FORMER UK PM DAVID CAMERON LECTURES DONALD TRUMP: IT IS "WRONG TO PROJECT TERRORISM AS CHRISTIANITY-ISLAM CLASH"

FORMER UK PM DAVID CAMERON LECTURES DONALD TRUMP: IT IS "WRONG TO PROJECT TERRORISM AS CHRISTIANITY-ISLAM CLASH"

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/former-uk-pm-david-cameron-lectures-donald-trump-it-is-wrong-to-project-terrorism-as-christianity-islam-clash; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Former British prime minister David Cameron said today it was wrong to project terrorism as a clash between Christianity and Islam and called for a strategy to wipe out the extremist forces.

Cameron was pontificating to Donald Trump, since it “appeared to him from US President Donald Trump’s comments that he viewed terrorism as a clash between Christianity and Islam.” This is the extent of Cameron’s strange allegation against Trump: that it “appeared to him”; he couldn’t point to anything Trump has actually said in order to substantiate his claim.

Despite what might appear to Cameron, like it or not, the global jihad is in part focused upon subjugating Judeo-Christian democracies under the hegemony of Islamic law. Islamic expansionists have declared war on Christianity, on apostates, on Israel, on Zionists, and indeed on every religion and doctrine that does not align with the Sharia.

If Cameron is looking for someone to whom to direct his advice, it should be Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who — in his quest to revive the Ottoman Empire — has in fact declared the “coming war between the cross and the crescent.” Erdogan has also meddled in Europe’s business, accusing the EU of starting “a new battle between Islam and Christianity following a ruling permitting employers to ban headscarves.”

Cameron, meanwhile, has stated:

Islam is a religion, observed peacefully and devoutly by over a billion people. Islamist extremism is a political ideology, supported by a minority.  At the furthest end are those who back terrorism to promote their ultimate goal: an entire Islamist realm, governed by an interpretation of sharia.

Vast Christian persecution, the murder of apostates, the content of the Islamic fiqh, the supremacist foundation of the Sharia, and the expansionist goals of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Muslim Brotherhood all seem to have escaped the attention of David Cameron.

Cameron’s attempts to enhance his stature by playing both sides of the political divide is worsening his already degraded reputation. While he defends Islamic doctrine, he has also warned about “swarms of migrants” and about immigration threatening the UK’s future. Cameron has already earned himself the reputation of being “a historic and disastrous failure.” He is no one to be advising Trump.

“‘Wrong’ to project terrorism as Christianity-Islam clash, says Cameron,” Business Standard, July 19, 2018:

Former British prime minister David Cameron said today it was wrong to project terrorism as a clash between Christianity and Islam and called for a strategy to wipe out the extremist forces.

Cameron, the Conservative Party leader who was the prime minister of Britain from 2010 to 2016, said it appeared to him from US President Donald Trump’s comments that he viewed terrorism as a clash between Christianity and Islam.

“Listening to Trump makes me feel that it is a clash between Christianity and Islam. It is wrong,” Cameron said at an interactive session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) here.

According to Cameron, it was, indeed, a clash within Islam – between the civilised ones who want to practice their faith peacefully and those who had taken a radicalised and perverted view of the religion.

The former British prime minister said: “Terrorism did not surface only in the Middle East. It also surfaced in Afghanistan, Pakistan and even in India and Britain”….

UK: FRANKLIN GRAHAM'S FESTIVAL OF HOPE ADS BANNED OVER GRAHAM'S "ISLAMOPHOBIC" COMMENTS

UK: FRANKLIN GRAHAM'S FESTIVAL OF HOPE ADS BANNED OVER GRAHAM'S "ISLAMOPHOBIC" COMMENTS 

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/uk-franklin-graham-festival-of-hope-ads-banned-over-grahams-islamophobic-comments;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Church leaders in Blackpool have criticised what they describe as an “astonishing” 

decision to ban bus adverts promoting an evangelistic event which will see Franklin 

Graham preach a gospel message……In an open letter, the church leaders said: 

“Because the Christian community is also a customer, we hope Blackpool Transport 

will listen to our public feedback as well, and not show what appears to be a potential 

bias against Christians.”

