I gave this title to this news item because it is the title of an article that appeared in an early issue of From the Housetops. We posted it here on our website. Wael Farouq and many other Moslems like him can be converted. These are the Moslems the Church should be challenging with the true Faith, especially the Catholics in the Eastern Church, while they still have some freedom. Wael Farouq tells us that many Moslems are now calling themselves “Nazarenes” in support of the persecuted Christians.
CNA: Referring to the label “Nazarene” marked on houses of Christians in Iraq by the militant Islamic State, a Muslim scholar also called himself Nazarene in solidarity – maintaining that many people in the Muslim community are identifying with Christians as well.
“Millions of Muslims have used the Arab letter ‘nun,’ or ‘n,’ which stands for Nazarene, as their profile picture in Facebook and Twitter, thus identifying themselves with the testimony Christians have given in Iraq,” Wael Farouq told CNA Aug. 25. Read the rest of this report here.
