Syrian Muslims find Jesus after ISIS brutality

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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 6th February 2019 09:06

Syrian Muslims find Jesus after ISIS brutality: 'Christianity was the religion I was searching for'

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter

Syrian Christians have shared how they converted from Islam to Christianity after witnessing the brutality of Islamic extremist groups like ISIS, who carried out barbaric acts in the name of Allah.

Members of the recently-established Church of the Brethren in Kobani — the first local Christian place of worship for decades — shared with NBC News how Christianity appealed to them after living under Sharia law.

Farhad Jasim, 23, who works as a mechanic, converted to Christianity late last year. He told NBC he was jailed by ISIS for six months in early 2016 after the militants discovered he didn't know the basics of Islam. During his time in captivity, he was tortured and forced to read the Quran.

“After I witnessed their brutality with my own eyes, I started to be skeptical about my belief,” Jasim said.

After hearing about the Church of the Brethren, which opened in September and is part of a denomination that dates back to 18th-century Germany, Jasim decided to visit: “It didn’t take me long to discover that Christianity was the religion I was searching for,” he said.

Jasim told the outlet his family has rejected him because of his newfound faith and expressed hope that one day, his loved ones will not only forgive him but embrace Christianity, too.

“If ISIS represents Islam, I don’t want to be a Muslim anymore,” he said. “Their God is not my God.”

Firas, a 47-year-old farmer, told NBC he converted to Christianity after living under ISIS for two years. He recalled how militants would terrorize anyone who didn’t adhere to their particular brand of Islam.

“I saw men and young teenagers being whipped on the streets because they were caught smoking. I saw dead bodies of young men being thrown from high buildings for being gay,” Firas said. “This was their Islam.”

"If heaven is made for ISIS and their belief, I would choose hell for myself instead of being again with them in the same place, even if it’s paradise," he added.

While ISIS was driven out of the city, located along the Syrian-Turkish border, over four years ago, converting to Christianity remains taboo — and even dangerous — in the Muslim-majority region. Persecution watchdog Open Doors notes that even in more secure parts of Syria, Christians who have converted from Islam face pressure and discrimination from their communities. Kobani is home to about 300 Christians, according to estimates.

Omar, 38, who serves as church administrator, said that even before ISIS overtook the region, it was strictly forbidden to change religion from Islam to Christianity. But under ISIS, converting to Christianity “wasn’t even imaginable,” he said, adding: “ISIS would kill you immediately.”

“Most of the brothers here converted or come to church as a result of what ISIS did to them and to their families,” he said. “No one is forced to convert. Our weapon is the prayer, the spreading of spirit of love, brotherhood and tolerance.”

Currently, just 4.6 percent of Syrians are believed to be Christian, according to a report by Aid to the Church in Need. Additionally, about 700,000 Christians are believed to have left Syria since the civil war began in 2011.

In December, President Donald Trump announced that US troops would withdraw from Syria, stating, "We have won against ISIS. We've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. We've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home.”

However, amid concerns that pulling U.S. troops out of Syria will put persecuted Christians, Kurds and other ethnic minorities at risk, Trump later clarified he would send U.S. forces back if ISIS and other terror groups regain their strength.

"The President's made clear that we support Christians, that we support the Kurds," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders recently told CBN News. "He's made that clear to Turkey, he's made that clear publicly on a number of fronts, and just one of the reasons that the President has been tough on Iran is to make sure that people don't feel threatened. We've supported the safe zones that are going to be very important, and the idea that the President is just stepping away and ignoring any potential problem doesn't understand the fundamental decision that he's made."

Via News Republic

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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 6th February 2019 09:57

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I would take these reports with a very heavy dose of salt. It's not news. It's propaganda.

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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 6th February 2019 10:03

Possibly, but the fact is that when the Western Nations help refugees, these refugees appreciate their efforts and occasionaly denounce Islam due to their treatment from Muslims and by non Muslims.

