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.
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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."