Former Muslim reclaiming what the enemy has stolen
Shahid (not his real name) recently shared a picture showing him baptising new converts to Christianity on the same shores of North Africa where IS beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in February 2015. Shahid is proof that God is moving powerfully across parts of Muslim-majority Middle East and North Africa. He is from Libya and grew up a devout Muslim, attending schools where a strict interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence was taught. He became an expert in the Quran, memorising the entire Muslim holy book, but the closer he examined the Muslim laws, the more he became disillusioned with what he read. Desperate and despondent, he decided to abandon the faith of his childhood and become an atheist. Then he came across Kingdom SAT, Leading The Way's 24-hour satellite channel, which broadcasts Christian teaching across the Muslim world. Shahid secretly connected with Christians in Lebanon and Jordan and was eventually introduced to Jesus Christ.
IS documents identify 22,000 jihadis
Thousands of IS registration forms detailing phone numbers and family contacts of 22,000 jihadis were handed to Sky News by a disillusioned convert to the group entrusted with keeping the organisation's core secrets on a memory stick that he rarely parted with. The forms identify nationals from the UK and fifty other countries who gave their personal information to IS. Only when the 23-question form was filled in were they allowed to join. Some names and their new IS names are well-known, such as Londoner Abdel Bary, better known in the UK as a rap artist. The key breakthrough is the revelation of the identities of previously unknown jihadis in the UK, across northern Europe, and in other countries. Knowledge of their whereabouts is crucial to breaking the organisation and preventing further terror attacks. The defector claimed that IS, the YPG (Kurdish militia), and Bashar al-Assad’s government work together against moderate Syrian opposition. For details of Britons in the IS files go to
Germany: a split of opinion
A German intercessor says: ‘Germany is divided into those for and those against taking in refugees. Ideological condemnation is common between ‘blue-eyed do-gooders’ and ‘small-minded backwoods people’. Hatred flares, violence spreads, and our citizens are committing criminal acts such as arson. The police are increasingly under attack, and a storm of anarchy is brewing. The refugee issue is leading to a political crisis and across the parties the right-wingers are gaining ground. With the potential entry of the ‘Alternativ fur Deutschland’ group into federal state parliaments, a ruling majority may only be possible with a grand coalition which will only increase frustration, ineffectiveness and lack of resolve in the government of the state. 2016 will be decisive. If there is a reduction of refugees due to government action the agitation could die down, the popularity of the Chancellor could rise, and the protesting parties diminish. If not, the country faces the risk of social unrest to the point of a state of anarchy.’
Christianity pushed to the margins in UK
Many people seem to be looking out for themselves; too many people have to be paid to care. Half a generation of children are growing up without a father. Some children are lured into promiscuity. The Christian faith is under attack from the media and homosexual activists. Our politicians feed us propaganda. Family breakdown, crime, immorality, debt, gambling, drink and drugs are more than just statistics. They affect and ruin the lives of real people. The Church needs to develop a prophetic voice, to speak out to our leaders and our nation just as the Biblical prophets were unafraid to do. We Christians need to pray for our nation and its people, out of our love for our Saviour and the victims of injustice. Our prayer needs to be not just, ‘Lord, do something!’; it needs to be, ‘Lord, what can I do?’ When we work, we work. When we pray, God works. When we do both, God works miracles.
