Kuwait: The prince's mysterious conversion

[jakasaki]

From the
vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/world-news/detail/articolo/kuwait-cristianesimo-christianism-cristianos-11709/

Kuwait: The prince’s mysterious conversion

In an audio file posted on a Christian satellite TV channel, prince Abdullah al-Sabah declared his faith in Jesus Christ. Muslims have attacked him saying “he isn’t a member of the royal family”

Marco Tosatti
Rome

According to reports, a Kuwaiti royal prince has become a follower of Jesus Christ. In an audio file posted with his name, he affirms that if he is killed because of a recording he made where he talks about his conversion, he firmly believes that he will meet Jesus Christ face-to-face. The news comes from Middle Eastern sources which state that al-Haqiqa – a Christian satellite TV channel in Arabic that transmits Christian religious programmes – broadcast an audio file attributed to the Kuwaiti prince, identified as Abdullah al-Sabah. The al-Sabahs are the royal family of Kuwait, a country rich in oil. The name Abdullah (servant of God) frequently appears in the Emir’s family tree.

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[ringil]

Is he Catholic? If not it’s really not so interesting. Or orthodox I suppose but certainly not Protestant.

 

[JSAD]

Great story!!

It takes a lot of courage for a Muslim to convert to Christianity. More so in a country where Islam is a state religion.

In addition to that he is a member of the royal family…that means a LOT in those countries…i grew up there i know what it means…

Kudos to him if it really is true…there are lots of reports of muslims converting to Christianity in the middle east…a lot of them through Jesus appearing in dreams and in visions.

Exciting stuff…there is an underground movement…slow but steady

 

[George_Stegmeir]

In all probability this report is a sham, a bit of dis-information posted by anti-royal Islamic fundamentalists trying to inflame the people of Kuwait against their rulers.
The greatest sin in Islam is for a person to leave it for another faith. It is considered to be an unforgivable sin.
Considering the recent anti-royal riots in Kuwait and Oman, I would be not at all surprised if the true source of this was Iran.

 

[CatholicBoy1957]

The greatest sin in Islam is for a person to leave it for another faith.

The greatest sin in Catholicism is to leave the Church.

 

[codephined]

In all probability this report is a sham, a bit of dis-information posted by anti-royal Islamic fundamentalists trying to inflame the people of Kuwait against their rulers.
The greatest sin in Islam is for a person to leave it for another faith. It is considered to be an unforgivable sin.
Considering the recent anti-royal riots in Kuwait and Oman, I would be not at all surprised if the true source of this was Iran.

Good point. Most certainly could be a planted story to kick-start a fake pro-Democratic “Arab Spring” in Kuwait.
Interesting story anyway.

 

[the_phoenix]

Our Lady of Fatima,
pray for us.

 

[Catholic4Christ]

Is he Catholic? If not it’s really not so interesting. Or orthodox I suppose but certainly not Protestant.

With all due respect, this seems a bit uncharitable to both our Protestant brothers and sisters as well as this Kuwaiti fellow. It’s also worth noting that any form of Protestant Christianity is a heck of a lot closer to the Catholic faith than Islam.

 

[JohnAlexander]

The greatest sin in Catholicism is to leave the Church.

Not true. The greatest sin is not being sorry for our sins.

 

[codephined]

Not true. The greatest sin is not being sorry for our sins.

Hmmm I thought it was blaspheming the Holy Spirit?

28 Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin.
30 Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.
(Mark 3:28-30)

Unpardonable sin sounds pretty bad to me!

 

[Catholic4Christ]

The greatest sin in Catholicism is to leave the Church.

The greatest sin is not being sorry for our sins.

Hmmm I thought it was blaspheming the Holy Spirit?

I’m pretty sure that blasphemy against the Spirit is typically equated with impenitence (someone correct me if that is too much of a generalization).

Also, I’m pretty sure one could make the case that leaving the Church and impenitence are roughly (though perhaps not identically) the same thing, from the Catholic perspective.

 

[ProVobis]

It takes a lot of courage for a Muslim to convert to Christianity. More so in a country where Islam is a state religion.

It’s noteworthy that Saddam Hussein, for all his faults, appointed Tariq Aziz, a Catholic, to be his deputy prime minister. Now that both are gone, most of the area is very hostile to Christians as you say or imply.