The Anchormen Show EP 117 - Is Islam a Religion of Peace? w/ Dr. Isik Abla
The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Isik Abla once embraced Muslim extremism—she even dreamed of becoming a suicide bomber. Abuse and despair led her to plan her own death… until God intervened, and she converted to Christianity. Now, she shares her story worldwide—drawing a sharp line between Muslim faith and what she calls the ideology of Islam, warning it’s spreading like “stage-4 cancer” in the U.S.Can Islam coexist with other religions? Are American Christians at risk from radical Islam?
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| 0:00.0 | Now it's time for the Anchorman podcast with Matt Gates and Pearson Sharp. |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome back to The Anchorman Show. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm joined as always by my co-host, Pearson Sharp. |
| 0:13.5 | He hosts The Sharp Report here on One American News. |
| 0:15.2 | I host the Matt Gates show every night, 9 o'clock Eastern, 6th Pacific. |
| 0:18.9 | And we have a terrific guest with us for this episode |
| 0:22.1 | of Anchorman. Dr. Ischak Abla is a former member of the Islamic faith. She said she was an extremist |
| 0:28.1 | in that religion, and she's now a Christian. Converted to Christianity, became a Christian broadcaster, |
| 0:34.0 | and is founder of Isak Abla Ministries. And now that this, you know, this ceasefire is off and there's so much talk about the intersection of culture alongside the events of the news, we thought that it would be great to have this discussion. Dr. Abba, thank you for being here. Maybe if you could start by taking us through your journey from the Islamic faith to Christianity. |
| 0:57.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:00.0 | I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, in a divot Muslim home. |
| 1:05.0 | I grew up during civil war years in Turkey, in a very hostile environment. |
| 1:12.6 | I grew up basically in the mosque, memorizing most of the Quran through my great-grandmother, |
| 1:19.6 | who was an authority in Islam. |
| 1:22.6 | There was hostility, violence and home life, and hostility on the outside of the home in the mosque, |
| 1:30.2 | on the streets. |
| 1:31.3 | I grew up seeing arms and legs flying in air, people killing each other, so develop a complex PTSD at early age, living in fear for my life. |
| 1:47.0 | I went to Korean course at age 12. I was looking for answers, trying to understand why all these things were happening. |
| 1:53.0 | And in that Korean course, I was programmed to hate Christians and Jews, infidels. |
| 2:08.4 | And I was brainwashed that the biggest heroic act I could do for Allah was to become a suicide bomber. |
| 2:16.1 | And I was told so many other things that sounds so far from what I believe right now. |
| 2:20.6 | However, I started believing what they said and they told us the absolute truth. So you believe, sorry, it's just an important point to touch. There was a point |
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