A GUIDE TO MISSIONARY

TACTICS

This guide is intended to improve awareness about the tactics used by some groups

and cults. The tactics of missionaries and missionary groups may vary, but there are

some basic guidelines to keep in mind that will be helpful in dealing with them.

HIDDEN AGENDA

Some missionaries attempt to develop a rapport with their subject without divulging

their own religious affiliation or intention. As an example to make making them

seem less "Christian" missionaries are coached by their superiors to avoid using

words such as "Christ", "savior" or "baptize" (or Bahaullah or Mirza Ghulam

Qadiani).

If you are not sure about the religious identity of the stranger who begins talking to

you about religion, ask him directly about his beliefs and agenda. Be suspicious of

an indirect answer. Remember these people aren't interested in dialogue or trying to

improve Anglo-Muslim links but are often in SECURE PAID EMPLOYMENT to

Sell Christianity (or Bahaism or Qadianism).

CREATING DOUBT

When talking to a Muslim about religion, a missionary may attempt to elicit as.many "I don't know" responses as possible, in order to establish his superiority in

matters of religion. Don't allow yourself to be intimidated!

Remember, the missionary has studied Islamic beliefs for the sole purpose to sell

Christianity to Muslims (i.e. they only follow a template given to them and do not

have an overall understanding of Islam). Their hearts are sealed and they are no

longer interested in truth. Keep in mind that he is not speaking to you in order to

exchange ideas, but rather to create as much doubt in your mind and lead you away

from your faith. If you want to learn more about the Quran, do so from someone

who doesn't have hidden motives. Therefore, feel free to simply end the

conversation and walk away.

Remember that many of these questions and associations they are trying to sell have

been debunked many times by more learned Muslims. If they were interested in

dialogue the would be speaking to respected elders and community leaders

exploring common ground improving understanding and faith in the community,

but all one sees are the often the same question again to unsuspecting victims. Ask

yourself what do they hope to gain?

However, some of you may want to listen to their arguments and then learn the

Muslim response, in order to be better prepared for future encounters. One must

also remember that many missionaries intentionally go into Muslim areas (in

Britain) so they train themselves and create the most seductive "Sales Pitch" they

can manage. Once they have finished there training in salesmanship they will target

unsuspecting Muslims (the lonely, vulnerable and weak) lacking in knowledge.

The following pointers should give you a basic idea of what to look for.

DECEPTION

The missionary may tell you that he (or a Christian friend or acquaintance) was

once a Muslim, or that he had a solid Muslim education, a traditional Muslim

family life, etc. This is almost always a lie, so don't let him fool you. The hidden

message that he is attempting to convey is that he came to accept Christianity after

knowing and overcoming all of the Muslim objections (Jesus being son of god,

Bible being corrupted by man etc.), and therefore, why should you bother to check

it out?

He may drop certain Islamic phrases or talk about the details of his "traditional"

Muslim upbringing, in order to lend more credence to his story. In fact, his

"memory" is often the result of careful coaching.

The missionary might tell you that he knows the Islamic objections to his

arguments, and will then proceed to show how such objectives are ill-founded.

Don't expect to hear the real Islamic response from such a source.

GOOD, BAD OR UGLY

Don't be taken in by the "good cop - bad cop" routine. This routine involves a "bad

cop" who threatens the subject, and a "good cop" who protects him from the "bad.

cop". The subject is so grateful to the "good cop", and so worried about losing the

good-will of his protector, that he invariably shows his appreciation by telling the

"good cop" what he wants to hear. In similar fashion, the "good" Christian talks

about how much he loves and respects Muslims, while denouncing the "bad"

Christians who hate and have persecuted Muslims. The naive and ones lacking in

knowledge of Christian history and bigotry will feel grateful to the "good cop", and

may automatically judge him to be a friend and reliable ally. Watch out for hidden

motives behind such "friendship".

WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON OF GOD?

At the outset, the missionary will talk about his belief that Jesus is the Messiah.

Many Muslims don't find out until later, often after they have joined a Christian

friendship group, that their fundamental belief is that Jesus is god. Any talk about

"the Messiah" or "son of god" is merely a cover for that belief, basic to Christianity

. However, since such a concept is repugnant in Islam, this most basic belief of

Christianity is glossed over as much as possible when missionaries talk to Muslims.

