{"id":1534,"date":"2002-07-15T01:05:35","date_gmt":"2002-07-15T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2002-07-15T01:05:35","modified_gmt":"2002-07-15T06:05:35","slug":"the_stealth_crusade_missionaries_set_out_to_convert_muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/07\/the_stealth_crusade_missionaries_set_out_to_convert_muslims\/","title":{"rendered":": The Stealth Crusade: Missionaries Set Out to Convert Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Many Americans knew little about the Muslim world before September 11th, but there were a few who were already quite familiar with it.  These people \u2013 Christian missionaries seeking to convert the world\u2019s largest \u201cunsaved\u201d group (the Muslim world) \u2013 have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com%2Fmagazine%2FMJ02%2Fstealth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stepping up<\/a> their efforts amid the war on terrorism and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com%2Fworld%2F20020523-90292334.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hostility<\/a> towards Christian missionaries.  Unlike the missionaries of old, today\u2019s spritual soldiers network with email, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontiers.org%2Fshort%2Findex.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">organize<\/a> like multinational corporations, and strategize about the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/schfrs.crosswinds.net%2Fwindow.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">10\/40 Window<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pioneers.org%2FUSA%2Ffieldna.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">non-Christian areas<\/a> between the 10th and 40th parallels.  \u201cWe see Islam as the final frontier,\u201d says David Cashin, a former missionary who used to don Muslim clothing and pursue converts in the tea shops of Bangladesh. One of the largest of these groups is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontiers.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frontiers<\/a>, with over 800 missionaries in nearly every Muslim country.  Their motto: \u201cMuslims. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam.org.au%2Farticles%2F20%2Fmissionaries.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">It\u2019s their turn<\/a>. It\u2019s all we do. Whatever it takes.\u201d  A Frontiers trainer, Rick Love, espouses the strategy of  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com%2Fmagazine%2FMJ02%2Fstealth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">finding another pretext<\/a> to be there, such as teaching English.  \u201cDid Jesus ever lie?\u201d asked Love of his latest group of trainees, who answered \u201cNo!\u201d in unison.  \u201cBut did Jesus raise his hand and say, \u2018I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?'\u201d The answer again: \u201cNo!\u201d  Despite the energy put into converting Muslims, relatively few convert.  \u201cMy goal is not to convert a Muslim,\u201d says one missionary. \u201cMy goal is to plant a tiny seed that will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com%2FAthens%2F6441%2Ffb1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fester and gnaw and grow<\/a>, so that eventually they will begin to question their religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the turmoil in the Muslim world after 9\/11, Christian missionaries redouble their efforts toward the largest group of &#8220;unsaved&#8221; 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