John Hubers

By John Hubers

“Zion’s Christian Soldiers”

On October 6, 2002, the popular American investigative TV program 60 Minutes introduced its viewers to Christian Zionism in a segment they entitled “Zion’s Christian Soldiers.” Outspoken former Moral Majority founder the Rev. Jerry Falwell was the primary guest. Correspondent Bob Simon interviewed Falwell, asking his opinion on a variety of subjects related to Middle Eastern affairs. How he replied astonished many, infuriated many more. By week’s end his words would be published and republished in every major news venue around the world, most notably in those countries where Islam is the dominant faith: “I think that Muhammad was a terrorist,” he said. “I’ve read enough of the history of his life, written by Muslims and non-Muslims, to say that he was a violent man of war.”1