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‘God Didn’t Design Us to Hate’: Former Hezbollah Fighter, Now Ministry Leader, Shares His Amazing Encounter with Jesus

In early October, Afshin Javid was visiting Israel with his ministry Cyrus Call, which promotes friendship between Persians and Jews. But like millions of others, he found himself in the middle of a war when Hamas launched a bloody attack on Oct. 7.
As a former Hezbollah fighter, Afshin himself is no stranger to violence. He sat down with CBN News to tell his story.
“I was on my way to the United States to convert Christians to Islam, and I had 30 illegal passports at that time. I was arrested and put in jail in Malaysia. I was a dedicated Muslim who not only prayed the prayers, but I read the Koran once every ten days cover to cover. So I was very dedicated in my time in jail,” Javid said.
“One day, as I’m praying, a Man appears in front of me—normal size, but His being shines like light. This light is not a normal light. This light carried identity in it. And you knew that He is holy and instantaneously, I knew I am not. Even though I had prayed so many prayers, even though I had fasted so much and I had read the Koran and I had volunteered to work on landmines or I had participated in hanging people trying to please Allah, I knew, even though I have kept all the rules and regulation of Islam, I knew I am not just and I’m not holy and I knew the only just thing for Him to do is to kill me,” he recalled.
“But I didn’t want to die. So, I ran to the corner of the room, literally held my head in my arms, and just cried out, shouting, ‘Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me,'” Javid said.
“And I didn’t think He will forgive me because He is just. Still, I felt a touch on my left arm, and He said, ‘I forgive you.’ And I felt the weight just lifted off me. And I knew I’m forgiven, but I don’t know how. And I was confused. Still, I say, okay, I don’t understand. Only God can forgive, but You just forgave me. You are God, but you are a different God than the one I have studied about. This is not Allah. So who are You that forgives me? And He said, ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,’ he continued.
“And I thought, That’s very powerful. It means a lot because as a Muslim, you pray ‘Show me there’s a straight path.’ And so the way is a direction. Truth is something you measure. Life is a source, but he claims to be all those three. I never thought the way is a Person. The truth is a Person, and life is a Person, and all of them is the same Person,” Javid explained.
“So I said, ‘I don’t understand what is Your name?’ And He said, ‘Jesus Christ.’ And it was as if someone grabbed all my bones out of my body. I just fell like a piece of meat to the ground. And I just began to weep,” he told CBN News.
“It’s like, you know, being colorblind, and then suddenly you see colors, and you realize the world is so much more beautiful than you ever thought. And if you ask me what made the world so colorless, it’s the hatred, the anger that is in the heart of every Muslim. People say, ‘Why did you hate the Jews?'” Javid said.
“I had never met a Jew. I thought Hitler was a good man for doing what he did. He just didn’t finish the job. I don’t know why I hated them. No Jew had ever done anything bad to me. God didn’t design us to hate; He didn’t design us to want to see someone dead. He did not design us for these things. These are designs of satan. How do you think killing the people to whom God gave this land is going to please Allah? Jesus is not a God that celebrates when Jews are killed,” he explained.
‘No One Should Celebrate When One of the Sons of Father Abraham is Killing Another’
When Javid visited the CBN News bureau in Jerusalem, he met an Israeli woman named Sasha Ariev, whose teenage sister had been kidnapped by Hamas in the attacks of Oct. 7. He and his wife wept as they watched her story. He introduced himself to her, off-camera, prayed with her, and apologized to her.
“There is absolutely no justification or explanation that can make any of this okay,” he told her with tears in his eyes. “No one should celebrate when one of the sons of Father Abraham is killing another. And I just want to say I’m sorry that your family is going through this.”
Sasha was grateful for his words.
“Thank you very much,” she answered. “I’m sure that a lot of Muslims around the world—they do not want this to happen.”
Off-camera, Javid and his wife invited Sasha to visit them for dinner.
Her reply? “I’ll be happy to come and bring my sister with me.”
Javid made a point of stating his support for Israel.
“We are standing with all the Jewish people, with the people of Israel. And we are mourning their sorrow of their family members that have been lost, but also for the right of Israel to exist,” he said.
At the end of his interview with CBN News, Javid offered a prayer for those on both sides of the war in Israel.
