Here is the Story [click to read] of a young woman from a Muslim home who became a follower of Jesus. It is of interest for a number of reasons.
First of all, I found the story on Jewish World Review, not a denominational mission magazine, or even a Voice of the Martyrs publication. Binyamin L. Jolkovsky is not exactly an Evangelical. He IS one of the most honest, straight shooting voices in the information industry today and his intgtrity deserves an honest listening.
Second, the story is timeless. It has never been safe or easy for truth seekers in this world. Truth has a way of unsettling the Status Quo and truth lived out is... dangerous. In places like China there is a growing population of believers and like Christians in the old Roman Empire, they are perceived as a real threat by the people who maintain the Status Quo. Fathima's plea is one we would hear many times over if we could but visit the far corners of the Earth. Voice of the Martyrs and other organizations do a good job of telling their story but to publish such an interview would be sealing someone's death certificate so many such pleas go unheard.
Third, this is the story of a young girl in America. This is the land that wrote religious freedom into the First Amendment of its Constitution. Yet a byproduct of our so-called 'tolerance' has become the turning of a blind eye to 'honor killings' that happen in the Muslim community. These 'honor killings' are well documented old news in the land of Fathima's ancestry but they are becoming a part of life for American Muslims now.
Listen to her story. She speaks for many who cannot.
Parting Thought:
It is interesting to note that many who hold to a worldview that espouses secret abortion as a 'right' for children and do not consider it a crime to push secularist thought in elementary schools have in this case so suddenly discovered 'parents' rights.
Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park.
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