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Jerusalem Dateline: Investigating Islamic Roots of Brussels Terror -- 04/01/16

This week on Jerusalem Dateline: investigating Islamic roots of Brussels terror; plus Muslim terrorists target Pakistani Christians on Resurrection Day; and a new book asks if Islam is a religion of peace; plus CBN reaches out to Syrian refugees. Read Transcript


THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE," WE INVESTIGATE

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE

BRUSSELS' TERROR ATTACKS

IN THE HEART OF EUROPE.

PLUS, CHRISTIANS IN

PAKISTAN BEAR THE BRUNT OF

ISLAMIC TERRORISTS, DURING

THE CELEBRATION OF THE

RESURRECTION OF JESUS.

AND A NEW BOOK

ADDRESSES THE QUESTION: IS

ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE?

PLUS...HOW SOME ARE

REACHING OUT TO HELP

REFUGEES IN NEED.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE THIS

WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE

TERROR ATTACKS THAT HIT

THE BRUSSELS' AIRPORT AND

A SUBWAY TRAIN IN THE

HEART OF THE CITY, I SPENT

TIME IN THE BRUSSELS'

CAPITAL TALKING TO

EXPERTS.

THE TERRORISTS KILLED AND

WOUNDED MANY HUNDRED.

THIS IS FROM THE STOCK

EXCHANGE OF BELGIUM,

CALLED THE EPICENTER OF

MOURNING AND REMEMBRANCE

FOR BELGIANS.

IT HAS BECOME AN

ALL-TOO FA FAMILIAR RITUAL.

THIS IS THE PLASSA DE BUS,

WHERE MANY GATHERED TO

HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE

TERROR ATTACKS.

IT IS FILLED WITH FLAGS,

FLOWERS, AND CANDLES.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE

TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER.

EVEN DAYS AFTER THE

ATTACKS, MANY OF THE

BELGIAN PEOPLE ARE STILL

IN SHOCK.

I THINK EVEN IF WE KNEW

SOMETHING WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN, EVERYBODY IS

ALWAYS IN SHOCK.

A TERRORIST ATTACK IS

BASED ON TERROR.

THEY WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE

TO BE IN TERROR.

I THINK THIS THEY GAINED.

DEFINITELY I THINK IT

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORST TERROR ACTION

SINCE THE END OF THE CIVIL

WAR.

Chris: CLYDE SPENT

MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN

COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE, AND

HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN HIS

PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

WHAT WE SEE IS WILD IN

THE STREETS OF EUROPE.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN

BRUSSELS SINCE MARCH 22,

IS THE WORST SITUATION.

YOU SEE IT ON THE TV

SCREEN IN THE EVENING

NEWS, HAPPENING IN BAGHDAD

AND ISTANBUL, IN PARIS,

BUT NOT IN EUROPE.

IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

Chris: IT LEADS MANY

TO WONDER IF BELGIU BELGIAN AND

EUROPEAN POWERS CAN MEET

THIS THREAT.

THERE ARE 5,000

EUROPEAN MUSLIMS WHO HAVE

JOINED ISIS.

HUNDREDS, IF NOT MORE,

HAVE ALREADY RETURNED.

THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED

THREAT LEVEL.

AND MANY COUNTRIES,

INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE

NOT REALLY PREPARED IN

TERMS OF

COUNTER-TERRORISM,

POLICING.

Chris: AORDING TO

OFFICIS, BELGIUM HAS

MORE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

THAN ANY OTHER EUROPEAN

NATION PER CAPITA.

BUT PATRICIA TITLEBALM

SAYS THE POLITICIANS

REFUSE TO NAME THE

PROBLEM.

THEY WILL NEVER SAY

THAT THE TERRORISTS ARE

RADICAL MUSLIMS.

WHY?

Chris: DESPITE THE

FAILURE OF POLITICIANS OR

POLICE, MANY BELGIAN

CHURCHES CONTINUE THE

BATTLE IN PRAYER.

