Evangelical Christians Promote Muslim Conversion

May 27, 2003

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/27/national/27ISLA.html?ex=1055055390&ei=1&en=a406e1ce4eb00868

On May 27, 2003 The New York Times reported that "at the grass roots of evangelical Christianity, many are now absorbing the antipathy for Islam that emerged last year with the incendiary comments of ministers. The sharp language, from religious leaders like Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Jerry Vines, the former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has drawn rebukes from Muslims and Christian groups alike. Mr. Graham called Islam 'a very evil and wicked religion,' and Mr. Vines called Muhammad, Islam's founder and prophet, a 'demon-possessed pedophile...' In evangelical churches and seminaries across the country, lectures and books criticizing Islam and promoting strategies for Muslim conversions are gaining currency. More than a dozen recently published critiques of Islam are now available in Christian bookstores."