“The Creator of Heaven and Earth, God Almighty. You love the world, the whole world, all the people of the world. So much that You sacrificed Jesus Christ so that we will not perish but have eternal life. I pray today that the revelation of Jesus Christ would go forth amongst the Muslims and the sons of Ishmael,” he prayed.
“Father, I pray that You would remember that covenant with Ishmael, that You would go forth because Ishmael is thirsty for the revelation of love, for the revelation of Jesus Christ, for the revelation of salvation. Father, I pray that there would be a hand of protection that would protect Isaac on every front, not only in Israel but all around the world. Give us visions, dreams, and wisdom to speak peace in this war, in Jesus’ mighty name I pray. Amen.”
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ഐപിസി ഗ്ലോബൽ മീഡിയ യുഎഇ ചാപ്റ്ററിന് നവ നേതൃത്വം

ഇന്ത്യാ പെന്തക്കോസ്ത് ദൈവസഭയിലെ എഴുത്തുകാരുടെയും മാധ്യമ പ്രവർത്തകരുടെയും ആഗോള കൂട്ടായ്മയായ ഐപിസി ഗ്ലോബൽ മീഡിയ അസോസിയേഷൻ യുഎഇ ചാപ്റ്റർ ഭാരവാഹികളായി പാസ്റ്റർ വിൽസൺ ജോസഫ് (രക്ഷാധികാരി), ലാൽ മാത്യു (പ്രസിഡന്റ്), ഡോ. റോയ് ബി. കുരുവിള (വൈസ് പ്രസിഡന്റ് ), കൊച്ചുമോൻ ആന്താര്യത്ത് (സെക്രട്ടറി) , വിനോദ് എബ്രഹാം (ജോയിൻ്റ് സെക്രട്ടറി), നെവിൻ മങ്ങാട്ട് ( ട്രഷറർ ), പി. സി. ഗ്ലെന്നി (ജനറൽ കൗൺസിൽ അംഗം), പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺ വർഗീസ്, ആന്റോ അലക്സ് (കമ്മിറ്റി അംഗങ്ങൾ) എന്നിവരെ തിരെഞ്ഞെടുത്തു.
ഐപിസി ഗ്ലോബൽ മീഡിയ അസോസിയേഷൻ അന്തർ ദേശീയ ഭാരവാഹികളായ സജി മത്തായി കാതേട്ട് , ഷിബു മുള്ളംകാട്ടിൽ എന്നിവർ തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിന് നേതൃത്വം നൽകി. ഐപിസി യുഎഇ റീജിയൻ പ്രസിഡന്റ് പാസ്റ്റർ വിൽസൺ ജോസഫ് അനുഗ്രഹ പ്രാർത്ഥന നടത്തി. എഴുത്തുകാരനും പി വൈ പി എ കേരള സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ജോയിൻ്റ് സെക്രട്ടറിയുമായ സന്ദീപ് വിളമ്പുകണ്ടം പ്രസംഗിച്ചു.
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The IPC Global Media Association, a global association of writers and media workers of the Indian Pentecostal Church of God, has elected Pastor Wilson Joseph (Patron), Lal Mathew (President), Dr. Roy B. Kuruvilla (Vice President), Kochumon Antaryath (Secretary), Vinod Abraham (Joint Secretary), Nevin Mangat (Treasurer), P. C. Glennie (General Council Member), Pastor John Varghese and Anto Alex (Committee Members) as the office bearers of the UAE Chapter of the IPC Global Media Association.
The election was led by IPC Global Media Association International Office Bearers Saji Mathai Kathet and Shibu Mullamkattil. IPC UAE Region President Pastor Wilson Joseph offered the blessing prayer. Sandeep Vilampukandam, writer and PYPA Kerala State Joint Secretary, delivered the speech.
