A devout Muslim in Kazakhstan – where rioting (photo) recently erupted – considered Christians ‘betrayers of the real faith’ until last year.
‘By betrayers, I meant Christians with a Muslim background,’ he says.
Roman* had no problem confronting, challenging and persecuting Christians. He was like many fasting Muslims during Ramadan who intentionally confront Christians.
Last year during Ramadan, Roman went a step farther to express his devotion to Islam. He decided to pay a visit to the local Baptist church in the area for the sole purpose of interrupting ‘betrayers of the real faith’.
But as the church service started and the pastor began to speak, Roman couldn’t force himself to do what he came there to do.
‘For the first time I heard about a God who loved me,’ he says. ‘I never knew the Almighty God loved me even though I am not perfect.’ And then something happened he never expected: tears, prayers to Jesus, repentance and joy. Sitting in that church service in a Baptist church, the man who had devoted his life to persecuting Christians became a follower of Jesus
Says Roman: ‘I never want to go back to the Muslim faith.’
