I am quite sure the Vatican will do some kind of deal to allow recognition of Mohammed, after all the Catholic Church has an extended history of playing the harlot with the world.
Saudi Arabia: No churches unless prophet Mohammed recognised, says expert
Riyadh, 20 March (AKI) – No churches should be permitted in Saudi Arabia, unless Pope Benedict XVI recognised the prophet Mohammed, according to a Middle East expert.
While Saudi mediators are working with the Vatican on negotiations to allow places of religious worship, some experts believe it will not occur without this recognition.
Anwar Ashiqi, president of the Saudi centre for Middle East strategic studies, endorsed this view in an interview on the site of Arab satellite TV network, al-Arabiya on Thursday.
“I haven taken part in several meetings related to Islamic-Christian dialogue and there have been negotiations on this issue,” he said.
“It would be possible to launch official negotiations to construct a church in Saudi Arabia only after the Pope and all the Christian churches recognise the prophet Mohammed.”
“If they don’t recognise him as a prophet, how can we have a church in the Saudi kingdom?”
Ashiqi’s comments came after a declaration launched by the papal nuncio of the Persian Gulf, the archbishop Mounged El-Hachem, at the opening of the first Catholic church in Qatar last week.
The prelate had announced the launch of “treaties to construct a church in Saudi Arabia where it is banned to practise whatever religion they want outside Islam”.
El-Hachem estimated three to four million Christians in the Saudi kingdom who want to have a church.
A member of Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Council, Abdelaziz al-Thinani, rejected the prelate’s claims saying that there were no Christians among the Saudis who were all Muslims.
“Those few Christians do not reside in the country permanently, they come and go,” he said.
He denied there were four million Christians in the kingdom and said the issue of human rights should not be used to call for the construction of a Christian church.
Most of Saudi Arabia’s Christians are foreign workers. There are 8.2 million foreign workers in a country of 25.6 million people according to a report by the Saudi Labour Ministry.
Consider, what the scripture says: (1Jn 2:18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
(1Jn 2:22) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
(1Jn 4:3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(2Jn 1:7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
To make any type of concession with Islam is to admit that Mohamed is a true prophet, since he is a false prophet admitting him to being a prophet would be a lie. Further, the pope was considered an antichrist during the reformation. I for one will never admit that Mohamed is anything but a false prophet.
Well said…
Thomas Heringer
Consider, what the scripture says: (1Jn 2:18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
(1Jn 2:22) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
(1Jn 4:3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(2Jn 1:7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
To make any type of concession with Islam is to admit that Mohamed is a true prophet, since he is a false prophet admitting him to being a prophet would be a lie. Further, the pope was considered an antichrist during the reformation. I for one will never admit that Mohamed is anything but a false prophet.
Don’t the above quotes also apply to Jewish people? They do not recognize the Holy Trinity as the true God; therefore, they do not worship the same God as Christians do.
Jewish people deny that Jesus Christ is God, and they deny the very existence of the Holy Ghost. Thus, they fall under the same Scriptural condemnation as other groups. Yet, many who claim to be Christians, e.g., some Dispensationalists, think that the Jewish people have a separate ongoing covenant. That’s not possible.
At the top of this page there is an Israeli flag with the phrase “Friend of Israel” underneath it. And there are no categories on the right-hand side condemning the errors of Judaism. Why not?