Disinvited evangelist prays at Pentagon anyway

What is certain is that Islam does have more than a few problems when it comes to dealing with those who choose not to follow it. This includes the treatment of apostates, which relates most to Franklin Graham's experience in the Islamic world. For Graham, if person in the Islamic world, chose to listen to his Christian message, under Islamic law, they could be arrested, imprisoned and even killed.

Also ~ what is increasingly being brought to our attention ~ is the terrible treatment non-Muslims in the Muslim world are being subjected to. There are forced conversions, blasphemy laws that target non-Muslims. Like Muslim women, non-Muslims are not equal under Islamic law. Non-Muslims are not given the same protection under the law from attack. Churches and other non-Muslim places of worship are often forbidden or can't be repaired easily. All sanctioned by Islamic law.

If these acts were carried out by a dictator, there are a few choice words we would use to describe it, but because these are carried out in the name of Islam, then they are given special protection from criticism. They are given a pass.

Going after Graham for highlighting the inequalities between Islamic rule and the freedoms we enjoy in the West ~ is to do away with the messenger.


WASHINGTON — Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions.

Graham's invitation to attend an event inside the Defense Department for national prayer day was withdrawn two weeks ago.

But he arrived in the Pentagon parking lot just before 8 a.m. EDT — his party of a half dozen people forming a circle on the sidewalk and praying with heads bowed for about five minutes.

Graham once called Islam evil. He told an impromptu press conference Thursday outside the Pentagon that he prayed for the men and women of the armed forces and that he doesn't feel his statements about other religions have been offensive."

The Associated Press: Disinvited evangelist prays at Pentagon anyway