Ливия: христианин убит террористической группировкой за свою веру
НПО «Открытые двери» сообщила, что 6 октября в Ливии молодой египетский христианин был убит после отказа принять ислам. Он отправился с двумя друзьями на поиски работы, чтобы помочь своей семье.
«Открытые двери» revealed that Milad Malak, a young Coptic Christian of Egyptian origin, was killed by ISIS, an Iraqi and Syrian terrorist group, after refusing to renounce Jesus for Islam on October 6 in Libya. Of his two Muslim friends from the village who were spared, he was the only Christian. He had left on September 2 for Libya for economic reasons: he wanted to find a better source of income to support his family.
After a day of travel, the young men were integrated into a group of Egyptian workers in Zliten, Libya. On October 4, once kidnapped, the young Coptic Christian was subjected to strong pressure to abandon Christianity and become Muslim. These acts were repeated for two days under torture and death threats.
"Even if you cut me into pieces, I will never renounce my faith," Milad Malak cried out to his captors, according to the American NGO Persecution, which monitors the treatment of Christians worldwide. His determination reflects a very strong faith, similar to his diaconal ordination in a Coptic church in Sebarbay, his native village in northern Egypt.
His family learned of his death through the friends he had traveled with. They too suffered mistreatment at the hands of the kidnappers, but after their families paid $4,700, they were released. They have since been under observation in a hospital in Egypt. The victim's relatives urged the government to pressure the terrorist group to return the body, which was done the following week.
Milad's death recalls that of 21 Coptic Christians and one Ghanaian in 2015. Led onto a beach in Libya, ISIS terrorists ordered them one last time to renounce their beliefs, which they refused to do, and were then beheaded. This execution is a trauma that is still very present and ongoing. According to the NGO Open Doors, Libya is ranked 9th on their world watch list of countries where it is dangerous to be a Christian.
Mélicia Branco