Blackpool Transport banned the ads for the Franklin Graham Lancashire Festival of Hope because Graham has previously condemned homosexuality, and because he has made “Islamophobic” comments such as “Islam has declared war on the world.” Truth be told, Graham understands what the global jihad is about.

Lancashire has a bad reputation when it comes to Islamic issues: the Lancashire Police won the “diversity champion of the year” award at the British Muslim Awards; a Sharia court in Lancashire handed down a sentence approving of honor killing; and Islamic leaders in Lancashire called on Muslims to boycott school meals after a ban on non-stunned halal meat in schools.



“Church leaders label Franklin Graham bus ad ban ‘bias against Christians,'” by Marcus Jones,Premier UK, July 13, 2018:


Church leaders in Blackpool have criticised what they describe as an “astonishing” decision to ban bus adverts promoting an evangelistic event which will see Franklin Graham preach a gospel message.

The Lancashire Festival of Hope leadership team say it’s a “travesty” that Blackpool Transport chose to remove them.

The company had said it came to the decision after listening to public feedback.

A number of people had taken to social media to claim that Franklin Graham would be preaching hate and homophobia at the event which is due to take place at the city’s Winter Gardens in September.

In an open letter, the church leaders said: “Because the Christian community is also a customer, we hope Blackpool Transport will listen to our public feedback as well, and not show what appears to be a potential bias against Christians.”

A number of MPs have raised concern about his visit to Blackpool fearing he will repeat previous statements condemning homosexuality and Islam.

But speaking to Premier earlier this year, Graham said: “I’m not coming to preach hate, I’m here to preach about a saviour – Jesus Christ who can make a difference in our lives if we put our faith and trust in him.”

The church leaders say they are seeking a meeting with Blackpool Transport and have urged Christians not to complain but to act in a positive nature by praying…..

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA CONDEMNS ALL "RELIGIOUSLY INSPIRED VIOLENCE", IGNORES JIHAD VIOLENCE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA CONDEMNS ALL "RELIGIOUSLY INSPIRED VIOLENCE", 

IGNORES JIHAD VIOLENCE 

BY MATEEN ELASS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/presbyterian-church-usa-condemns-all-religiously-inspired-violence-ignores-jihad-violence; 

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

The 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA met last month in St. Louis. As I reported in a previous blog, one of the overtures of particular interest to me on their agenda dealt with interfaith relations. Known as Overture 7-1, it was approved as amended by the General Assembly on Wednesday, June 20th. Among the seven directives of this overture was number 2, the final version of which reads: “Condemn all religiously inspired and motivated violence, prejudice, discrimination, and hate speech.” As I commented in the earlier blog, passage of this overture would keep the PCUSA extremely busy, especially with regard to the actions of the Islamic world. Perhaps the denomination will open up a new ministry dedicated to this new directive, appropriately named the Office of Condemnation.

It has been almost a month since the close of the General Assembly, and I have checked the official news organizations of the PCUSA to track the denomination’s obedience to this new directive. As of yet, there have been no condemnations of religiously inspired and motivated violence, violence, prejudice, discrimination, and hate speech. That does not mean, of course, that such things have not occurred around the world, just that the PCUSA is not attuned to obvious existence, especially with regard to the Muslim world. To be of help, I have cataloged a representative sample of the types of activities since June 20th which should have triggered an official PCUSA response:

Discrimination:

• On 7/8 Iran sentenced a young woman to 2 years imprisonment and 18 years probation (she must keep silent or else) for protesting the mandatory nature of the hijab.
• During Ramadan, a Sikh teenager at the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Kashmir was systematically pressured to convert to Islam and observe Ramadan; when she complained after being stabbed by two masked men, the Muslim Vice-Chancellor dismissed the harassment claims, arguing that her classmates were “only joking.”
• On 7/6, there was a public mass flogging of “suspected prostitutes” in Indonesia’s Muslim-dominated Aceh province.
• On 6/27, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) revealed that it was imposing the Muslim jizya tax on the Assyrian Christian town of Ankawa in the province of Irbil, simply because its inhabitants were Christians, not Muslims.
• In the country of Kyrgyzstan, officials recently ordered a church of Muslim converts to close or face the consequences.
• Rampant discrimination against females within Islam is reflected in the high rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) practiced (and supported by Shari’a law). The British government recently reported that there is a religiously-based act of FGM committed every two hours on average among its population — the vast majority of these mutilations take place in immigrants’ home countries where they return specifically for this reason.
• Fulani Muslim militants have systematically targeted Christian citizens in Nigeria for ethnic cleansing. So far in 2018, some 6,000 have been massacred.

