Riveting Testimony of Brave Christian Convert from Islam, and a Warning to the West
"The best way to love your enemy in this case, to love the Muslims is to preach the Gospel of Christ to them. If we take the Gospel of Christ to them—at whatever cost—we are loving them." –Umar Mulinde
(Jerusalem, Israel)—In an incredibly inspiring, and chilling testimony, Umar Mulinde shares with Scott Ross of CBN News about his miraculous conversion from Islam to becoming a Christian with a new love for Israel.
Mulinde had been raised as a Muslim and taught to hate Israel, but God got his attention one night in a dream. As he slept, he saw flames all around him and his fellow Muslims. He cried out, and when he did, he noticed a man standing on his right who was "shining." The man told him that Islam was leading him to that torture, that he should repent and be born again.
Unconvinced, Mulinde spent the next day praying Muslim prayers against bad dreams, but that didn't work, as he had the same dream that night. The next day we went to a Christian church and gave his life to Jesus.
The CBN News interview details how Mulinde became a pastor and began a church in Uganda, preaching the Gospel and on loving Israel, and winning other Muslims to the Lord.
Then on Christmas Eve, 2011, men approached Mulinde after a service. Although he says the Holy Spirit warned him they were not the Believers they pretended to be, he could not get away in time, and they poured acid over his head while shouting "Allahu Akbar."
"I realized I have fallen into the ambush of Muslim terrorists," said Mulinde.
After being taken to two other hospitals, he wound up at the Burn Center at Sheba Medical Center in Israel, where he has been treated for severe acid burns to his eye, ear and face.
Ross asked Mulinde if he harbors any anger against God for what happened to him. "I'm not angry with God," he answered. "It has encouraged me to serve the Lord more."
Then Mulinde told Ross he also wanted to expose "the lies" that "Islam is a peaceful religion. If you say that Islam is peaceful, look at me," said Mulinde who wears a pressure mask to aid in his healing.
Ross countered that it's been said there are the radical Islamists but also peaceful elements to the religion.
"But that's not practical," Mulinde stated emphatically. "Because these radical people, they read what they read from the Koran." Mulinde then demonstrated with a verse from the Koran that, translated, says, "Kill. Fight, and kill those non-Muslims."
Ross asked Mulinde how Christians should then "love their enemy?"
Mulinde answered, "The best way to love your enemy in this case, to love the Muslims is to preach the Gospel of Christ to them. If we take the Gospel of Christ to them—at whatever cost—we are loving them."
