Press Release

Beloved, Blessed, Brilliant, President Bush,

Grace and peace in the Name of the Prince of Peace Jesus the Christ.

We love you, appreciate you and pray for you faithfully.  We believe that history will attest to the fact that you, Sir, will be considered one of the most outstanding leaders of the world in the twenty-first century.  Your bold step concerning space exploration is most commendable.  Your tax breaks for most of our citizens shall not be forgotten.  Your foresight in dealing with a new immigration policy will not be appreciated now, but will be later.  Thank you, Mr. President, for these and other numerous national and international policies, which are improving our lives as well as the people of the world, particularly Afghanistan and Iraq.

Subsequently, I have been wondering since 9/11 why has our beloved President continued to emphasize that “Islam is a peaceful religion?”  Inasmuch as I have two earned doctorates, one in Christian Theology and the other in Islamics, and am a Palestinian Christian, who grew up in the midst of an Islamic culture, I can definitely tell you that Islam is not and has never been a peaceful religion.

1.  Why does the Quran contain nearly 100 verses urging Muslims to use the sword to subjugate people to Islam? 

2.  Are you aware that the word “Islam” comes from the Arabic word “Sal-lama” actually refers to the vanquished in battle who gives up the fight and surrenders to the victor.  Muslims, however, declare it means “surrendering to Allah.”  Yet, no such meaning is involved—it is only their interpretation of the word.

3.  Do you realize, Sir, that the prophet of Arabia launched sixty-six battles in the last ten years of his life?  And that historical fact alone must cause any thinking human being to question “How could anyone call Islam a peaceful religion?”

4.  No country in history in the past 1400 years has ever come under the sway of Islam without the sword, except Malaysia and Indonesia. 

5.  Democracy and Islam do not co-exist.  Turkey is the only country who has any semblance to democracy in the entire Muslim world. 

6.  Many of our nearly 4,000,000 Arab Christians in America wonder if your administration is cognizant of the fact that we stand to loose the battle for democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq in a matter of a few months.  That possibility can be reversed if we stand our grounds in democratizing these countries by not allowing the Islamic Law (Shira) to become the constitution of these countries.  The world has already seen the ruthlessness, atrocities and disregard for human rights in Bosnia, Somalia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran. 

7.  Burdened with the heavy awareness for the security of our nation, the Lord led me during the same week of the attack on 9/11 to send to you sir the following items,

(a) Islam Revealed, subtitled An Arab Christian’s View of Islam (now in its eighth printing)

(b) Islam, a Threat or a Challenge video was barely two weeks before the attack

(c) The True Furqan which is a hardback book challenging the Quran itself.  It is written in classical Arabic prose and poetry with English translation side by side. 

The same three items were sent to every member of the Congress and the Senate as an expression of my love and appreciation for America.  It was called “Informing Washington about Islam Project.”

If the White House Staff cannot locate these items, we shall be very delighted to supply the same as soon as we receive a response accordingly.

Please, let me hear from you also concerning the fact that our Arab Muslims have enjoyed the favor of dinners at the White House several times, yet none of our four million Christians have been invited.  Why not?

An American by choice,

Anis Shorrosh, D. Phil., D. Min.

P.S.  When you have a free moment you will definitely enjoy looking logging into our website www.islam-in-focus.com.  Incidentally, it was my privilege to spend a week in Baghdad and Tikrit a week before your historic and exciting visit with our troops.