Controversial ‘end times’ speaker shares message at the Alliance
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota Voices for Peace and the South Dakota Democratic Party have condemned a speaker slated to present at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Shahram Hadian is a former Muslim from Iran who converted to Christianity and now preaches across the nation. He is the founder of the Truth In Love Ministry, which condemns interfaith dialogue and claims on their website that Islam is “the manifestation of an anti-Christ spirit” and is an “enemy of the cross.”
The pastor from Tennessee wants to warn Sioux Falls residents about what he calls the end times and what he thinks is a misguided belief that all faiths are worshipping the same God.
According to South Dakota Voices for Peace, Hadian came to Sioux Falls in 2017 and was met with protestors. He is slated once again to speak at the South Dakota Military Alliance on July 9 and 10.
Tuesday night’s message at the Alliance deals with the Christian faith versus government.
“How do we obey when we see government overstepping their boundaries?” said Hadian.
Wednesday dives into end times.
“There’s a coming one world religion. There is a deception towards the idea of we all worship the same God and what we call interfaith and multifaith. So there’s a lot about that. I do, of course, talk about Islam,” said Hadian.
Although Hadian discusses other religions being part of a deception, he says he doesn’t see individual Muslims as an enemy.
“You think I want a Muslim to perish? No. I want Muslims to get to be safe. I want a Muslim to come into the light of the truth of who the true God is because I believe they’re following a false religion,” said Hadian.
South Dakota Democrats issued a statement saying, “His kind of disinformation is what fuels anti-Muslim rhetoric and puts South Dakotans at risk of hate and violence.”
South Dakota Voices for Peace CEO Taneeza Islam raised questions about what is being taught.
“His general message is that he pits the religion of Islam and Muslims as the enemy. I think he makes mainstream Christianity also the enemy because he talks a lot about how Christians who believe in interfaith work somehow have a great misunderstanding of the gospel,” said Islam.
And there is a common ground.
“Loving our neighbor, doing unto others as we’d want to do on to ourselves — all of those things are commonalities that bring us together and create strong communities,” said Islam.
Islam invites all with questions to visit a local mosque rather than a traveling speaker.
“Go to any of the mosques that are located here in Sioux Falls — they are very open and very welcoming to observe how we practice our faith and have those discussions,” said Islam.
After the interview, First Alert Investigator Beth Warden continued to look and was not able to find an “about us” page on the website. She did find another page that describes their statement on the church’s tax status.
View the full interview with Taneeza Islam below.
First Alert Investigator Beth Warden spoke with Hadian via Zoom about his message and the Truth In Love Ministry’s status as a nonprofit.
The South Dakota Democratic Party also spoke out against Hadian’s message.
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