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    Muslims convert to Christianity in Kobani, Syria

    Muslims convert to Christianity in Kobani, Syria

    It is an interesting read. Many of the Muslims who were oppressed by ISIL are linking the extreme views to Islam in general, rather than specifically radical Islam. And they effectively signed their own death warrants by converting. Hope they can defend themselves.

    KOBANI, Syria (Reuters) - A community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani, a town besieged by Islamic State for months, and where the tide turned against the militants four years ago.


    The converts say the experience of war and the onslaught of a group claiming to fight for Islam pushed them toward their new faith. After a number of families converted, the Syrian-Turkish border town’s first evangelical church opened last year.


    Islamic State militants were beaten back by U.S. air strikes and Kurdish fighters at Kobani in early 2015, in a reversal of fortune after taking over swaths of Iraq and Syria. After years of fighting, U.S.-backed forces fully ended the group’s control over populated territory last month.


    Though Islamic State’s ultra-radical interpretation of Sunni Islam has been repudiated by the Islamic mainstream, the legacy of its violence has affected perceptions of faith.




    Many in the mostly Kurdish areas of northern Syria, whose urban centers are often secular, say agnosticism has strengthened and in the case of Kobani, Christianity.


    Christianity is one of the region’s minority faiths that was persecuted by Islamic State.


    Critics view the new converts with suspicion, accusing them of seeking personal gain such as financial help from Christian organizations working in the region, jobs and enhanced prospects of emigration to European countries.
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    Interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Muslims convert to Christianity in Kobani, Syria

    It is an interesting read. Many of the Muslims who were oppressed by ISIL are linking the extreme views to Islam in general, rather than specifically radical Islam. And they effectively signed their own death warrants by converting. Hope they can defend themselves.
    So this is your alter ego?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet57 View Post
    So this is your alter ego?
    What does this mean?
    Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    What does this mean?
    Kinda of kooky.
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