DURING THEIR SUNDAY EASTER

SERVICE, THIS CHURCH

PRAYED FOR A MEMBER NEARLY

KILLED AT THE AIRPORT.

WE THANK YOU FOR

SPARING HIS LIFE.

AND WE THANK YOU, LORD,

FOR ALLOWING HIM TO BE

WITH US THIS MORNING.

Chris: AND THEY

PRAYED FOR THE CITY.

WE ASK OVER THE CITY OF

BRUSSELS AND THE

SURROUNDING DIVINITIES,

YOUR PROTECTION.

Chris: THEY BELIEVE

THAT THE BOMBINGS THAT

TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY WERE

FOR EASTER SUNDAY.

AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WHEN

THEY CAPTURED ONE, THE

TERRORISTS DECIDED TO ACT.

THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE

PREPARED FOR A NEW

REALITY.

WE KNOW WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN BRUSSELS IS

NOT UNIQUE.

WE LIVE IN A NEW DAY.

WE LIVE IN A NEW AGE.

AND OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

TOLD US THERE WOULD BE

TRIBULATION IN THE LAST

DAYS.

SO WE ACCEPT THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A

MISSION, A JOB TO DO, AND

THAT'S TO PREACH THE

GOSPEL.

Chris: WHILE THE

CHURCH PRAYS, AND BELGIAN

AUTHORITIES CONTINUE THEIR

SEARCH FOR MORE AC

ACCOMPLICES, MANY ARE

WONDERING, SHOULD WE STAY

IN BRUSSELS.

> THE TIMING FOOLED

AUTHORITIES, BUT FOR

OTHERS, IT WASN'T A TOTAL

SURPRISE.

EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THE

NEXT ATTACK WAS ONLY A

QUESTION OF WHEN, NOT IF.

Chris: DANIEL SAYS

THE ROOTS OF BELGIUM'S

PROBLEM GO FAR BEYOND

MARCH 22nd.

THE ROOTS ARE REALLY A

VIOLENT IDEOLOGY THAT IS

SPREADING AMONG MUSLIM

COMMUNITIES.

WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT A

NEXUS EXISTS BETWEEN

CALIPHATE IDEOLOGY FUNDED

AND SPONSORED, AND IT GOES

BACK TO THE 1960s

ALREADY BY SAUDI ARABIA,

AND OTHER GULF COUNTRIES

AND ELEMENTS WITHIN THESE

COUNTRIES.

Chris: THIS MOSQUE IN

THE HEART OF BRUSSELS IS

ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW MONEY

FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND

OTHER GULF COUNTRIES IS

BEING USED TO SPREAD

MOHABISM, A BRAND OF ISLAM

WHERE ISIS GOT ITS ROOTS.

SOME SEE THIS WAY OF

SPREADING THE MUSLIM FAITH

IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS

THAN THE VIOLENT STRATEGY

OF THE ISLAMIC STATE.

THEY HAVE REALLY

MANAGED TO TURN AROUND A

ONCE MODERATE MUSLIM

COMMUNITY INTO WHAT WE NOW

HAVE, A HOTBED FOR RADICAL

ISLAM.

THE RELIGION OF ISLAM,

WHICH IS MORE OF A

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAN A

RELIGION LIKE CHRISTIANITY

OR JUDAISM -- YEAH, WE

KIND OF EMBRACED IT.

Chris: CONSERVATIVE

SAM VAN ROY SAYS WHEN

BELGIUM AND THE REST OF

EUROPE ENACTED ITS OPEN

DOOR DECADES AGO, IT

DIDN'T REALIZE THE

CONSEQUENCES.

YOU CAN BUILD YOUR

MOSQUES, AND YOU CAN HAVE

YOUR QURAN AND WORSHIP

YOUR GOD HERE AND DO

EVERYTHING, AND, OF

COURSE, THAT WAS A MAJOR

MISTAKE.

