The Jihadist Next Door: British Channel 4 Documentary

This is a fascinating documentary on radical Muslims in the United Kingdom.

Somethings to take away from it:

• I don’t think Islam is necessarily peaceful contrary to liberal and progressive narratives.  At the same time I don’t think most Muslims are violent.
• Here in the video we see that even among Muslims, the radicals are a minority and some Muslims react very negatively to these radicals and agitators.  I think we must never forget that not all Muslims are violent or terrorists.
• Here we do see the danger of Muslims being radicalized through the internet.  I think Christian apologetics confronting radical Islam is very important probably more important than we realize.
• The question again and again being posed by the journalist and people heckling them is the issue of whether or not they are aligned with ISIS.  I think the thing you see that these radical Muslims get is that it isn’t formal connection with ISIS that’s important, but the ideology and the propogation of those beliefs.  Any defeat of ISIS must include refuting the worldviews of these extremists.
•  It’s not just enough to refute their worldview.  They need the Gospel.  They need to know their sins separates them from God and God’s wrath is against them.  However, nothing they do, or we can do by our own power, will save us from His coming wrath.  Only through Jesus Christ can we be saved!
• You see these guys getting as close as possible to breaking the law and complain that they can’t have freedom of speech for what they say and blame the English system.  It strikes me as the same kind of behavior those who are abusive display: they say things and do things but always blame others.
• Another observation of this video is that these guys have no room in their belief system for forgiveness.  It’s an eye for eye world.  I don’t think they understand where that would take them.  What a contrast to God’s grace, forgiveness and mercy.

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