dios, Quien suministra los dones que se dan a los hombres, Muhammad hijo de ‘Abd Allah, el Mensajero de Allah y cuidadoso guardián de todo el mundo, ha escrito el presente instrumento para todos los que están en su pueblo, de su propia religión, como una promesa segura y positiva que se cumplirá con el Pueblo Cristiano y con las relaciones de los nazarenos sea noble o de a pie, honorable o de otra condición, que dice así:
I. Cualquiera de mi pueblo que se atreva a romper mi promesa y juramento, contenido en el presente acuerdo, destruye la promesa de Dios, actúa contrariamente a lo que juró y será alguien que se  opone a la fe, (Dios no lo permita), por lo que se convierte en digno de la maldición, sea el propio rey, un pobre o cualquier otro.
II. Cada vez que los monjes en sus viajes se instalen sobre cualquier montaña, colina, pueblo u otro lugar habitable, (se encuentren) en el mar, o en los desiertos o en cualquier convento, iglesia o casa de oración, yo estaré en medio de ellos, como protector y cuidador de ellos, de sus bienes y efectos, con mi alma, ayuda y amparo, junto con todo mi pueblo; porque ellos son parte del mismo y eso es un honor para mí.
III. Por otra parte, ordeno a todos los funcionarios no requerir de ellos ningún impuesto de capitación o cualquier otro tributo, porque no están forzados u obligados a nada de este tipo.
IV. Nadie se atreverá a cambiar sus jueces o gobernadores, quienes permanecerán en sus puestos, sin ser alejados.
V. Nadie debe molestarles cuando viajen por la ruta.
VI. Cualesquiera sean las iglesias que posean, nadie les privará de las mismas.
VII. Cualquiera que fuese a revocar alguno de estos mis decretos, que sepa positivamente que anula la orden de Dios.
VIII. Por otra parte, ninguno de sus jueces, gobernadores, monjes, servidores, discípulos o cualquier otro que dependa de ellos, pagará algún impuesto de capitación, o será molestado por eso, porque yo soy su protector, en cualquier lado que estén, ya sea en tierra o en mar, en el Este o en el Oeste, en el Norte o en el Sur; porque ellos y todo lo que les pertenece, están incluidos en esta mi patente y juramento garantido.
IX. Y a aquellos que viven tranquilos y solitarios en las montañas, no se les sacará impuesto alguno de capitación ni diezmos de sus ingresos. Tampoco ningún musulmán tomará parte de lo que ellos tienen porque trabajan solo para mantenerse.
X. Cada vez que el cultivo de la tierra sea abundante en su debido tiempo, los habitantes estarán obligados a dar del mismo cierta medida de cada bushel. (Nota del traductor al castellano. Bushel es tanto una medida de tierra como un determinado volumen de grano).
XI. En tiempo de guerra ninguno de ellos será sacado de su morada, a nadie se le obligará a ir a las guerras ni se le requerirá algún impuesto de capitación.
En estos once puntos se encuentra lo que se refiere a los monjes. Los siete que siguen se aplican a todos los cristianos.
XII. Los cristianos que son habitantes y con sus riquezas y el tráfico (comercial) son capaces de pagar el impuesto de capitación, pagarán no más de doce dracmas.
XIII. Con excepción de eso (es decir, de lo mencionado en el punto anterior), no se les exigirá nada, según la orden expresa de Dios, que dice: “no molesten a los que veneran los libros que Dios envió, sino más bien, denles de manera amable de sus cosas buenas, y platiquen con ellos y no permitan que nadie los moleste”.
XIV. Si una mujer cristiana fuese a casarse con un hombre musulmán, el musulmán no violará la inclinación (religiosa) de su esposa con el objeto de mantenerla (alejada) de su iglesia, rezos y la práctica de su religión.
XV. Ninguna persona impedirá que reparen sus iglesias.
XVI. Cualquiera que actúe contrariamente a lo que dispenso o dé crédito a lo que sea opuesto a ello, se convierte, en verdad, en un negador de Dios y de su apóstol divino, porque les concedí esta protección según esta promesa.
XVII. Nadie deberá portar armas contra ellos. Por el contrario, los musulmanes deben combatir por ellos.
XVIII. Y por medio de esto que ordeno, nadie de mi pueblo osará actuar o hacer algo en contra de esta mi promesa, hasta el fin del mundo.
Testigos,
Ali, el hijo de Abu Thaleb, Homar; el hijo de Hattavi; Ziphir, el hijo de Abuan; Saith, el hijo de Maat; Thavitt, el hijo de Nesis; Amphachin, el hijo de Hassan; Muathem, el hijo de Kasvi: Azur, el hijo de Jassin; Abombaker, el hijo de Ambi Kaphe; Ottoman, el hijo de Gafas; Ambtelack, el hijo de Messutt; Phazer, el hijo de Abbas; Talat, el hijo de Amptolack
Saat, el hijo de Abbatt; Kasmer, el hijo de Abid; Ambtullack, el hijo de Omar,
Este  presente (texto) fue escrito por el líder, el sucesor, ‘Ali hijo de Abu Talib; el Profeta lo selló con la mano en la Mezquita del Profeta (para quien sea la paz) en el segundo año de la Hégira, el tercer día del mes de Muharram.
Shafaqna/RevistaBiblioteca Islámica/www.covenantsoftheprophet.com

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