We had an article recently about a whole Muslim family from India who became Hindu because of their ill treatment by so-called Muslims :(

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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 6th February 2019 14:08

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i would echo this too. although maybe 1 in million would convert over such incidents i think this is more of a propaganda issue. so someone whos been muslim all their life and have had suffered no ill treatment by any muslims suddenly get tortured by a group of fools who the entire ummah rejects now want to leave the faith? i doubt the average person is that fickle.

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#5 [Permalink] Posted on 27th March 2020 19:10

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I do agree that there is a systematic propaganda pandemic pounding away at the portals of Islam, more than most of us realise. It encompasses the whole MIC, including self-proclaimed "independent" academia, which is frightening in its ferocious pile-driving into obscure Islamic knowledge & Muslim anthropology. I consider myself to have read more than the average Muslim layman. Their trick is to leave the reader nudged to a prepared conclusion by reading between the lines, sins of omission & commission ad nauseum.

However, at the basic level, people are lazy, mostly culturally Muslim, & emotions (heart) trumps rationality (head). Every society is like that.

A human trait is to judge the fruits, rather than drill into the finer niceties of deen/ideology roots.

Our beloved RasulAllah (saw)

, stated that he came only for spreading khaiyr. (in toto & holistically). Also, the Spirit (Love) of Christianity is more important than the Law of Judaism (Pharisaism).

Thus, I can see that in certain circumstances, a weakly attached person to Islam, or someone abused to the limits by his nominally fellow follower in faith, could be pushed into a more balanced faith that gives succour to the humane.

Recall, that most of these Levantine Semites were often Christian in the past & reverted to Islam due to sectarian Christians from Europe. The process has just happened again in reverse. It was the open loving arms of Islam & Muslims that won their hearts.

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#6 [Permalink] Posted on 27th March 2020 19:17

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I consider myself to have read more than the average Muslim layman.

Then you should consider writing in ways a layman can comprehend!

Not everyone has a thesaurus besides them.

Your beneficial posts will only have an impact if understood in layman terms.

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As-Samani / kitab al-ansab.

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#7 [Permalink] Posted on 27th March 2020 23:37

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جزاك الله خيرا akhi, & I would appreciate however many reminders, from however many fellow Muslims it takes for me to be of USE, than to be drunk by the wasted beauty of language.
May Allah سبحانه وتعالى reward your fair honest & USEFUL advice, Amin.

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#8 [Permalink] Posted on 28th March 2020 07:17

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Shaykh Hansoti is being efficient with language, as most intellectuals are prone to be. I admit I have to spend time in trying to understand his messages, but I find them beneficial and balanced.

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#9 [Permalink] Posted on 28th March 2020 12:48

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Disagree.

It is grammatically and syntactically incorrect. Guy has no idea how to put it all together for example, pick the clear and obvious English errors in these two passages.

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I do agree that there is a systematic propaganda pandemic pounding away at the portals of Islam, more than most of us realise. It encompasses the whole MIC, including self-proclaimed "independent" academia, which is frightening in its ferocious pile-driving into obscure Islamic knowledge & Muslim anthropology. I consider myself to have read more than the average Muslim layman. Their trick is to leave the reader nudged to a prepared conclusion by reading between the lines, sins of omission & commission ad nauseum.

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However, at the basic level, people are lazy, mostly culturally Muslim, & emotions (heart) trumps rationality (head). Every society is like that.

Clear and concise communication is Sunnah.

Let us stick to Qur'aan and Sunnah instead of randomly, incorrectly and incoherently putting words and phrases together.

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#10 [Permalink] Posted on 4th December 2021 02:50

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته ya akhi & dear Khan-sahib,

جزاك الله خيرا for your useful & expertly aimed non-lethal arrows, cautioning a head's down for a fellow brother, who is often lost in the beauty of the clouds!
The straying cavalier of faith is already learning from the gently wielded whip of instruction. Stay close & may we all benefit إن شاء الله

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