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Pastor supporting McCain calls Islam ``evil" and ``anti-Christ"
May 22nd, 2008 @ 6:57am
by Brian Ross/ABC News
Remember the troubles Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama had over his relationship with The Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Republican presidential nominee John McCain could face his own firestorm with a pastor he calls a spiritual guide.
McCain, who has made calls for diplomacy to win the hearts and minds of the Islamic world, has the endorsement of evangelical pastor Rod Parsley, whom the candidate recently introduced as ``one of the truly great leaders in America, a moral compass, a spiritual guide."
Parsley, pastor of the World Harvest Church of Ohio, has denounced Islam as ``evil and anti-Christ."
Brian Ross, chief investigative reporter for ABC News, says that Parsley has made no secret of his feelings that Islam is the enemy.
``Islam is an anti-Christ religion that intends through violence to conquer the world," Parsley has said. ``America was founded in part with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed."
He also has said, ``I will rail against the idea that the God of Christianity and the God of Islam are the same being. I will sound the alarm about the pernicious agendas of the enemies of my country and the cross of my Christ, and I will proclaim the truth at every opportunity."
Ross says that Parsley has warned about Islam in sermons sold on DVD since 2005 and in a book, ``Silent No More."
McCain's campaign issued a statement, saying that the senator strongly rejects such statements as Parsley's. But, Ross says a campaign spokesman would not answer whether the senator knew of Parsley's views before seeking his endorsement.
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