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Ethiopia: Muslim convert to Christianity told to murder pastors ‘or else’

Jun 7, 2015 7:38 am By Raymond Ibrahim

Ethiopian ChurchOn April 25, police raided a Christian worship service in Asella just south of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The Church of Asella had just baptized 40 new converts to Christianity, prompting mass arrests.

 

One of those imprisoned, a former Muslim who converted to Christianity known only as “Palus Ejigu,” said, “We were gathered for sharing and encouraging each other with the Word of God.  After we finished the service, police imprisoned us. Some of our friends ran away when they saw the way we were harshly handled.”

After weeks of suffering harsh prison conditions and abuses, Ejigu was eventually released.  But five days later, four masked men forced him on his knees, put a pistol in his mouth, and ordered him to kill two pastor friends, or else his children would die:

I was commanded to follow the instruction of four covered, armed, persons who spoke in the Oromo language. I was also slapped two times and asked to kneel down. They put their pistol in my mouth and gave me instructions to kill pastors Nebiyou and Legesse.

Ejigu was instructed to accomplish the mission in three months’ time. If successful, he was promised an easier life abroad.  But if he failed or refused, the masked assailants vowed to murder his three children. His wife’s Muslim family had already taken the children away from him, in accord with Islamic law.

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  1. Angemon says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 7:59 am

    Meanwhile, we’re told that “islamophobia is real” because some muslima wasn’t given an unopened can of soda on a plane…

  2. Susan says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 10:03 am

    Oh my God! Islam is so evil it makes a father choose between a pastor or his children. What do you do; pray!! Islam is so weak that it can only force people to abide by their godless and barbaric sharia.

    • Susan says

      Jun 7, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Having thought about it I believe I would kill myself first can’t image killing another human being. Just to be sure, we know that the pastor will be killed regardless.

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Jun 7, 2015 at 1:54 pm

      What struck me was that although the children are not in the custody of the Christian convert (losing the children is a penalty for his conversion), they still threaten to murder the children.

      For God’s sake, they have the children! Talk about cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face…

  3. duh_swami says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 10:53 am

    ‘Let me make you an offer you can’t refuse’…say’s the Devil…I don’t believe in the Devil, but if the shoe fits…

  4. Richie says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    How about people turn the tables and tell these Muslims don’t try and use violence to convert people- or else!! These Muslim barbarians are not used to people fighting back or standing up to them, that’s why these cowards like to target women and children

    • Paul Hoffman says

      Jun 7, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Exactly

  5. Edgar Allen says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    I don’t understand this story. Ethiopia is supposed to be a Christian majority country. Is this small area controlled by Muslims? But it’s “just south of the capital”. Something is not very clear here.

  6. Joe says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    @edgar
    The 1994 CSA census put the percentage of the Muslim population of Ethiopia at 32,8 %, however, this number is doubted by Muslims and many scholars alike. A percentage of ca. 45 % Muslims in Ethiopia […] is believed to be a more realistic estimate.[

    Look at Thailand,Phillipines 4-5% Muslims or Central African Rep. 10% Muslims and they started a war!

    In muslim areas the state has no power!What can the state do if the police is also muslim?Nothing!

  7. nicu says

    Jun 7, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    Once a Muslim – ALWAYS a Muslim !

    • Westman says

      Jun 8, 2015 at 12:18 am

      Or else!

  8. Martin Vink says

    Jun 8, 2015 at 4:23 am

    It can happen in Garland, Texas! We have the pictures to make it crystal clear!

  9. Mark says

    Jun 8, 2015 at 7:27 am

    Where-ever satan has his muslims….

  10. Uncle Vladdi says

    Jun 8, 2015 at 11:35 pm

    I find this kinda hard to believe, since Ethiopia is at least nominally a Christian country.

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