ICC Note: A Christian convert from Egypt, who suffered a great deal for his ‘apostasy’ recently explained in an interview how ISIS is not the sole proprietor and problem for the world, but rather is it a radical extremist problem. Rev. Majed el-Shafie was arrested in Egypt in 1998 from converting from Islam and helping set up house churches in the predominantly Muslim country. While in prison, he was tortured tremendously but also experienced great mercy at the hand of The Lord through miracles. In one case, the prison guards set rabid dogs on him, but just like Daniel in the lion’s den, they did not harm him.

08/04/2016 Egypt (Christian Post): A Christian convert who was jailed and horrendously tortured because of his faith in Christ says the radical extremist problem facing the world today is much bigger than just the Islamic State.

Although many in the world today might view IS (also known as ISIS or ISIL) as the largest threat facing the world, the leader of the international human rights group One Free World International, the Rev. Majed el-Shafie, told the British news site Express the day after two IS-affiliated radicals killed a French priest during a morning mass in Normandy that “ISIS is not the problem.”

In an interview, Shafie, who was the subject of the 2012 documentary “Freedom Fighter,” shared the story of how he was imprisoned, heinously tortured and sentenced to death by government actors in Egypt for converting from Islam to Christianity and helping build house churches in 1998.

“They shaved my head, they put my head in freezing cold water and then into boiling hot water,” Shafie was quoted as saying. “They burned their cigarettes on me, they electrocuted me.

“They cut me and put salt in my wounds,” he added. “I still wake with nightmares about it, even now 20 years on.”

Shafie never lost his faith throughout the ordeal, and recalled a “miracle” moment when the guards let a pack of dogs into his cell, expecting them to maul him.

“Quite honestly many people don’t believe in miracles and that’s fine, but when they released the dogs I sat in the corner and covered my face to the best of my ability,” he explained. “I tried to protect my back and chest. … The dogs came and I prepared for pain and agony but I could not feel any.”

“I moved my arms and the dogs were sitting around me. None of them moved toward me. … The dogs just didn’t move,” he continued. “The prison guards got another set of dogs and the same thing happened, but this time one of the dogs licked my face.”

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