3 Pastors Beheaded for Not Converting to Islam
Excerpted from a story in the Daily Sun
Speaking exclusively to Daily Sun in Maiduguri, the eye witness who preferred anonymity disclosed that the three pastors were beheaded on the instruction of the sect leader, Mohammed Yusuf shortly after bringing them out of his inner chamber.
“The pastors alongside one Ibo man were asked to change their faith to Islam like they did to other people taken as hostages. I think there was an argument by one of the pastors which gave the others some level of confidence to also resist accepting Islam.
“The Yusufiya men who were armed on that Tuesday afternoon were not comfortable with the pastors and they took one of them to the sect leader in his inner chamber. They came out later to the courtyard within the compound and cut their heads one after the other and thereafter, shouted allah akbar in wild celebration accompanied with several gun shots,” the eye witness disclosed.
The rest of the story is found here.
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20/08/2009 at 4:57 pm Permalink
Thanks for posting this story. Unfortunately we often need a reminder not only to pray for persecuted Christians but to thank God at every opportunity for our freedoms and safety in our worship in the U.S. Many things are wrong in our country, but we do not even come close to experiencing what those in many other countries endure.
20/08/2009 at 6:27 pm Permalink
Lori,
You are right…We have been blessed by being in the US and this comes with a huge responsibility to utilize what God has given us to help others know His freedom.
20/08/2009 at 11:57 pm Permalink
Thanks for posting this story. Unfortunately we often need a reminder not only to pray for persecuted Christians but to thank God at every opportunity for our freedoms and safety in our worship in the U.S. Many things are wrong in our country, but we do not even come close to experiencing what those in many other countries endure.
21/08/2009 at 1:27 am Permalink
Lori,
You are right…We have been blessed by being in the US and this comes with a huge responsibility to utilize what God has given us to help others know His freedom.