Hate Speech:

• A recent internal survey of 100 mosques in “moderate” Jakarta found that 41 of them were “radical,” meaning that their typical messages included “hate speech, calls for the establishment of a caliphate, and a negative portrayal of other faiths.” If this is true in a country touted for being moderate in Islamic practice, what might that imply for more conservative Muslim countries?
• In June, Dutch politician Geert Wilders announced that his Freedom Party will be holding a “draw Muhammad” cartoon contest soon to highlight the need for vigilance over the right of free speech. He has since received many public and private death threats. Pakistani hardline politician Khadim Hussain Rizvi, upon hearing of this, publicly declared, “If they give me the atom bomb I would remove Holland from the face of the earth before they can hold a competition of caricatures….”
• On 7/5 the official Palestinian Authority TV station publicly lauded as heroes the mutilators and executioners of Israeli soldiers captured in 2000. Imprisoned for years now by the Israelis, these individuals are being praised as “giants of endurance.”
• On his 79th birthday (7/17) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared his intention once again to eliminate Israel from the face of the earth. “…[T]he fabricated Zionist regime will be eradicated,” he promised.

Prejudice:

• In early July, Pakistan’s first Sikh police officer, Gulab Singh, was attacked in his home by Muslim officials who removed his turban, unwound his hair and then dragged him from his home by his hair, disrespecting his faith and pressuring him and his family to leave the country.
• On July 5 it was reported that a joint declaration (produced by a British Muslim) condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred sought the signatures of both Muslim and Jewish leaders in France. Interestingly, all the Jewish leaders supported the declaration, but no French Muslim leader was willing to sign the document.
• In late June, a Dutch Muslim named Hussein Jamakovic sent an email to four major news sites in Holland with the wish, “May you get cancer, you filthy, far-right cancer Jews.” This mindset while not always voiced, is not far below the surface in many Muslim circles.
• On June 25, three Arab Muslims were sentenced in Sweden for a December 2017 firebomb attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg. The court concluded, “The crime…had a hate motive.” Some nine other masked men were involved in the attack, but could not be identified, and so escaped prosecution.
• Five African nations (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sudan) are regularly in the news for slave-trafficking. Evidence of prejudice is found in the fact that the slaves are overwhelmingly dark-skinned, and the slave-owners are principally light-skinned Arab Muslims.

Violence:

• On 6/24, over 150 villagers were massacred by Muslim Fulani members of the militant group Miyetti Allah (which I’m told means “We are grateful to Allah”).
• On 6/26, the Taliban issued a public statement justifying violent jihad on theological grounds, countering criticisms that their observance of Islam is aberrant.
• As of 6/27, UNHCR estimates that Boko Haram attacks within the last decade have displaced some 1.9 Nigerians internally, as well as another half million plus in neighboring states.
• On 7/3, the bombing of a Sikh community in Jalalabad, Afghanistan left 19 dead. The Islamic State claimed responsibility and offered this warning: “Leave for India or convert to Islam.”
• On 7/6, seven family members returning from a wedding celebration near Diyala were stopped by an Islamic State patrol and machine-gunned to death.
• On 7/8, ten “Syrian refugees” were arrested in Berlin for attacking a man wearing a Star of David.
• On 7/10, 50 villagers in Adamawa, Nigeria, were slain by Miyetti Allah. Likewise, the next day, members of the same terrorist group massacred 42 others in the town of Taraba.
• On 7/13, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a political rally taking place in Mastung, Pakistan. The blast killed 149 and injured 186. Radical Muslims see man-made political parties as an affront to Allah, who has already determined the right pattern of government and its application.
• On 7/14 in Kabul, Afghanistan, another bomber struck a rural development agency, killing 7 and injuring 15.
• On 7/16, jihadists invade the village of Injagalane, Mali, and mow down at least 14 fleeing residents.
• Yesterday, in Ajiram, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber sent by the Islamic State attacks a rival mosque during a funeral, killing 22 mourners and injuring another 23.

