Christians Under Attack

The Christians on Facebook group itself has over 327,000 members from all variations of the Christian faith. This channel or group hack appears to have been designed to replace the fundamental tenants of Christianity with those of Islam.

At 11:58am, the name began changing repeatedly to variations of the following:

"La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah"

"La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah -- In ALLAH We Believe"

"La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah - There Is No God But ALLAH"

"There is No God but ALLAH; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"

The attack appears to be ongoing as the group's image has been changed, and the group's Basic Info section has also been changed to carry several paragraphs which claim to report on the foundation of Islam, including the first principle declaration in two parts, and several passages relating to the deity Allah and his prophet/servant/apostle Muhammad.


Both religions believe in same God

According to both Christianity and Islam, both religions share the same God. The history goes like this: Abraham was promised a son by God, but ultimately he had two sons, one named Ishmael and one named Isaac. Ishmael was born first, but it was not of his wife, Sarah, who was at that time barren, but rather to Sarah's maiden name Hagar -- something that was common in those days when the wife was barren (that the wife's servant would bear a child for her husband). Later, God fulfilled His promise to Abraham and gave him a son by Sarah, named Isaac.

Because of animosity between Sarah and Hagar, Sarah demanded that Hagar and Ishmael be cast out, which Abraham did, but not before asking God to watch after Ishmael, which God has done to this day, making Ishmael's decendents very numerous.

As a result of Abraham asking God to bless both sons, two off-shoots of the same religion began. One of Hagar's son Ishmael, and one of Sarah's son Isaac. Today the associated religions are called Islam and Christianity, respectively.

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UPDATED:  March 11, 2009 - 02:19pm CDT
The number of group members has decreased since this attack began. It's gone from around 327,400 to 326,600, a loss of about 800, at the time of this update.

 

UPDATE #2:  March 11, 2009 - 10:41pm CDT
The hacked group continues to exist with teachings of Allah. The number of group members has decreased even further. At the time of this update, it's down to 324,443, which is about 3,000 fewer than before this hack began.