BECAUSE IF YOU START DOING

THAT, SHAR'IA LAW WILL

FOLLOW SOONER OR LATER,

AND VIOLENT JIHAD WILL

FOLLOW SOONER OR LATER.

Reporter: AND VAN ROY

WARNS IT IS VERY DEEP.

THE PROBLEM IS VERY

DEEP.

WE HAVE CITIES IN BELGIUM

AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE

WEST OF EUROPE, WHERE

MUSLIMS ARE THE MAJORITY.

IF YOU WALK THERE AS A

WOMAN, NOT DRESSED IN A

MUSLIM WAY, THEN THE

CHANCE IS VERY BIG YOU

WILL GET HARASSED OR

ATTACKED OR WHATEVER.

OR IF YOU'RE A JEW WALKING

THERE, THEN THE CHANCES

ARE THAT YOU WILL GET

ATTACKED.

THAT IS ISLAMIZATION.

Chris: THE JEWS OF

BELGIUM ARE PARTICULARLY

CONCERNED.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN

EVENING WITH FRIENDS

WITHOUT SOMEONE RAISING

THE ISSUE: SHOULD WE STAY?

CAN WE STAY?

AND DON'T WE HAVE A

RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS OUR

CHILDREN?

IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THEM

IN THIS COUNTRY, WHERE OUR

PARENTS PUT DOWN THEIR

LINEAGE?

Chris: SHE SAYS THE

THREATS TO THE JEWS IS

JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE HAVE BEEN FACING

THOSE ATTACKS, BUT JEWS

ARE USUALLY THE FIRST

TARGETS BUT NOT THE ONLY

TARGET.

Chris: SHE SAYS THE

ULTIMATE GOAL IS GLOBAL

ISLAM.

IT IS TO CREATE A

CALIPHATE.

IT IS TO, IN THEIR MIND,

CLEARLY -- THERE NEEDS TO

BE AN ISLAMIC RULE

CERTAINLY IN WHAT IS NOW

THE MUSLIM WORLD, BUT EVEN

BEYOND.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THEY BELIEVE THAT BELGIUM

AND BRITAIN AND THE UNITED

STATES NEED TO BE

PART OF

IT.

THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH IN

THEIR MIND.

Chris: AS YOU CAN SEE

FROM OUR LAST STORY, WE

TALKED WITH VIVIENNE

TITLEBALM, A DEPUTY IN THE

BRUSSELS' PARLIAMENT.

AND I INTERVIEWED HER

SISTER, PATRICIA, AFTER

THE PLASA LE BORS, WHERE

HUNDREDS GATHERED TO

REMEMBER THE DEAD AND THE

WOUNDED.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO

THE BOMBINGS?

FIRST OF ALL, SADNESS,

AND ANGRY.

ANGRY BECAUSE EVERYBODY

KNEW IT WAS COMING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN OR

WHERE, BUT IT WAS NOT A

SURPRISE FOR ANYBODY, NOT

EVEN OUR POLITICIANS.

Chris: EVEN IF IT

WASN'T A SURPRISE, ARE

PEOPLE HERE IN BELGIUM IN

SHOCK?

YES, YOU ARE.

WE ARE STILL FOUR DAYS

LATER, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

ARE COMING HERE.

I THINK IT IS A WAY TO

HEAL AND TO MOURN, TO COME

HERE AT THE

PLACE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT

THE FIRST TIME HERE.

SO THERE IS LIKE A RITUAL

ALREADY OF WHAT WE DO

AFTER BOMBING.

Chris: AND ANGRY

BECAUSE THE POLITICIAN ARE

NOT ADDRESSING THE REAL

PROBLEM?

YEAH, BECAUSE OF, YOU

KNOW, SINCE 2014, A LOT OF

TERRORIST ATTACKS ARE BE

PLACED IN EUROPE.

AND FIRST OF ALL, THE JEWS

WERE ATTACKED.

AND WHEN THE JEWS WERE

ATTACKED, NOBODY REALLY

CARES BECAUSE IS NORMAL TO

ATTACK JEWS.