As I indicated above, all of these events by no means exhaust the list of violence, prejudice, discrimination and hate speech fomented by members of the Muslim world in the name of Islam over the last thirty days. Why do we see such a disproportionate amount of hatred and violence perpetrated by Muslims against others? The answer is that violence and hatred against unbelievers and “unfaithful Muslims” are endorsed by Allah and his messenger in Islam’s holiest revelatory sources. Though the average Muslim today rejects these commands to hatred and violence, those who are most zealous for a return to the Islam of Muhammad believe that the path of violent jihad is the way to Allah’s blessing.

Read the rest here.

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SEE ALSO:

https://mateenelass.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/should-the-pcusa-open-an-office-of-condemnation/

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/06/presbyterian-church-usa-poised-to-condemn-islam-muhammad-and-the-quran

NORTH KOREA AVOIDING SANCTIONS: NIKKI HALEY & MIKE POMPEO GIVE URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE

NORTH KOREA AVOIDING SANCTIONS: 

NIKKI HALEY & MIKE POMPEO GIVE 

URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE 

HUNGARY PROTECTING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD

HUNGARY PROTECTING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD 

DR. STEVE TURLEY REPORTS

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, PA: COUPLE PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING BIBLE STUDY, WORSHIP ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMIT UNDER THREAT OF DAILY FINES

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, PA: COUPLE PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING BIBLE STUDY, WORSHIP 

ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMIT 

UNDER THREAT OF DAILY FINES 

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: https://christiannews.net/2018/07/20/couple-prohibited-from-hosting-bible-study-worship-on-property-without-permit-under-threat-of-fines/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, Pa. — A Pennsylvania couple has filed a legal challenge after being prohibited from hosting Bible studies, worship gatherings and other Christian retreats and fundraisers on their property without a permit under the threat of fines of $500 per day.

According to a lawsuit filed by the Independence Law Center, Scott and Theresa Fetterolf have been conducting the events on their Sewickley Heights property since 2003, carrying on a practice held by the previous owner, who for decades permitted the 35-acre farm to be used for Bible studies, seminary board meetings, youth events, fundraisers for churches and other Christian gatherings.

In October, the Fetterolfs received a “Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order” from borough officials, asserting that the ongoing numerous activities, being in a “historical-rural residential district,” violated a zoning ordinance that states that a “place of worship or assembly” must apply for a conditional use permit.

A “place of worship or assembly” is defined under Ordinance 294 as a “building, structure, and/or lot where people regularly observe, practice, or participate in religious or spiritual services, meetings, and/or activities or that is designed (or adapted) for the assembly or collection of persons for civic, political, religious, educational, social, recreational, and amusement purposes.”

The Notice of Violation also claimed that the Bible studies can be categorized as a “special or studio school,” and that a fee-based conditional use permit would also be needed for each “class.”

A studio school is defined under Ordinance 294 as a “small scale facility, typically accommodating one group of students at a time, in no more than one instructional space offering specialized instruction, including for purposes of example but not limitation, individual and group instruction in the arts, production rehearsals, musical recitals, martial arts training, and yoga and aerobics instruction.”

The Fetterolfs do not believe that using their farm for Christian gatherings—which, in addition to Bible studies and prayer meetings, include annual picnics for a local seminary, fundraisers for the Billy Graham Library, and occasional youth group events—constitutes the creation of a “place of worship” or a “studio school,” as the property is primarily used as their personal residence and for agriculture.

“A church, synagogue, or mosque would be the prototypical ‘place of worship,’ explaining why a ‘place of worship’ is not even listed on the table of what are considered accessory uses within any of the zones within the borough,” the legal complaint argues, “since they would not by nature be anything but a primary use.”

