Pope Francis has said, contrary to all the facts of the case, that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” Will he rebuke Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt? Stay tuned.
“Bishop Attacks ‘Drug Jihad’ Against Catholics,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, September 10, 2021:
KERALA, India (ChurchMilitant.com) – A senior Syro-Malabar bishop has broken ranks with Pope Francis and the Indian Catholic hierarchy to confront the “narcotics and love jihad” being waged by Islamic extremists against Catholics in the southern state of Kerala.
Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt triggered a nationwide controversy after his Wednesday sermon warning against Muslim jihadis who use drugs and sex to groom and lure Catholic girls into Islam.
The Syro-Malabar bishop was addressing a congregation at the famous archiepiscopal Marth Mariam Pilgrim Church in Kuravilangad, Kottayam district — a Marian pilgrim center that claims to date back to A.D. 105 and is steeped in the ancient Syriac tradition.
“From a tender age, girls are being targeted by jihadi groups getting them addicted to drugs,” Kallarangatt preached. “Drug jihad has become a reality, and youngsters from non-Muslim communities are being trapped and becoming slaves of such banned substances.”
“The growing drug abuse cases in the state point in this direction. Such people operate out of restaurants, ice cream parlors and juice bars run by hardcore jihadis. This is validated by rave parties in Kerala and those who are caught for organizing them,” the bishop said.
“In the eyes of a jihadi, non-Muslims are meant to be destroyed,” Kallarangatt preached. “When the intention is to spread Islam and annihilate non-Muslims, two widely discussed methods are ‘love jihad’ and ‘narcotics jihad.'”
“There is a section of people who want to establish that no such thing exists in our society today. They are trying to conceal the truth and reality,” the bishop added.
Robert Spencer Weighs In
In comments to Church Militant, renowned Islamic scholar Robert Spencer explained that “the use of drugs to conduct and finance jihad is long-established and has been going on for decades.”
“Before its first regime was toppled, the Taliban spoke of using opium to raise money and excused the practice since they weren’t selling drugs to Muslims, but only to non-Muslims,” Spencer, author of The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS noted.
“Kallarangatt speaks the truth, the truth that Pope Francis and so many others refuse to face. If Bp. Joseph were pope, the Church would have a more coherent and realistic approach to an ongoing and growing threat,” the academic added.
Addressing the issue of “love jihad,” Spencer elaborated:
It is likewise courageous of Bp. Joseph to speak out about the phenomenon of “love jihad,” which has victimized untold numbers of Christian women and girls, and Hindu and Sikh women and girls as well. In these cases, a Muslim woos and marries a non-Muslim, usually has children whom he raises Muslim and discards or even brutalizes the non-Muslim wife. It’s a means to increase the Islamic community at the expense of the non-Muslim communities.
Bishop Kallarangatt also accused jihadis of trapping and brainwashing girls from other religions, converting them and sending them to terrorist camps in Afghanistan. “Nowadays, Christian girls are largely becoming victims of such traps,” he pointed out….
tim gallagher says
I would say that all Muslims want Christians and all non-Muslims to be either destroyed or to cave in and submit to islam and join the evil, barbaric religious ideology. Anyway, bravo to this church leader for speaking up about islam’s evil nature. If only the pathetic Pope would wake up and also tell it as it is when it comes to Islam’s nature. I am a Christian and I consider Islam to be the absolute opposite of Christianity and I am sickened by way many Christian church leaders spend their time trying to be very friendly with Islam, which is an exercise in futility. Christian leaders should call out evil fearlessly and that means calling out islam as the evil ideology that it is.
gravenimage says
India: Bishop decries ‘love jihad’ and ‘drug jihad,’ ‘In the eyes of a jihadi, non-Muslims are to be destroyed’
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Bless Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt for telling the truth about Islam.
mortimer says
Thank God for Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt. He is knowledgeable about Islam and he gets it. Islam has a canonical teaching of hatred directed from Muslims against disbelievers. It is called AL WALAA WAL BARAA (love for Muslims and apartheid from non-Muslims). It is dualistic version of the Golden Rule in which only Muslim males get first-class treatment, Muslim females are treated as slaves and disbelieving kafirs are treated even worse.
Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt clearly has a good grasp of Islamic teachings. Would that Pope Francis could listen to well-informed clergy like this man.
BTW, the Syro-Malabar Church of Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt has one of the oldest histories of persecution under Islam at least half of their bishops and a large number of their priests have been MURDERED by Muslims through the centuries.
Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt KNOWS what he is talking about unlike the Dhimmi pope, Frank the Clueless.
Infidel says
Good job, Bishop Joseph! Now please convince all the missionaries operating in your country to spread the good news to muslims, who need it far more than Hindus. There are some 180 million that they can work on, which is nothing to sneeze at
Raja says
Infidel,
Do you want missionaries to be assaulted or even killed by going to Muslim neighborhood with the good news? Anyway, I don’t believe in preaching the good news to some one who would not even listen.