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മൊസാംബിക്കില് വൈദികര്ക്കും സെമിനാരി വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിയ്ക്കും നേരെ ആക്രമണം

കാബോ ഡെൽഗാഡോ: ആഫ്രിക്കന് രാജ്യമായ മൊസാംബിക്കിലെ ബെയ്റ അതിരൂപതയിലെ നസാരെ പരിശീലന കേന്ദ്രത്തിൽ സായുധധാരികള് നടത്തിയ ആക്രമണത്തില് രണ്ടു വൈദികര്ക്കും ഒരു സെമിനാരി വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിയ്ക്കും പരിക്ക്. ഫെബ്രുവരി 23 ഞായറാഴ്ചയാണ് ആക്രമണം നടന്നത്. ഞായറാഴ്ച പുലർച്ചെ പിസ്റ്റളുകളും വടിവാളുകളും ഇരുമ്പു ദണ്ഡുകളും സഹിതം സായുധരായ ഒരു സംഘം ആളുകൾ സ്ഥാപനത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ച് അവിടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്ന മൂന്ന് മിഷ്ണറിമാരെ ആക്രമിക്കുകയായിരിന്നുവെന്ന് മൊസാംബിക്കിലെ റിലീജീയസ് ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് കോൺഫറൻസ്, പൊന്തിഫിക്കല് സന്നദ്ധ സംഘടനയായ എയിഡ് ടു ചർച്ച് ഇൻ നീഡ് (എസിഎൻ)നോട് പറഞ്ഞു.
ആക്രമണത്തെത്തുടർന്ന് രാജ്യത്തിലെ അരക്ഷിതാവസ്ഥയെക്കുറിച്ച് റിലീജീയസ് കോൺഫറൻസ് ഉത്കണ്ഠ പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചു. രാജ്യത്തിന് വേണ്ടി സമാധാനത്തിനായി പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കുവാന് സംഘടന ആഹ്വാനം നല്കി. മൊസാംബിക്കൻ അതിരൂപതയുടെ രൂപീകരണ കോഴ്സുകൾ ഉൾപ്പെടെ വിവിധ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളാല് സജീവമായ സ്ഥാപനത്തിൽ രണ്ട് വൈദികരെയും സെമിനാരി വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിയേയും കൊള്ളക്കാർ കെട്ടിയിട്ട് പീഡിപ്പിക്കുകയായിരുന്നുവെന്നു സംഘടന വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി. ആശുപത്രിയില് പ്രവേശിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടവരില് മൂന്ന് പേരും അപകടനില തരണം ചെയ്തുവെന്നും ഇവര്ക്ക് ചെറിയ പരിക്കുകള് മാത്രമേ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടുള്ളൂവെന്നും എയിഡ് ടു ചർച്ച് ഇൻ നീഡ് അറിയിച്ചു.
ആക്രമണത്തിന് ഇരകളിൽ ഒരാളായ ഫാ. തിമോത്തി ബയോനോ, ബുർക്കിന ഫാസോയിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ഒരു വൈദികനാണ്. മൊസാംബിക്കിലെ ജനസംഖ്യയുടെ മൂന്നിലൊന്ന് ക്രൈസ്തവരാണ്. ആഭ്യന്തര കലഹങ്ങളും ഇസ്ലാമിക തീവ്രവാദികളുടെ വ്യാപനവുമാണ് ക്രൈസ്തവര്ക്ക് ഏറെ വെല്ലുവിളി സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നത്. രാജ്യത്ത് ഇസ്ലാമിക തീവ്രവാദം ഉയര്ത്തുന്ന വെല്ലുവിളി എന്നത്തേക്കാളും ഉയര്ന്ന അവസ്ഥയിലാണെന്നും പ്രാദേശിക മേഖലകളില് നിന്നു ക്രൈസ്തവര് കൂട്ടത്തോടെ പലായനം ചെയ്യുകയാണെന്നും വടക്കൻ മൊസാംബിക്കിലെ പെംബ രൂപതയിലെ ബിഷപ്പ് അൻ്റോണിയോ ജൂലിയാസ് എയിഡ് ടു ദ ചര്ച്ച് ഇന് നീഡിനോട് നേരത്തെ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിന്നു .
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Fear has gripped the Nazaré Training Center in Mozambique’s Archdiocese of Beira following a Sunday, Feb. 23, attack that left two priests and a religious brother at the facility injured.
The Conference of Religious Institutes of Mozambique told Catholic pontifical and charity foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International that a group of men armed with pistols, machetes, and irons entered the institution in the early hours of Feb. 23, violently attacking three missionaries who were there.
According to a Feb. 25 ACN report, the conference “expressed its concern about the insecurity” in the southern African nation following the attack and appealed for prayers for peace in the country.
ACN reported that the two priests and brother were “tied up and tortured by the bandits” at the institution, which engages in various activities, including formation courses for the Mozambican archdiocese.