BUT, NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL.

BECAUSE OUR VALUES HERE

ARE A DEMOCRACY.

AND NOBODY SHOULD BE

ATTACKED.

AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN JEWS

ARE ATTACKED, AFTERWARDS

IT IS THE WHOLE PEOPLE WHO

ARE GOING TO BE ATTACKED.

SO, YEAH, ANGRY.

ANGRY BECAUSE -- BECAUSE A

LOT OF THINGS IN BELGIUM

BELGIUM -- IT IS A VERY

LIBERAL AND COMPLEX

COUNTRY.

WE SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS

COMPLICATED.

AND WHEN THE POLICEMEN

KNOW WHERE SALAH ABDESLAM

IS HIDING, BECAUSE THE THE

POLICEMAN IS FROM THE

NORTHERN PART OF THE

COUNTRY, BRUSSELS DOESN'T

RECEIVE THE INFORMATION.

SO IT IS COMPLICATED IN

BELGIUM.

Chris: YOU SAID IT IS

ALMOST LIKE A RITUAL NOW

BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF

TERROR ATTACKS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED IN EUROPE.

YES.

Chris: THIS IS HOW

PEOPLE DEAL WITH THIS

SITUATION?

YES.

THEY DID IT IN FRANCE.

THEY DID IT IN SWEDEN.

AND NOW THEY DO IT HERE IN

BRUSSELS.

ALSO, I HAVE TO SAY FOR

ME, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS,

OF COURSE, OUR

POLITICIANS, BUT NOT ONLY

THAT.

ALSO HERE IN BELGIUM, THE

JOURNALISTS HAVE A BIG

RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT

FLAGS, AND I HAVE A MEMORY

THAT SOMEBODY PUT HERE AN

ISRAELI FLAG.

AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER

THAT, A MUSLIM WOMAN TOOK

THE FLAG, PUT IT IN -- PUT

IT UNDERNEATH AND COVERED

IT WITH A PALESTINIAN

FLAG.

SO WHAT ST DOES IT MEAN,

ACTUALLY?

SO ISRAEL HAS TO BE

WITHOUT A MAP OF THE

WORLD?

WH DOES IT MEA

THESE LITTLE THINGS SHOW

THE MENTALITY OF THE

PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND

WHO DO NOT DEAL WITH OUR

VALUES.

Chris: PATRICIA,

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS

AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON

SUCH A TRAGIC EVENT.

> TERRORISTS TARGET

CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN, ON

THE DAY THEY CELEBRATED

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

A GLOBAL TERROR-WATCH IS

IN EFFECT AFTER THE DEADLY

EASTER TERROR ATTACK

AGAINST PAKISTANI

CHRISTIANS.

AT LEAST 70 PEOPLE ARE

DEAD AND HUNDREDS MORE

INJURED.

MEANWHILE, THE MANHUNT

CONTINUES IN EUROPE FOR

THOSE BEHIND THE TERROR

ATTACKS IN BELGIUM.

EFREM GRAHAM IS FOLLOWING

THIS STORY.

Efrem: HATE DISRUPTED

THE HOLY DAY IN PAKISTAN.

A TALIBAN FACTION HAS

CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR

SUNDAY'S BOMBING,

TARGETING CHRISTIANS,

INCLUDING CHILDREN,

CELEBRATING ON RIDES AT A

PARK IN THE EASTERN

PAKISTANI CITY OF LAHORE.

WE HAVE ARE FEELING SO

UPSET BECAUSE THIS IS A

DAY OF OUR WORSHIP.

Efrem: THE DEATH TOLL

FROM THE MASSIVE SUICIDE

BOMBING HAS CLIMBED TO

MORE THAN 70, WITH AT

LEAST 300 WOUNDED.

AS THE COUNTRY BEGINS

OBSERVING A THREE-DAY

MOURNING PERIOD.

