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Christian Leader Shot by Muslim Extremists

November 4, 2004 | Iraq
November 4, 2004
Iraq

(ICC) – An evangelical Iraqi Christian leader was shot last week by radical Muslims, according to reports received recently by Christian Aid. He sustained two bullet wounds to his shoulder and one to his leg. Thankfully, he is alive and recovering from the attack. The leader is known to an indigenous ministry supported by Christian Aid in Iraq . Apparently, he had been warned by extremists to take down the cross on the top of the building where he regularly conducted services and to stop leading Christian meetings there. He ignored the demands.

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