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Franklin Graham, Chairman and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse

The Guardian Unlimited quotes Franklin Graham in an article October 17, 2004:

"We are in a Third World War... It is a global fight against Islamic fundamentalism."

In a statement to the Associated Press on Oct 14, 2000, Franklin Graham said:

“The Arabs will not be happy until every Jew is dead. They hate the state of Israel. They all hate the Jews. God gave that land to the Jews. The Arabs will never accept that. Why can’t they live in peace.”

A November 16, 2001 article in MSNBC discusses comments made by Franklin Graham, Chairman and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse:

“But now Franklin is in trouble with political friends for comments made recently, calling the entire Islamic religion ‘wicked, violent and not of the same God’. “I don’t believe this is a wonderful, peaceful religion’, said Graham. Asked by NBC News to clarify his statement, Graham repeated his charge that Islam, as a whole, is evil.”

His full statement is quoted below:

“We're not attacking Islam but Islam has attacked us. The God of Islam is not the same God. He's not the son of God of the Christian or Judeo-Christian faith. It's a different God and I believe it is a very evil and wicked religion."

In an interview with Christianity Today, Feb 16, 2004, he says:

"There is a huge amount of misery in this world, and the only hope is the Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel is the only thing that can change the hearts of this wickedness that we see and this evil that we see in these various countries where we work."

The Halifax Herald Limited quotes Graham in an article dates Oct 9, 2004:

"The married father of four came under fire several years ago when he told NBC News that Islam is "a very evil and wicked religion." During the interview with this newspaper, he claimed 'the majority of people in the western societies would probably tend to agree with what I said. I haven't seen much evidence of a peaceful religion,' he added."

"Look if we do this program again we cannot just put smiles on children's faces, we cannot just make them happy just for a moment. We have got to do everything that we can to communicate the truth about Jesus Christ to these children..." "We will be a witness for Lord Jesus Christ when we give away your boxes..." "We are to be a witness. We are to tell the truth. Let's use television. Let's use a shoebox. Let's use medicine in the Third World. And every time God opens up a door lets be a faithful witness." "That's 6 and a half million children that we had a chance to be God's Witness to. To tell them the Truth about God's son, the Lord Jesus Christ... ...Wonderful opportunities with these children. And when you think about ... 6 and a half million children that we gave boxes to. Every family in the Third World has a Mother & Father, Brothers & sisters, Aunts & Uncles & Cousins and when you look at the total number it's close to 60 million people a year. Last year that we touched. It's huge. And every box is a witness. It's a tool to be a witness. Every box is important. Every one."

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Franklin Graham, Rebel With A Cause

In Franklin Graham's book, Rebel With A Cause, Graham states that "from the refugee camps we traveled to the subcontinent of India, with its hundreds of millions of people locked in the darkness of Hinduism… These people were bound by Satan's power." (pg 138-139)

In this book he also comments on a local religion in Indonesia: "A witch doctor ruled that particular village, and I could sense an evil presence." (pg 137)

He also says, "I turned my attention again to the primary goal of Samaritan's Purse - sharing the gospel. Some people are a bit surprised to learn that this is our main focus, but it's true. We are not just a Christian relief organization". (pg 187)

On Saudi Arabia, he says, "Possibly one of the most closed, wicked countries in the world--a nation where there is absolutely no religious freedom outside of Islam; a nation that hates and despises Christians and Jews; a nation where women are treated as men's personal property at every level of society" (p. 231)

Justifying "Operation Desert Save" in which Samaritan's Purse ignores the religious sensitivity during Desert Storm, smuggling a million anti-Islam tracts to soldiers in the form of fake love letters, fake "Dear Abbey" letters, etc., and New Testaments translated into Arabic are sneaked to soldiers: "I am under orders from the King of kings and Lord of lords to go into all the world and preach the gospel and make disciples of every nation" (p. 239)

"I really do appreciate the sensitive position that General Schwarzkopf was in. He's a great man--a brilliant general--a real hero. I can understand why he took exception to what we were doing. He was a man under authority. But so was I" (p. 245)

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