And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11
Maulawi Assadullah (2004)
“Propagating Christianity”
After former Muslim cleric Maulawi Assadullah converted to Christianity in the Awdand district of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, he began to share his new faith. This was incredibly brave given that the country is strongly Islamic and most Muslims there believe – in line with Islamic teaching – that converts should be killed. Maulawi suffered this penalty in June 2004.
Announcing his death, Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said, “A group of Taliban dragged out Maulawi Assadullah and slit his throat with a knife because he was propagating Christianity. We have enough evidence and local accounts to prove that he was involved in the conversions of Muslims to Christianity.”
Lord God of all times and places, we pray for your Church… Help her to proclaim boldly the coming gospel of her Lord. Fill her with the prophet’s scorn of tyranny, and with a Christ-like tenderness for the heavy laden and downtrodden. Bid her cease from seeking her own life, lest she lose it. Make her valiant to give up her life to humanity, that like her crucified Lord, she may mount by the path of the cross to a higher glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918)