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In case you ever wondered, here’s what a Christian jihad looks like.

Just like Muslim jihaads are launched by the criminal and lunatic fringe of Muslims, so too are Christian jihads launched by the criminal and lunatic fringe of Christians. Meet Kenneth Copeland, the totally pathetic bin Laden of the West:

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has gone after more than a few iconic nonprofits during his tenure atop the Finance Committee, including the Red Cross, Smithsonian and Harvard University.

But now the Finance ranking member and former chairman may have met his match: televangelist Kenneth Copeland of the sprawling Kenneth Copeland Ministries based in Newark, Texas.

In a Jan. 22 closed-circuit broadcast of his 2008 Ministers’ Conference obtained by Roll Call, Copeland pledges a holy war against “Brother Grassley” and the Senate for attempting to get a look at the controversial ministry’s finances. Grassley wrote a Nov. 6 letter to Copeland and five other prominent ministers requesting a variety of financial information.

“You render unto the government what belongs to the government. And you render unto God what belongs to God,” Copeland loudly intones to approving murmurs from the crowd of 1,000 ministers and their guests.

Note that Copeland’s jihad is against Grassley and the Senate.

After a searing attack on Grassley’s tactics — which Copeland says were designed to sully his image and pressure him via the media — Copeland says he will never provide information on his donors, even if he is ordered to do so by subpoena.

“You can go get a subpoena, and I won’t give it to you!” Copeland storms. “It’s not yours, it’s God’s and you’re not going to get it and that’s something I’ll go to prison over. So, just get over it!” he tells Grassley, jamming his finger into the air. “And if there’s a death penalty that applies, well just go for it!”

Quite the drama queen, our Kenneth! Also, I would love to see what grade he got in Jihad 101. The most basic lessons don’t seem to have sunk in. There are those who declare jihad, Kenneth, and there are those who embrace martyrdom, and the twain are ne’er one and the same. That’s the first law of holy jihad.

Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Copeland also thinks that when he is executed for refusing to turn over papers to a Senate committee, there will be 72 virgins awaiting him in the hereafter. Kenneth, you reprobate, that’s only for those on the other side. (Of course, if you want to cross over, that’s a different matter.)