THIS ATTACK COMES NEARLY A

WEEK AFTER THE DEVASTATING

SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN

BRUSSELS, WHERE THE

AIRPORT IS ONLY BEGINNING

TO TEST ITS CAPACITY TO

PARTIALLY RESUME PASSENGER

SERVICE.

AND AS BELGIUM CONTINUES

TO MOURN THE DEAD AND

INJURED FROM TUESDAY'S

TERROR ATTACKS...

[YELLING]

Efrem: ...VIOLENCE

ERUPTED AT THE MEMORIAL

SITE, WHERE POLICE BROKE

UP PROTESTS BY

NATIONALISTS, ANGRY AT

MUSLIMS.

EVERYONE IN BELGIUM --

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE

LIKE US, GO.

Efrem: MEANWHILE

EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES ARE

STILL TRYING TO FIND THOSE

BEHIND THE DEADLY ATTACKS.

THEY ARRESTED A MAN IN

ITALY, WHO THEY BELIEVE

FORGED DOCUMENTS FOR

TERRORISTS IN BRUSSELS AND

PARIS.

POLICE IN HOLLAND ARRESTED

A FRENCHMAN FOR PLANNING

AN ATTACK.

AND ACROSS BELGIUM, NINE

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED

AFTER MORE THAN A DOZEN

RAIDS.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE

EVIDENCE ISIS MAY HAVE

BEEN PLOTTING TO STRIKE A

NUCLEAR PLANT IN BELGIUM.

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,

THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS

NOW CONFIRMED FOUR

AMERICANS ARE AMONG THE

VICTIMS KILLED IN THE

BELGIUM BOMBINGS.

THEY INCLUDE A YOUNG

COUPLE, JUSTIN AND STAVE

STEPHANIE SCHULTZ.

STEPHANIE HAD A VERY

STRONG BELIEF IN GOD, AND

STEPHANIE IS IN HEAVEN.

Efrem: THE STRING OF

ATTACKS HAS THE WORLD ON A

HIGHER TERROR ALERT.

THIS WEEKEND TROOPS WITH

AUTOMATIC WEAPONS COULD BE

FOUND OUTSIDE NOTRE DAME

CATHEDRAL IN PARIS, AND IN

ST. PETER'S SQUARE IN

ROME.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.

Chris: UP NEXT, IS

ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE?

HEAR WHAT ONE INSIDER HAS

TO SAY.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHETHER ISLAM IS A

RELIGION OF PEACE, ASK

SOMEONE WHO STUDIED IT

EXTENSIVELY, FROM THE

INSIDE.

SOMEONE LIKE AUTHOR NABEEL

QURESHI.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: NABEEL

QURESHI GREW UP IN A

LOVING AMERICAN MUSLIM

FAMILY, AS A DEVOUT

FOLLOWER OF MUHAMMAD.

HE MEMORIZED PORTIONS OF

QURAN AND BELIEVED ISLAM

TO BE A RELIGION OF PEACE.

BUT ALL OF THAT CHANGED ON

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

HE WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE

STARK REALITY OF JIHAD.

HIS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS

ABOUT ISLAM LED NABEEL TO

FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.

TODAY WITH TERRORISM IN

THE NAME OF ALLAH ON THE

RISE, NABEEL TACKLES THE

HOT BUTTON ISSUE OF

MODERN-DAY JIHAD IN A NEW

BOOK "ANSWERING JIHAD, A

BETTER WAY FORWARD."

Chris: CBN'S WENDY

GRIFFITH RECENTLY SPOKE TO

NABEEL QURESHI ABOUT HIS

BOOK AND WHETHER OR NOT

ISLAM IS REALLY A RELIGION

OF PEACE.

Wendy: DID THE QURAN

INFLUENCE THE ATTACKS ON

THE INNOCENT PEOPLE IN

BELGIUM?

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT

QUESTION.

IT TAKES A LOT OF

BACKGROUND TO DISCUSS.

BUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF

IT IS EVER SINCE THE

1920s, WHEN MUSLIMS

REALIZED THEY STARTED

LOSING POWER GLOBALLY,

THERE WAS A DESIRE FOR

PEOPLE TO REFORM ISLAM.

MUSLIMS WERE SAYING, WE

NEED TO START PLEASING

ALLAH AND EARN HIS FAVOR.

SINCE THEN, THAT WAS THE

SPECIFIC EFFORT OF THE

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

AND PEOPLE HAVE STARTED

SAYING, LET'S START

FOLLOWING THE HADITH AND

THE QURAN.

AND THIS IS ISIS, BOKO

HARAM, al-QAEDA, THAT IS

THEIR GOAL.

SO WHAT WE SAW IN BELGIUM

IS THIS ISLAMIC REFER

REFERMATIOION MOVEMENT.

A LOT OF THIS STUFF COMES

FROM MUHAMMAD'S LIFE.

Wendy: YOU GREW UP IN

A LOVING MUSLIM HOME, AND

YOUR FAMILY, MOST OF THEM

ARE STILL MUSLIM.

DID YOU EVER HEAR THE

CONCEPT OF JIHAD GROWING

UP?

NO, WE DIDN'T.

OUR FAMILY WAS VERY

PEACEFUL.

I GREW UP IN VIRGINIA, AND

I MOVED ALL AROUND, BUT

TEXAS HAS MORE HEART.

WE WERE TAUGHT THAT ISLAM

WAS A RELIGION OF PEACE.

Wendy: AND YOUR DAD

WAS IN THE MILITARY?

EXACTLY.

MY DAD WAS IN THE U.S.

NAVY FOR 24 YEARS.

BETWEEN MY UNCLES, WE HAVE

OVER 100 YEARS IN THE U.S.

MILITARY SERVICE.

Wendy: YOU NEVER

HEARD ABOUT JIHAD, LET'S

TAKE OVER AMERICA, LET'S

PUT THE MUSLIM FLAG AT THE

WHITE HOUSE?

NEVER.

AT LEAST IN MY COMMUNITY

OR THE MUSLIMS I HAVE

KNOWN, THERE IS NO

ADVANTAGE CONSPIRACY TO

TAKE OVER AMERICA.

SOME MUSLIMS MAYBE HAVE

THAT KIND OF MENTALITY,

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE

PEACEFUL, LOVING PEOPLE.

THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THE

QURAN TEACHES VERSUS HOW

MOST MUSLIMS LIVE.

Wendy: WHEN THESE

TERRORIST ATTACKS HAPPEN,

IT IS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT ISLAM IS A RELIGION

OF PEACE.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT CAN

HAPPEN?

I'M SAYING THE VAST

MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS ARE

PEACEFUL.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE

RELIGION OF ISLAM IS NOT

VIOLENT.

MANY MUSLIMS HAVE THEIR

RELIGION INTERPRETED FOR

THEM BY THE MUHAMMAD.

Wendy: NABEEL, SHOULD

WE HERE IN THE WEST FEAR

SHAR'IA LAW COMING HERE?

WE SAW SOME CASES BEING

BROUGHT TO US.

FORTUNATELY I THINK SOME

HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED, BUT

SHOULD WE FEAR SHAR'IA LAW

HERE?

WENDY, I LIKE THE WAY

YOU PUT THE QUESTION,

SHOULD WE FEAR IT.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF

MUSLIMS ARE NOT TRYING TO

SUSUPPLANT THE CONSTITUTION.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN

GIVEN A POWER OF FEAR AS

CHRISTIANS.

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE

POWER OF LOVE.

Wendy: HOW WOULD YOU

SUGGEST PEOPLE RESPOND TO

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THAT ARE

DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN?

I THINK WE SHOULD

ENGAGE WITH CONVERSATION.

WE SHOULD ENGAGE WITH

LOVE.

WE LOST THE WORD

"TOLERANCE."