The Fetterolfs ceased hosting Bible studies and worship on their property upon receiving the letter, and lodged an appeal, which has resulted in a number of ongoing hearings before borough officials. Both the Zoning Hearing Board and the Borough have stated that they have no power to lift the cease and desist order.

The couple has consequently taken the matter to the courts to seek legal intervention.

“The Fetterolfs wish to begin religious activities again, including Bible studies, prayer meetings for a small number of guests, a church youth group twice in the summer (40 guests), a youth leader brunch (10-12 guests), a labor day picnic for the seminary (100 guests), and a fundraiser for the Billy Graham Library in September (250 guests),” the legal challenge outlines.

It contends that while religious activities are subject to a conditional use permit, the same rules have not been applied to similar properties that have hosted “bonfires, Child Health Association meetings, Harry Potter parties, Royal wedding parties, Farm to Table events, Heart Association fundraisers, political fundraisers, birthday parties, equestrian club meetings, book club meetings, baby showers, garden club meetings, football game parties, and graduation parties. ”

“There is no compelling interest in prohibiting Bible studies, meetings where religious songs are sung, religious retreats/fellowship, and religious fundraisers, especially when secular counterparts of these activities are permitted,” the lawsuit opines.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Fetterolfs also conduct commercial activities on their farm, including “a yarn and wool shop, sales of cut flowers and fresh honey, a weekly produce stand, educational classes, and other programs.” The information is not cited in the lawsuit and it is not clear whether any of those activities are of issue with the Borough.

Read the legal challenge in full here, and read the ordinance at issue here.

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SEE ALSO: https://pafamily.org/

TURKISH GOVERNMENT USING U.S. MOSQUES TO SPREAD "ISLAMIST-NATIONALISTIC FERVOR"

TURKISH GOVERNMENT USING U.S. MOSQUES TO SPREAD 

"ISLAMIST-NATIONALISTIC FERVOR" 

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/turkish-government-using-us-mosques-to-spread-islamist-nationalistic-fervor; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

It is widely known that Saudi-funded mosques pose a threat due to their spread of Wahhabi ideology. Now Turkey, with its dreams of reviving the Ottoman Empire, is spreading its jihadist ideology through its own mosques in the U.S.:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just in Turkey but here in the U.S., according to experts who believe he’s determined to spread his controversial brand of Islamist-nationalistic fervor through a network of mosques and religious centers.

These mosques need to be monitored. This shouldn’t even be controversial. Catholic churches were surveilled in Italy in Mafia investigations — and not only in Italy but also in New York City.

It is long overdue that mosques be surveilled, given the likelihood that many are promoting the jihad ideology. What’s stopping the surveillance of mosques? The fear of Muslim Brotherhood-linked lobbies screaming “Islamophobia.”

“These mosques are not places of worship,” charged David L. Phillips, Director for the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. “They are centers for political mobilization functioning like madrasas, distorting Islamic [sic] and radicalizing youth.”

The West is finished, unless it starts to treat the defense against the global jihad as what it is: a war.

“Critics say Turkish government using US mosques to play politics, spy on foes,” by Hollie McKay, Fox News, July 17, 2018:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just in Turkey but here in the U.S., according to experts who believe he’s determined to spread his controversial brand of Islamist-nationalistic fervor through a network of mosques and religious centers.

Some of that concern is focused on the Diyanet Center of America (DCA), a mosque and Islamic center in Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. The DCA was built with the strong support and funding from the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, which under the 15-year Erdogan administration has pushed for the building of mosques and Islamic centers around the world.

Erdogan himself attending the opening of the $110 million center in 2016. But while the DCA’s primary goal, according to its website, is to “providing religious services without regard to politics,” critics say that’s not the case.

“These mosques are not places of worship,” charged David L. Phillips, Director for the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. “They are centers for political mobilization functioning like madrasas, distorting Islamic [sic] and radicalizing youth.”

