Believers Accused Through Testimony Of False Witness
With a pistol to his head, Kazim still wouldn't recant his faith in Jesus; he was happy to die if God wills so. When his persecutors could not kill him, false charges were brought against him and used to torture and imprison him. But through it all, Kazim's only sadness was his inability to read the Bible due to his swollen eyes.
Following excerpt from 14% into I Am N, Inspiring Stories of Christians Facing Islamic Extremists by Voice of the Martyrs
Shafiq turned to the crowds scurrying from vendor to vendor. “Did you hear this, my friends?” he shouted above the din. “This man—this lower-than-a-snake man—boasts that he bows before Jesus and gloats in telling others of this false God.”
Like angry bees, passersby descended on Kazim. Joined by Shafiq, they dragged him away. That’s when they forced him to chop wood until he would recant his faith in Christ. When he did not recant, they let him go.
But one night as Kazim prepared for his nightly ministry, Shafiq and five other militant Muslims confronted him again. Kazim beckoned his seven-year-old nephew, Rachid, to come to him. He turned to the boy. “Today they will kill me,” he whispered. “Please take my Bible and keep it with you.” He then gently pushed the boy away, as if his nephew were a little boat and Kazim were sending him off to sea.
When Kazim turned his head, Shafiq brandished a semiautomatic pistol and anxiously fingered its trigger. He pointed it at Kazim’s head. “Today I will shoot you if you do not accept the prophet Muhammad as the one and only true prophet.”
Kazim looked intently into his eyes. “I cannot do this. If you want to shoot me, do it. I will happily accept being killed. But remember; if this is not God’s will, you cannot kill me.”
Shafiq kept the pistol pointed at Kazim’s head for a few minutes. Then his hand began to shake. He pulled out his cell phone and reported to the police that Kazim had tried to rob him. Later, after Kazim arrived at the police station, officers initiated a new round of torture that lasted for thirteen days.
They tied his hands behind his back. They beat the bottoms of his feet. They yanked on his beard, and one officer said, “The prophet Muhammad had a beard, and you dare compare our prophet to Jesus!”
They dragged him across the dirt floor. Mocked him. Spit on him. Sometimes they stripped off his clothes and lashed his back and buttocks with a leather strap. “This can all stop when you accept Islam,” one man said.
“No.” The officer slapped him across the face, and Kazim shook his head no.
Finally, the police officers registered the false robbery charges against him and sent him to a district jail. Pain radiated through his shoulders and across his back. Weak and too exhausted even to speak, Kazim still felt a peace he could barely comprehend, especially when he held a tattered Bible that a fellow prisoner had given him. His lone frustration? His eyes were too swollen to read that Bible; so the inmate who’d given it to him read to him every day.
Like angry bees, passersby descended on Kazim. Joined by Shafiq, they dragged him away. That’s when they forced him to chop wood until he would recant his faith in Christ. When he did not recant, they let him go.
But one night as Kazim prepared for his nightly ministry, Shafiq and five other militant Muslims confronted him again. Kazim beckoned his seven-year-old nephew, Rachid, to come to him. He turned to the boy. “Today they will kill me,” he whispered. “Please take my Bible and keep it with you.” He then gently pushed the boy away, as if his nephew were a little boat and Kazim were sending him off to sea.
When Kazim turned his head, Shafiq brandished a semiautomatic pistol and anxiously fingered its trigger. He pointed it at Kazim’s head. “Today I will shoot you if you do not accept the prophet Muhammad as the one and only true prophet.”
Kazim looked intently into his eyes. “I cannot do this. If you want to shoot me, do it. I will happily accept being killed. But remember; if this is not God’s will, you cannot kill me.”
Shafiq kept the pistol pointed at Kazim’s head for a few minutes. Then his hand began to shake. He pulled out his cell phone and reported to the police that Kazim had tried to rob him. Later, after Kazim arrived at the police station, officers initiated a new round of torture that lasted for thirteen days.
They tied his hands behind his back. They beat the bottoms of his feet. They yanked on his beard, and one officer said, “The prophet Muhammad had a beard, and you dare compare our prophet to Jesus!”
They dragged him across the dirt floor. Mocked him. Spit on him. Sometimes they stripped off his clothes and lashed his back and buttocks with a leather strap. “This can all stop when you accept Islam,” one man said.
“No.” The officer slapped him across the face, and Kazim shook his head no.
Finally, the police officers registered the false robbery charges against him and sent him to a district jail. Pain radiated through his shoulders and across his back. Weak and too exhausted even to speak, Kazim still felt a peace he could barely comprehend, especially when he held a tattered Bible that a fellow prisoner had given him. His lone frustration? His eyes were too swollen to read that Bible; so the inmate who’d given it to him read to him every day.
I Am N, Inspiring Stories of Christians Facing Islamic Extremists
by Voice of the Martyrs
| Genre: | Testimonies |
| Subject: | Testimonies |
| Publisher: | David C Cook |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Colorado Springs |
| Library: | Physical collection at walkingtogether.life |
| Purchase: | https://www.amazon.com/Am-Inspiring-Stor... |
Scripture Testimony Index stories in this book
Even with a sword to his neck, Abu waa determined to not denounce the Lord Jesus or to accept any other God as being above him!
Having sacrificed all for their faith, Abu, his family and many other Christians from Syria and Iraq became refugees in Ebril. But still, these believers were thankful, regardless of their pathetic conditions.
Asia Bibi was imprisoned for defending her faith and declaring the Lordship of Jesus. And even in prison, Asia refused to deny her Lord in exchange for freedom. She was ready to suffer and to suffer for the right cause!
Two Pakistani politicians—Governor Salman Taseer and Federal Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti were both assassinated for standing up for their faith and for Asia Bibi; a Christian who was unfairly imprisoned by the Pakistani authorities. These men knew the blessings of persecution and were not afraid to lay their lives for the sake of the gospel of Christ!
When a drug addict discovered that Jesus loved him regardless of whether he was "a world ambassador or a drug addict", he opened his heart to receive this Jesus and his formerly hopeless life became full of hope and meaning!
Hussein was imprisoned and subjected to the most cruel forms of torture all because he jettisoned Islam for Christianity. Even after his release, he was rejected at home, in school and in his society, yet he had only love for the people who mistreated him!
Persecution from her Muslim family became inevitable after Nadia, despite repeated warnings not to do so, surrendered her life to Jesus and became a Christian. She was beaten mercilessly and imprisoned in her own home.
Musa's sharing of his faith with the wife of a high-ranking leader in the al-Shabab terrorist organization was bound to lead to dire consequences; especially since the woman was converted to Christ. And though Musa escaped to Kenya, his two oldest sons were not so lucky as they were beheaded for the 'sins' of their father.
Khalida lost her pregnancy, broke her left arm, fractured both legs but somehow still survived a bomb attack at her church in Pakistan that left over a hundred other believers dead. So great was her joy when in the midst of her suffering and deteriorating health, she learned that believers in far away America were not only praying for her but had pulled resources together to help her get the best medicare possible.
After 8 days of hard labour with blood gushing out of his hands, Kazim was asked if he was ready to deny the Lord Jesus. “No. Never" was his simple reply and not even the beating that followed got him to change his mind.
Believers accused through testimony of false witnessTrue disciples love Jesus more than even their own lives
With a pistol to his head, Kazim still wouldn't recant his faith in Jesus; he was happy to die if God wills so. When his persecutors could not kill him, false charges were brought against him and used to torture and imprison him. But through it all, Kazim's only sadness was his inability to read the Bible due to his swollen eyes.