March27 , 2023

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    A town in Syria, once bombarded by ISIS for months, now sees a growing number of families converting to Christianity, reports Israeli news agency, Israel Hayom.

    Many villagers of the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobani are leaving Islam for Christianity after they experienced the war and terror brought by a group claiming to fight for Islam.

    After the war with Islamic State, people were looking for the right path and distancing themselves from Islam. —Omar Firas, the founder of Kobani’s evangelical church

    “After the war with Islamic State, people were looking for the right path and distancing themselves from Islam,” said Omar Firas, the founder of Kobani’s evangelical church. “People were scared and felt lost.” Firas revealed that about 20 families, or 80 to 100 people, worship in church.

    Maxim Ahmed, a convert, shared that he met Kurdish and Turkish Christians when he sought medical treatment in Turkey. “They seemed happy and all