Poised in a quiet neighborhood in the town of Lanham, Md., across the road from a small church and a cluster of humble homes, the DCA fills an entire block, with a series of impressive buildings. And it’s from this location that critics say the Turkish government spreads Erdogan’s brand of Islam, spies and gathers information for his national intelligence service, and tracks Turkish-Americans who they suspect of following Fetullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based cleric and one-time ally the president has named public enemy number one in Turkey. ….

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TOUR OF DYANET CENTER 

PARIS: ALGERIAN MEN PUNCH WOMAN, BEAT UP BOYFRIEND FOR SAYING “VIVE LA FRANCE” AFTER WORLD CUP WIN

PARIS: ALGERIAN MEN PUNCH WOMAN, BEAT UP BOYFRIEND FOR SAYING “VIVE LA FRANCE” AFTER WORLD CUP WIN

Multi-cultural French capitol continues to descend into degradation

BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/paris-algerian-men-punch-woman-beat-up-boyfriend-for-saying-vive-la-france-after-world-cup-win/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

A woman and her partner were viciously beaten in Paris by a group of Algerian men after France’s World Cup Win for the sin of shouting “Vive la France!”

According to a report by Valeurs, the incident occurred just after midnight on Sunday night in the Saint-Eloi district of the capital.

A young couple was walking on the street when they were overtaken by a car, from which one of the occupants shouted, “vive l’Algérie!” (long live Algeria).

The couple responded by shouting “Vive la France!” – potentially referencing the country’s World Cup win earlier that day.

The occupants of the vehicle responded by exiting and immediately punching the woman in the face. The group of men then beat up her boyfriend.

The young man missed eight days of work because of the attack. Police are still searching for the culprits.











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As we previously highlighted, French cities were besieged by anarchists and migrants after the World Cup final, with shops being looted, vehicles set alight and buildings torched.

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According to statistics, 550 new migrants continue to arrive every single day in Paris, where tent cities, trash, poverty and degradation are now commonplace.

400,000 illegal immigrants live in one suburb alone, while Communist Party councillors recently pushed for homeless asylum seekers to be given part of Bois de Boulogne park.

As the video below documents, while many European countries are being conquered by mass Islamic immigration, South Korean protesters are rejecting the invasion, carrying signs during protests that read, “Don’t be like Europe.”

MARY "WEEPING" IN HOBBS, NEW MEXICO~FOUND TO BE OLIVE OIL TEARS AFTER CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

MARY WEEPING IN HOBBS, 

NEW MEXICO 

(Friday Church News Notes, July 20, 2018, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - 
SEE: https://www.wayoflife.org/friday_church_news/19-29.php

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

A statue of Mary at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs, New Mexico, began “weeping” during mass on May 20. The church secretary and her husband first noticed an “oil-like” substance on its face and on the floor below. When priest Jose “Pepe” wiped away the substance from the statue twice “the tears still appeared.” After the phenomenon was published in newspapers, visitors began making pilgrimages to the site. Bishop Oscar Cantú said officials are investigating the phenomenon. They will start with possible natural explanations. He added, “If it is supernatural, then is it God? Or is it of an evil spirit?” (“Bishop Cantú explains investigation,” Las Cruces Sun News, Jun. 2, 2018). I visited the church on June 14, since I was in Hobbs to preach a Bible conference on church history, and talked with the church secretary. She showed me photos on her phone that she took of the weeping statue. When I asked her what she thought the “weeping” meant, she replied, “That Mary is sad and the world needs to change.” I asked if perhaps they could be tears of joy, but she replied that “Mary looked sad.” On July 14, the Diocese of Las Cruces announced that a chemical analysis of the “tears” found that it is olive oil (“Investigation into Weeping Virgin Mary Statue,"Newsmax, July 17, 2018). The Catholic Mary is a heretical figment of man’s imagination, and any actual “visitations” at Mary shrines are demonic. When “Mary” does “appear,” she invariably preaches a work’s gospel, which is cursed of God (Galatians 1:6-8). God’s Word warns of the danger of spiritual deception, and the wise will test everything by the infallible Scripture. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. … For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Corinthians 11:3, 13-15). “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21).