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The Daily Article

Meet a modern-day faith hero

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, News, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Biblical faith and morality are increasingly under threat. Today's podcast identifies reasons our culture opposes biblical truth and encourages us to learn from the courage of persecuted Christians around the world. For more news discerned differently, or to receive the Daily Article via email, please visit denisonforum.org.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Tim Denison with Denison Form, and this is the daily article for Friday, November 2, 2018.

0:07.7

Osie Abibi is a Pakistani wife and mother of five. She and her family were the only Christians in their village.

0:13.6

Her fellow workers repeatedly urged her to convert to Islam. In June of 2009, she was harvesting berries with a group of other farmhands.

0:21.5

She was asked to fetch water from a nearby well and stopped to drink with an old metal

0:26.0

cup she found near the well.

0:27.8

A Muslim neighbor angrily told her it was forbidden for a Christian to drink from a utensil

0:32.4

used by Muslims.

0:33.9

The woman condemned her faith and ridiculed her Lord.

0:37.1

Osia responded, I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ who died on the cross for the sins of mankind.

0:43.3

What did your prophet Muhammad ever do to save mankind?

0:46.3

And why should it be me that converts instead of you?

0:49.3

Five days later, she and her family were beaten by a mob, then she was arrested for blasphemy. In November of 2010,

0:55.8

she was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. She was put in solitary confinement while her

1:01.3

husband appealed her conviction. Her family was threatened with death and forced to flee their

1:06.0

village. A Pakistani governor who supported her was assassinated. A government official who worked for her release was shot to death.

1:14.2

On Wednesday, the Pakistani Supreme Court acquitted Asi Abibi of blasphemy charges.

1:19.5

However, protesters immediately took to the streets and the leaders of one Islamic group called for the judges to be killed.

1:26.2

Roads, schools, and phone services were shut down

1:28.8

in most parts of Pakistan today as protests continued across the country. Until Beebe and her family

1:34.6

can leave Pakistan, their safety is in jeopardy, as is the safety of Pakistan's 2.5 million Christians.

1:43.5

In other news, a new survey shows that a majority of college students

1:46.7

favor banning speakers who use so-called hate speech. A third of the students believe that violence

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