PROOF or SPOOF?

Don't be impressed by the claim that Christians have 50, or 100, or 300 "proofs"

that they are correct in their claims about Jesus. As proof after proof is shown to be

meaningless, the missionary will hide behind his numbers, as if to say: "Well, we

have so many more proofs, what's the difference if you can disprove some of them".

He will attempt to "split the difference" with you: "Well, even if half our proofs

prove nothing, we still have another 25 or 50, or 150". Remember, all of their

proofs can be shown to be untenable. Keep in mind that a faulty point is not worth

50% of a good point, or 25%, or 10%. It is worthless. The simple mathematics are:

50 x 0 = 0, 100 x 0 = 0, 300 x 0 = 0.

CIRCULAR REASONING

Very often, the reasoning used by Christian missionaries is circular. That is, the

"proof" only points to something if you believe it in the first place, and therefore

there is no proof at all.

MISTRANSLATION

Be aware of the problem of mistranslating. A person who is not familiar with

Arabic can be lead to accept a mistranslating which puts a Christian "twist" on a

verse that never had such a meaning in the original. If you can't check it out

yourself, talk to a reliable person who can. Remember, it is no coincidence that the

Muslims of past generations, who were much better versed in the Arabic, never had

any serious problems refuting Christian missionary arguments.

In addition beware of Christian Translations of the Quran, many date from sixteenth

to the eighteenth century with the sole intention to discredit Islam.

Please keep in mind ANY translation (interpretation) of the Quran will most

definitely contain errors from its natural language (Arabic), the Quran is the direct

.Word of Allah (God) to mankind through the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon

him). Any translation of the Quran no longer retains that 'official' and perfect status,

however it can be tremendously helpful to beginning students wanting to learn

more about Islam.

We would strongly encourage those wanting to learn about Islam to purchase a

copy of the Quran but with the following conditions:

get one with commentary (tafseer)

make sure the tafseer is scholarly (e.g. references to reasons behind a verse,

references to hadith and sunnah, etc.).

QUOTING OUT OF CONTEXT

Often a verse will be quoted to you that has been taken entirely out of context.

When the entire chapter that contains that verse is read, it becomes clear that it does

not corroborate the Missionary.

Conclusion : Selling Timeshare or Christshare? (or Qadianism or Bahaism)

You may recognize many of the tactics used by some Missionaries in selling their

faith as they have similarities to disreputable Timeshare and Double glazing

salesman, and this raises some interesting points:

Why would one propagate faith in such a deceitful and underhanded way, is

it because:

God will not aid ones seeking the true path?

A bad product is difficult to sell unless you dupe someone?

If you are genuinely interested in faith

Why don't you go ask someone with a sound knowledge and

understanding of Islam, instead of targeting the naive, vulnerable

and the weak.

Why do you seek out the naive and week and then intentionally ask

Mischievous questions, when they have been answered many times

by learned scholars and by people that you have approached over the

years? Surely this does not add to knowledge or understanding.

Why do you target Muslim.

Considering the moral depravity often in your own family and

neighbourhood and within so called Christians.

Is it because Muslims are wealthy in faith?

Is it because you have so much hatred for us and you are unable, incapable

or tired of other methods?

RIDICULE There is a very large number of publications by Muslims explaining

Islam in plain and simple English. Look in any public library for books on Islam, a

large proportion of them will be by orientalists and Christian missionaries, what do

you think motivates someone to write a book on a subject one does not believe in

and an area that has been already covered by numerous other books?.Remember Christian "Translations" of the Quran whose sole intention was to

discredit Islam.

CRUSADES Butchered everyone including defenseless women and children or any

one else that got in there way. Although it has taken many hundreds of years

Crusaders have improved they now only kill some women and RAPE THE REST.

The twentieth centuary has seen "Ethnic Cleansing" replace the word Crusade, in

1996 one of the youngest recorded victim of rape in Bosnia was a baby of 4 Months

old. Many women and children had two of there fingers severed by the Serbs so

that the three remaining fingers would remind them of the Trinity.

See also:

Christians stealth campain

Missionaries of the 90s target Muslims

Source: Jamiatul Ulama (Kwazulu-Natal)

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