Posted on 06/11/2006 11:16:58 AM PDT by Alama
Translation: he conversions of Muslims in France to Christianity is a subterranean river only now emerging onto the surface. The Catholic Church says little about the subject except that several hundred people raised as Muslims are baptised every year. An estimated 10,000 ex-Muslims have now converted to Christianity in France, about two thirds of them to Catholicism. The numbers have been rising every year according to the Catholic Association Notre Dame de Kabylie. The reason for the relative silence is due to very heavy family and community pressure.
To lend mutual support to these ex-Muslims a Protestant prayer group called 'Oasis' was set up a few years ago. "Requests to take part in these prayer groups are on the increase " states Saïd Oujibou, one of the few Muslim converts to Christianity who does not hesitate to speak out in public. Coming from a strict Islamic background he himself exerted much pressure on a sister who converted to Christianity. "One of our brothers made her rip out the pages of the Bible one by one", he says. With his wife Fatima, who is also a former Muslim, this 'itinerant pastor' travels across France coordinating the Oasis network.
Malika, now a practising Christian, sighs : "All contact with my family has been broken off." She went on to say "I haven't rejected all aspects of Moroccan culture" she says "but only the Gospels could answer the questions that I was asking myself."...
No. We have an underclass that is disproportionately minority, but most members of minority groups are contributing members of society. It's important not to confuse the two observations.
One of the great American achievements of the last half century is the emergence of a large black middle class. The incidence of poverty among African Americans is still distressingly high, but it is a minority of a minority. Hispanics move up the ladder pretty quickly as a group. There is an underclass undertow, to be sure, but as with A-A's, it is a minority of a minority. Asian Americans, of course, outperform everyone else, including native born whites.
Well,actually... Peter was a MARRIED man... and ya know YOUR Priests are just not MARRIED!!LOL!!
The Apostles gave up everything to follow and walk with Christ.
Given the catholic church became nothing but a scheme by wealthy and underhanded Italian families who could blame them.
Be careful how you boast in the catholic Church as Paul pointed out the Jews were gods chosen people and he picked, from the nations, a new people when it served his plan...
Too complicated to have priests married IMO.
We are talking about it here on Free republic. I have posted several articles referring to muslim conversion to Christianity.
Thanks for posting more good news.
You've been reading too much fiction.
The mainstream media doesn't want to talk about it because most journalists have contempt for their own culture and its Christian religion. But let one Christian convert to Islam, and it's a front-page story and obviously a growing trend accoring to their analysis.
Paul was a Jew, Christ was a Jew and basically the first Christians were all born again Jews that became the first Christians.
The Jews were not god's chosen people, they are God's chosen people, and God the Father knew them before He sent His Son Christ to earth.
They always had a key to the front door of God's house.
I hope and pray that the Bible is placed within the reach of every Muslim, especially the Good News.
The origins of Christianity lie with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As for the term "catholic"---If by catholic you mean universal..then fine..the church certainly was the Holy Universal Apostolic Church...until the Great Schism when the bishop of Rome and his political allies decided to split from the the Catholic Church thus dividing the Christian Church into the Eastern and Western branches followed of course by other splits in the west.
We pray daily for the reunification.
Amen...Good News, indeed....
You sir, are a Racist, with a capital "R"
There is a muslim Turk who posts here who has written that he is "investigating" Judaism.
Excellent reply to an ignorant comment with racist undertones.
"The reason Priests are not married is because they are expected to work in near poverty and they don't get to keep any estate unless they brought it with them to begin with.
All assets stay with the people and pass on to serve the next set of people."
Diocesan priests, my friend, take no vow of poverty. They are free to amass fortunes and some have, quite legitimately.
Well Le Figaro IS mainstream media in France...
Jews are still God's Chosen People... Or do you believe that God lied?
Christ originated the Church by delivering the Holy Spirit to all of the Apostles.
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