Matt 5: 6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
mortimer says
Quote: ‘In the eyes of a jihadi, non-Muslims are to be destroyed’. Yes, that is a fair statement and supported by many of Islam’s leading authorities who speak of killing kafirs :
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show ANIMOSITY and HATRED towards disbelievers and NEVER support them.”
– K. 28:86 says: “Lend not thou support in any way to those who reject Allah’s Message.”
– In the matter of relations with kafirs, a Muslim should “…act like you are his friend. THEN KILL HIM.” – Sheikh Muburak Gilani
– “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE THEM because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.” – from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”
– In 2019, Mufti Muhammad Ibn Muneer of New York said, “The general principle is to love and to HATE for the sake of Allah. Which is simply summed up as, loving the Muslims and HATING THE NON-MUSLIMS.”
– from a lecture given by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal (H.A.): “The implication of al-Baraa is that one HATES for the sake of Allah (SWT)…Al-Baraa means to recognize who your enemies are and to HATE THEM and EXTERMINATE THEM in their Endeavour to get rid of your Deen, al-Islam…Al-Baraa is to HATE the people who propagate Baatil (falsehood)—the Muslim should HATE them and (at least desire to) KILL THEM when the time comes.”
– “Killing a Kafir who is fighting you is OK. Killing a Kafir for any reason (i.e. criticism of Islam), you can say, it is OK – even if there is NO REASON for it. You can poison, ambush and kill non-believers. You must have a stand with your heart, with your tongue, with your money, with your hand, with your sword, with your Kalashnikov. Don’t ask shall I do this, just do it.”Abu Hamza al-Masri (Egyptian born British Cleric)
-“Act like you are his friend. Then kill him.” – Sheikh Muburak Gilani
OTTER says
The fact is that Christians have joined forces with radical Muslims in India to destroy Hinduism. The both protest against the Modi government which is nothing but an alliance of convenience.
Christianity after having been abandoned by increasing numbers in the west is now
salivating at the prospects of converting the heathen Hindus with all kinds of dishonest tricks The reason why this bishop is speaking out right now is because Hindus have been defeated politically in the state of Kerala and now Christianity finds itself face to face with it traditional enemy Islam. So to the fanatical Christians I say go back and try to first recover the lost souls in the West and try to understand that Hinduism, whatever it’s internal Faults, is the worlds most tolerant religion. Do you read the book called the American Veda by Philip Goldberg.
Raja says
Otter,
You sound so much like a typical Indian, without logic or reason.
There is no divine sanction of converting Hindus or any humankind by hook or by crook. It is the tele-evangelists who are doing the bidding with the connivance of corrupt administration. Nor does Christianity force any Christian to remain faithful. All humans have a choice irrespective of who they are.
You say you are tolerant but you cannot digest the concept of one God. You cannot stand Christ, who had the attributes of the unseen God, when on earth. His disciples preached and practiced what Christ told them to do. Yet you hate Christians. You want to have an Indian god, local god and so on which is OK with you. If God needs to be so many gods or different departments, then He is not God at all. This is how I understand God. You are free to have your own opinion.
The West doesn’t want God in their lives, what is your problem? If they lose commonsense, natural thinking, justice etc and go in for mass suicide what is your problem?
We should be concerned about islam, that is threatening mankind from all sides since 1400 years, India being the most devastated and affected. Instead of being concerned about how islam eats up everything like a catfish, you are whining about Christianity. This bishop is a rarest of the rare “official” who has spoken the truth ! Why don’t you appreciate him?
OTTER says
Look at the actions of Christian preachers in India and don’t quibble about ‘divine sanction. While Christians have contributions much to India, it’s single minded devotion to one God is problematic. How do you know there is one God or God at all? Leave Hindus alone. Go away. If they wish to stay sunk in their ‘ ignorance’ it’s their choice. The three monotheistic religions of the world are a big problem with Islam at the top of course.
Raja says
Has any one forced you to follow Christ? In what way is Judaism a problem for you or world for that matter? Does dealing with multiple gods solve any of the problems? Your ignorance is baffling !
Raja says
If Christian preachers cheat you, you are free to fix them by the laws of the land. Who is stopping you or what’s stopping you? I know there are lots of preachers, including tele evangelists who don’t even know the bible. This is the message for such:
Matthew 7:
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
Raja says
Otter,
You say: The three monotheistic religions of the world are a big problem… If i prove that islam is antithetical to Judaism and Christianity what would you do? It is the ignorant Lefties that compare these with perhaps one book called Deuteronomy, which is again is twisted. I can prove the opposite.