Controversial Issues & Current Events: Radical Islam I
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Controversial Issues&
Current Events
Thinking Biblically
Talking Persuasively
1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 4:5, 6
Thinking Biblically - Talking Persuasively
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make
a defence to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; 1 Peter 3:15
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of
the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to
each person. Colossians 4:5, 6
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Radical Islam I
June 2014
ISIS, ISIL, IS or Daesh
IS: The Islamic State اإلسالميةالدولة (ad-Dawlah l-ʾIslāmiyyah)
ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq & Syriaوالشامالعراقفياإلسالميةالدولة
ISIL: The Islamic State of Iraq & the Levantوالشامالعراقفياإلسالميةالدولة
Daesh, Daʿesh or DAIISHArabic acronym: داعش Dawlet-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq wa al-Sham
daesh = “tread underfoot” (a filthy pejorative) or “crush”
The LevantTurkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel,
The West Bank, Gaza, Egypt and Cyprus
ISIS, ISIL or IS claims to be a caliphate
A caliphate (Arabic: خالفة khilāfa, "succession"):
an Islamic state led by a supreme religious and
political leader known as a caliph – i.e.
"successor" – to Muhammad
The first Muslim empires are usually described as
"caliphates". A caliphate was sovereign over the
entire Muslim faithful, (the Ummah).
The caliph ruled over it using Islamic law (sharia).
Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
claims religious authority over all
Muslims across the world and
aspires to political control of the Muslim-
inhabited regions of the world beginning
with territory in the Levant
Groups pledging support
or allegiance to
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
World Map depicting countries where groups are
pledging support or allegiance to the Islamic State
What comments do you hear people
make about radical Islam or the
situation in the Middle East?
What do you think are the
attitudes behind their remarks?
???
you might hear…
Fundamentalists are the same the world
over - a bunch of ignorant bigots prone to
violence
Islam is a religion of peace, ISIS doesn’t
represent most Muslims (next week)
America should get out &
let ‘em kill each other
Transitions
Comments and questions to help you:
Redirect a conversation
Insert biblical perspectives
Introduce your testimony &
the Good News
The Caliphate – Transitions 1
I’m taking a seminar on Current Events and
I’ve learned some fascinating things.
Do you know what’s behind all the Arab
governments opposing ISIS?
The Caliphate – Transitions 2
The leader of ISIS has proclaimed that the
Islamic State is a caliphate and he is the
caliph. Caliph is an Arabic word that means
“Successor”.
The leaders who came after Mohammed
were his successors. Like Mohammed, they
required all true Muslims to obey them as
both their religious and political leader.
The Caliphate – Transitions 3
Abu Bakr, the ISIS Caliph is claiming that all
Muslims and Muslim lands should obey him
and (as part of their religious duty) they are
to then conquer the rest of the world.
Have you ever heard that?
The Caliphate – Transitions 4
How does that hit you?
(Make you feel?
What do you think about that?)
I tell you it makes me (think, feel, believe…
________________________________________ )
Transitions
What do I say next?
You can start using these transitions immediately.
Next? Ask yourself:
“What direction do I want to take this conversation?
What do I want this person to understand?
What do I want this person to do?”
over the next 8 weeks
You’ll learn:
two different types of immediate transitions
what comes next transitions
effective conversational techniques based on
sound Biblical doctrine.
Bible Study
Assignment
Next Week
Radical Islam IIor
why “radical” Muslims aren’t so radical
Controversial Issues&
Current Events
Thinking Biblically - Talking Persuasively
1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 4:5, 6
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