TOLERANCE IS DISAGREEING

WITH SOMEONE AND BEING

ABLE TO DISCUSS

DISAGREEMENTS WHILE LOVING

THEM.

I THINK WE SHOULD TOLERATE

IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE

WORLD.

Wendy: IF THE

PRESIDENT WAS ASKING YOU,

HOW DO WE DEFEAT ISIS,

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

I WOULD SAY WE FIRST

HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS

RELATED TO ISLAM.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN

WE'RE THROWING ALL OF THE

MUSLIMS UNDER THE BUS.

WE CAN LOVE MUSLIMS WHILE

CRITICIZING ISLAM.

Wendy: THE BOOK IS

CALLED "ANSWERING JIHAD, A

BETTER WAY FORWARD," AND

WE CERTAINLY NEED THAT.

NABEEL QURESHI, THANK YOU

FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING

ME.

Chris: COMING UP,

SYRIAN REFUGEES SAFE FROM

ISIS, BUT STILL IN

TROUBLE.

SEE HOW CBN IS HELPING.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

DEHAN AND AZIZA ARE SYRIAN

REFUGEES LIVING I IN IN

KURDISTAN.

BUT THEY ARE FAR FROM

BEING SAFE.

Reporter: THEY WERE

FORCED TO RUN THE NIGHT

ISIS ATTACKED THEIR HOME

IN CAB BA KAB KABANI, SYRIA.

THE BORDER WAS CLOSED, SO

AZIZA PAID A SMUGGLER TO

GET THEM INTO IRAQI,

KURDISTAN.

I WAS SO HAPPY TO HOLD

THEM IN MY ARMS, TO SEE

THEM SAFE.

MY BROTHER, HE DIDN'T

ESCAPE.

ISIS CAPTURED HIM AND CUT

HIM INTO PIECES, AND SENT

ME THE PICTURES ON MY

PHONE.

NOW I SEE THAT IMAGE IN MY

HEAD EVERY DAY.

Reporter: THEY

QUICKLY FOUND OUT HOW HARD

LIFE IS FOR REFUGEES.

THE COST OF LIVING HERE

IS TOO HIGH, AND THE

COMPANY I WORKED FOR HAS

REFUSED TO PAY FIVE MONTHS

OF WAGES THEY OWE ME.

NO ONE IS WILLING TO HELP

US, AND I'M ESPECIALLY

WORRIED FOR MY WIFE.

WE FOUND OUT SHE IS

PREGNANT.

MY HUSBAND HAS HIGH

BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE OF

HIS STRUGGLES, AND I'M

AFRAID HE WILL HAVE A

HEART ATTACK.

WE CAN BARELY BUY FOOD.

BUT THE HARDEST PART, AS A

MOTHER, IS NOT BEING ABLE

TO GET TOYS FOR MY

CHILDREN.

MY ONLY SON'S TOY IS

BROKEN, AND IT IS HIS

DREAM TO HAVE

JOB BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA

AGAINST WOMEN.

SO WE TOOK HER TO THE

STORE AND BOUGHT HER

THINGS TO START A

BUSINESS.

AND CBN GOT BLOOD PRESSURE

MEDICINE FOR DAHAN AND

PRE-NATAL VITAMINS FOR

AZIZA.

AND BEFORE WE LEFT, WE HAD

ONE FINAL SURPRISE: BRAND

NEW TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO GOD

WITH ALL OF MY HEART FOR

HAVING MET YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DESIRE

TO HELP US.

THEY TOLD US ISLAM CAME

WITH A BLOODY SWORD, BUT

NOW WE HAVE SEEN THE

REALITY OF THAT AND WE

HAVE SEEN CHRISTIANITY,

WHO CAME WITH SUPPORT AND

LOVE.

Chris: THAT'S ALL FOR

THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FOLLOW

US ON Facebook, TWITTER,

AND INSTAGRAM.

AND REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR

THE PEOPLE OF BRUSSELS,

PAKISTAN, AND PRAY FOR THE

PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

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