Fortunately, according to the report, all three men “are out of danger” and suffered only “minor pain and injuries.”
One of the victims, Father Timothée Bationo, is a priest from Burkina Faso who celebrated two decades of priesthood in December 2024 and is currently the episcopal vicar for consecrated life of the Archdiocese of Beira. He is responsible for the Nazaré Training Centre.
ACN said the attack on the Catholic institution occurred at a sensitive moment in the political life of the Portuguese-speaking African nation, which has been wreaked by political upheaval following a contested presidential election.
Mozambique, ACN said, also continues to suffer from attacks by the Al Shahab militants, especially in the country’s northern province of Cabo Delgado.
In its report, ACN quotes one of the victims as saying that the robbery incident was being handled by security officials, who he said are yet to provide details about the robbers, including their identity and what they might have stolen.
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Blasphemy Accusations Fuel Violence Against Christians in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria — Christians in northern Nigeria continue to face increasing violence over accusations of blasphemy, often leading to mob attacks, destruction of property, and forced displacement.
While Nigeria’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion, the application of Sharia law in 12 northern states has created a parallel legal system where blasphemy charges frequently lead to vigilante justice rather than formal prosecution.
The case of Sadiq Mani Abubakar, a 45-year-old Hausa Christian and lecturer at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma in Katsina state, illustrates the growing trend. On Jan. 30, a mob set his home and vehicles on fire, forcing him and his family to flee. The attack stemmed from a decade-old Facebook post in which Abubakar questioned the origins of the Quran. While some Islamic scholars consider the post blasphemous, accusations spread, and a mob responded with violence.
“I fled for my life, yet the federal government acted swiftly against me,” Abubakar told an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer, referring to the suspension of his salary following his escape. “I feel utterly abandoned by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). I can’t even seek legal help because I fear for my family’s safety back in Katsina.”
Similar incidents have occurred across northern Nigeria. In May 2022, a mob in Sokoto state killed and burned the body of Deborah Emmanuel, a Christian college student, over allegations of blasphemy in a WhatsApp group. In June 2023, a man in Bauchi state was beaten to death after being accused of insulting Islam. Law enforcement has rarely prosecuted those responsible for these killings.
A 2020 report by the United Nations Commission on International Religious Freedom documented an increase in blasphemy-related violence in Nigeria, particularly in states governed by Sharia law. The report noted that such accusations often target religious minorities and that perpetrators of mob violence frequently evade prosecution.
Abubakar expressed frustration over the lack of accountability. “The authorities, the commissioner of police, who is supposed to bring to book the perpetrators, didn’t arrest anybody,” he said. “So, every Muslim is an authority. They take the law into their own hands and go scot-free.”
Christian communities in northern Nigeria have long raised concerns about inadequate protection from security forces. Human rights organizations, including Open Doors and Human Rights Watch, have reported that police often hesitate to intervene in mob violence cases, either due to fear of backlash or lack of political will.
Victims of blasphemy accusations often suffer economic consequences. Many lose their homes and livelihoods after fleeing violence. Abubakar, unable to return to Katsina, is struggling financially after he lost his income. Other displaced Christians face similar hardships, relying on support from religious organizations and humanitarian groups.
Nigeria’s dual legal system, which operates both secular and Sharia law, complicates efforts to address religious violence. While the constitution protects freedom of speech and religion, blasphemy laws under Sharia often conflict with these rights.
The Nigerian Supreme Court has not ruled decisively on the matter, leaving room for varying interpretations at the state level.
In some cases, individuals accused of blasphemy have faced formal prosecution. In August 2020, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician from Kano state, was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a song. He said, “I prefer my prophet to Prophet Mohammed.” His conviction was later overturned on appeal, but he remains in legal limbo. In contrast, those who carry out mob attacks based on similar accusations often face no legal consequences.
Abubakar called for international awareness and intervention. “I want the Nigerian government, human rights organizations, and the international community to be aware of what has happened to me and is still happening,” he said. “They can put a stop to it and impose the rule of law and order and the restoration of fundamental human rights.”
The pattern of blasphemy-related violence continues. Also, in January 2025, three people were killed in Bauchi state following an accusation against a Christian trader. With limited legal protections and growing religious tensions, many Christians in northern Nigeria remain at risk. Abubakar is one of them, hiding to protect his life, not to be killed like others.
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