September 22, 2001 β At the instigation of his family,
Security Police in Khartoum tortured Christian convert Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Omer Omer, and forced him to sign papers swearing he will not attend any church or Christian gatherings in the future, but he refused to renounce his faith in Christ.
A local source said,
βHe was tortured and beaten, and he lost three fingernails pulled out with pliers.β His family has threatened to disown him and is keeping him under house arrest. (Compass)
Sudan Ongoing -
The NIF regime declared a jihad (holy war) against the religious and ethnic minorities that resist forced Islamization. It is estimated that 2 million people have died in the conflict and five million out of the eight million people that live in the South have been displaced since the fighting began in 1983. The strategy used by the NIF and its accomplices can be considered a scorched earth policy. Areas are sealed off by road and air and government forces move in. Units are often sent into areas and told to "depopulate" the area. Mines are often sown on important roads and paths. All the people and livestock are taken or killed and all structures are destroyed. People are forcibly relocated to "peace camps." In these camps, the young are taken away from their parents and sent to other camps for indoctrination by Islamic fundamentalists.
Indonesia:
Ongoing β As of December 2000 it is reported that as many as
5000 Christians have been forced to undergo Muslim conversion rituals to convert to Islam. Those refusing to embrace the Islamic faith are often beheaded. Their heads are then paraded around the village to strike fear into the hearts of other Christians.
Egypt:
Two young Christian men were killed in the village of El-Kosheh, Dar Assalam and Governate of Soha, Egypt. The local Coptic Bishop reported that the consensus of the village was that the killers were three Muslim men who were known to police. The police made no effort to apprehend this individuals but rather rounded up
nearly 1,200 Christians, including men, women, and children, during the course of the following week. During their detainment, it is reported that these people suffered verbal abuse and physical abuse that included electrical shock, whippings, beatings, and being hung from their feet for extended periods of time.
There are other stories:
A Christian pastor in Saudi Arabia who saw his infant son hacked into pieces before his eyes because he would not renounce Jesus Christ.
The little 9-year-old boy in Sudan who was set on fire by Muslim extremists and left to die, living with deformities all over his body because he loves Jesus.
Or the young woman in Pakistan who was repeatedly raped and outcast because she refused to denounce Jesus Christ.
http://www.persecution.org
And millions more.
I grieve at the apathy of Christian America. Dear God help us--how soft and selfish and materialistic we all are!
Entertainment centers?
Golf courses?
Multi-million dollar buildings and family life centers?
Investments?
If the post-tribbers are right, how many of us in America will be able to endure to the end?
My rant is over.
I now step down from my soap box.
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