The fact that Dembe converted after a jihad attack shows that everyone has a conscience, and while teachings that killing for Allah is a blessed act can warp that conscience, in some people its voice remains alive.
“Muslim Convert Threatened for Accepting Christ,” International Christian Concern, March 27, 2024:
3/27/2024 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Dembe, a resident of Kasese, made a significant decision last December to leave Islam and embrace Christianity. This transformation was met with hostility and threats from his former associates until he was baptized on March 17.
“I began to question my faith and the teachings of the Quran in June of last year, particularly after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) incursion into Uganda, resulting in the tragic deaths of over 40 innocent students,” Dembe shared. “Additionally, I realized I had been reciting the Quran without understanding its meaning. Radio broadcasts on Christianity deepened my understanding of God compared to the Arabic language, which I couldn’t comprehend.”
A local reverend highlighted Dembe’s challenging journey since embracing Christianity. “Dembe, having been entrenched in the Muslim faith for years, felt compelled to explore other spiritual paths, eventually finding comfort in Christianity,” he said. “Despite the anticipated backlash from the Muslim community, Dembe bravely followed his heart, forsaking his former religion. Despite the threats, Dembe believes in the steadfast support of Jesus.”
Upon learning of Dembe’s conversion, his former colleagues reacted with outrage, interpreting his departure as a betrayal and a challenge to their unity. They have threatened to evict him from the land they had previously gifted him, claiming he no longer has rights to it….
somehistory says
Good for him. I hope he can remain steadfast in the Faith, ‘throwing his burdens on Jehovah,’ Who will sustain him.
And, yes, everyone has a conscience. The devout mozlum has burned his and it no longer speaks. Of course, there are many non mozlums who have also burned their consciences and act on whatever they wish to do.
This man demonstrates that one can learn if that one wants to do so.
SKA says
It has always struck me how much Muslims interpret apostasy in egocentric terms: as an “insult” to them personally rather than thinking in terms of a lost soul “misled” from the faith. Although Turkey claims to be a secular republic any Turk who questions or criticizes any aspect of Islam can be tried for “insulting Turkish culture.” But one way of understanding Islam is to think of it as a projection of the egocentricism of its founder through the ages.
James Lincoln says
SKA says,
“It has always struck me how much Muslims interpret apostasy in egocentric terms: as an “insult” to them personally…”
I think that it creates “cognitive dissonance” – their faith in islam is being challenged, perhaps subconsciously.
Just my take…
ed says
A step in the right direction?
Under sharia law his friends are supposed to kill him
somehistory says
OT, but also out of Africa
“Ghana child bride in police protection after outcry”
“A12-year-old girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest.
There was public outrage after footage of Saturday’s customary wedding was shared on social media.
The office of the influential priest, who serves an indigenous community in the capital, defended the marriage, saying it was only ceremonial.
…..women are heard telling the girl to dress teasingly for her husband.
They also advise her to be prepared for wifely duties and to use the perfumes they gifted her to boost her sexual appeal to her husband.
“The perceived acceptance of child marriages and the open brazen approval or defence of the practice by influential leaders of the community have the potential to embolden certain deviant behaviours like paedophilia,” the Paediatric Association of Ghana has said in a statement.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ghana-child-bride-in-police-protection-after-outcry/ar-BB1kWp9R?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=1fddde2a30fe49f1a614935ece8adcdc&ei=147
tunde says
Beautiful analysis, Robert.