Jordanian: ' Islam will conquer Rome'

5/13/2008
Catholic News Agency (www.catholicnewsagency.com)

�Islamic lands that were occupied by the enemies will once again become Islamic...We proclaim that we will conquer Rome, like Constantinople was conquered once, and as it will be conquered again."

DENVER, CO (CNA) - A former Jordanian minister has seized upon commentary about the decline of Western power, saying on Arabic-language television that Islam will conquer Rome.

He went on to say that Spain is an Islamic land that should be retaken and that America has begun to realize its �end is near.�

The remarks by former Jordanian Minister of Religious Endowment Ali Al-Faqir were broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV on May 2.

According to a transcript prepared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Al-Faqir said Palestine from the Jordan to the Mediterranean is an Islamic land. �Spain � Andalusia � is also the land of Islam,� he said.

�Islamic lands that were occupied by the enemies will once again become Islamic. Furthermore, we will reach beyond these countries, which are lost at one point. We proclaim that we will conquer Rome, like Constantinople was conquered once, and as it will be conquered again.

�America has occupied, thundered, and foamed with rage, and proclaimed, like Pharaoh, �I am your supreme God,� but it will come to its end, and they have begun to realize that their end is near,� he said.

Al-Faqir then alluded to commentary about the declining prominence of America and Europe.

�We have begun to read in American and European newspapers that �our glory is on the wane, and there is nothing we can do about it,�� Al-Faqir said, according to the MEMRI transcript.

�This morning on Al-Jazeera TV, I saw American scientists and strategic theoreticians, who said that America would soon come to its end. They said it before about the USSR, and, indeed, it has come to its end, and we say now that America and the EU will come to an end, and only the rising force of Islam will prevail.�

American and European pundits and commentators have recently discussed the perceived decline in American power, especially economic power.

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, national security columnist Fred Kaplan said President George W. Bush�s �follies� had accelerated the decline of American influence. �For half a century, we had been a super-power," Kaplan wrote. "Now we're upper-middle management in a world without bosses.�

Parag Khanna, a research fellow at the New America Foundation, wrote in the New York Times that the U.S. is �competing�and losing�in a geopolitical marketplace,� arguing that globalization has eroded American primacy.

Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, published excerpts from his new book in the May 12 issue of Newsweek.

Zakaria argued that a �seismic shift� in power and attitudes has transported the world into a post-American phase where the United States will not have the vastly unequal influence it has enjoyed in recent decades.

Other writers argue that American economic and cultural dominance will continue. The American Enterprise Institute�s economic policy director Kevin Hassett has advised readers to �ignore the obituaries.�

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ben
2 years ago
ignorance is a disease.moslems have believed a lie that one day islam will rule the world.the source of this lie is their lone prophet who is also the only witness to his false revelations.islam was coined out of christianity through the plagarising of bible stories.A big suprise awaits islam and its followers.Behold Rome is The Greatest Evil on earth and islam is just a puppet.
lawrence ndiwalana
2 years ago
indeed Islam is a threat to the whole of Christianity today, yesterday and tomorrow..that is if we don't forget our tendency to think that we alone as human beings can face up to this battle and emerge victorious. this is a holy war which can only be fought with the aid of the creator...for in vain do the guards keep guard if the Lord has not secured the city. As the Israelite fought they won and survived death as long as Moses's hands were held up high and the opposite was also true.
we should therefore fall to our knees and like Paul accept our limitlessness and then allow the divine to use as his instruments in a way he finds most efficient and appropriate but not as we wish.....
Drew Shedwick
3 years ago
Islam is a threat to the peace and security of the entire planet. It is not, nor has it ever been a "religion of peace" as GWB once said and BHO seems to agree with. If you look around the planet Earth about 90% of all armed conflicts involve Islam extending its influence. This is a serious threat to freedom everywhere, like communism was in the 20th century. The difference being that communists had the sense to know that the use of nuclear weapons would result in their own destruction, Islamists are willing to commit suicide by the millions and will use any nuke they can get their evil hands on. This is why we need to turn away from our secular and self absorbed lifestyles and become repentant for our sins. We must also work to bring to the world the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, especially to the so called Islamic countries. This will need to be done both overtly and covertly. We must also maintain strong military forces and alliances to deter and if need be, to fight off any military push by Islamists into the West.
Bin
4 years ago
May GOD be praised at all times!

Though this does seem like an ominous warning, we have to realize, that there is nothing impossible for GOD and HE is not sleeping, but watching carefully. If we continue to pretend that GOD isn't there and we do not mend our sinful ways, GOD will allow such punishments (like how HE allowed Israelites to help them to turn from their wrongful ways), in the interest of saving our souls from hell. GOD is so patient with us, yet we pretend that HE is not there. Ultimately, if we repent and mend our ways, the threat of Islam will be over in a day, but else, it will one day eclipse the world. The only reason that GOD would allow such a thing, is so that we may truly repent of our sins and mend our ways. If we do not (and if GOD does not allow such evil), our souls will be lost forever in hell, thats more important to save our immortal souls than our mortal bodies.

GOD Bless!
mike
4 years ago
gotta watch comments like this one about Islam conquering Rome...the Fatima prophecy could seem to indicate Rome gets destroyed by a nuclear blast. after all, it is the papacy that upholds Christian civilization.

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