Christ's Love is Bearing Incredible Fruit in Lives of Muslim Refugees

Leah Marieann Klett : Dec 22, 2015
The Gospel Herald

"Every day we hear testimonies from Muslims that have accepted Christ. [In one case of divine healing] the doctor was completely amazed and described it as a miracle. Yana accepted the Lord Jesus into her life and went on to share the good news with all her neighbors." -Iraq Ministry Director

(European Union)—The warm welcome that many Muslims from Syria and Iraq have experienced in European countries has opened their eyes to the Gospel, as hundreds of refugees are accepting Christ at a dramatic rate. (Photo via Christian Aid Mission)

"Some European communities welcomed immigrants and harbored them, showing love to them," a ministry director in Iraq told the Christian Aid Mission. "This stirred feelings in the Muslim world, as they started realizing the difference between European countries, which carry the principles and history of Christianity, and Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, which refused to receive any refugees."

According to CNN, while most of Europe has attempted to answer the humanitarian crisis, no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Persian Gulf nations like Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, countries with significant financial and political interest in Syria. Officials in such areas have defended themselves by noting that each have given millions of dollars to the United Nations to help the refugees.

However, because they are shut out of the Persian Gulf States and are facing hostilities from ISIS, many Syrians and Iraqis have denounced Islamic teachings in social media outlets, and in the past few months, hundreds of Muslims have come to Christ.

"What ISIS is doing today is dictated by the Quran and Islamic books and has become visible and public to people," the ministry director said. "Every day we hear testimonies from Muslims that have accepted Christ."

The ministry director shared the testimony of one of his childhood friends, who was forced to flee Iraq. After making it to Turkey, the Muslim survived a treacherous trip to Athens on one of the feeble "boats of death" before arriving in Germany, where he telephoned the director in Iraq.

"He said, 'I found all love, respect, and appreciation in Christians, and all that I saw of Believers in Christ was the purity and sincerity of heart, and the love is unconditional,'" the ministry leader said. "And then he asked me how..."

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