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Nov 6
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From Mecca to Christ | Dr Ahmed Joktan

Great Lakes Outreach
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Ahmed Joktan had memorized the Qur’an by heart. Yet through an extraordinary succession of dreams and divine appointments, he became a follower of Jesus. When he shared his faith with a fellow Saudi, the religious police burst in and immediately came and knocked thirteen teeth out of his mouth. Imprisonment, torture, attempts on his life, all meant he had to flee from the land of his birth. The story is simply wild, and his current reach into the Muslim world through social media channels is yielding extraordinary and beautiful results.

To connect with Ahmed and/or support his work, visit www.meccatochrist.org

Do read his book ‘From Mecca to Christ’

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