Franklin Graham: Threat of Islam 'real, serious, dangerous'
“Since 9/11, I have been warning America about the dangers of the teachings of Islam,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “Followers of Islam are taught very troubling passages that encourage them to murder and maim those they refer to [as] infidels, or nonbelievers.”
He said that with the advent of the Internet and social media, “radicalization is only increasing – and the dangers are continuing to increase.”
“Many times, sadly, it is the young who are pulled into these teachings that encourage murder and rape in the name of the god of Islam,” said Graham, who is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of the Samaritan’s Purse relief and development ministry.
He cited the terrorist attacks in London on Saturday in which Muslim jihadists mowed down pedestrians with a van on London Bridge and then went on a stabbing spree in nearby pubs, killing at least seven and...
