Bridge of Grace

Mirsad Ramic When ISIS invaded Iraq & declared themselves a Caliphate, thousands Muslims from all over the globe went to the Middle East to join them in their fight, and the heartland of America was no exception.  In June of 2024 the U.S. District Court in Kentucky convicted Misrad Ramic, a resident of Bowling Green, of joining ISIS.  The court showed in in 2014 Misrad Ramic along with two students who attended Western Kentucky University on a student visa program flew from Nashville to Turkey & subsequently crossed the border into Syria to join ISIS.  Misrad is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 24th & faces a $750,000 fine and up to 50 years in prison.  As for the other two Western Kentucky Students, one is confirmed to have died while fighting in Syria in 2015 while the fate of the other one remains unknown.   Misrad Ramic in Syria Misrad is originally from Bosnia & immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 10-years-old.  The other ISIS terrorists were confi

For years we have been hearing about the persecution that Christians around the globe are suffering at the hands of Jihadists, and despite the ongoing reports, the suffering is continuing uninhibited.  In the nation of Nigeria, Rev. Amos Mohzo, the President of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), revealed that in the past two years Fulani militants & their Jihadist allies have forced the closure of 70 churches in central Nigeria's Plateau state.  Many Christians were drive from their homes and a good number of these churches were burned down.  Many Christians live in camps outside their destroyed communities & cannot return to their homes due to the ever increasing danger of Jihad in the region.  Most have been relying on NGO organizations to survive.   Christian farmers express frustration that the Nigerian government isn't effectively utilizing the military to protect their communities.  Many state that what's happening now is a continuation of the Jihads wag

On July 14th 2024, a car bomb exploded at the Top Coffee shop in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu.  At that time, crowds of Somalis had gathered at a coffee bar to watch a Euro 24 soccer match between Spain and England.  That at 10:28pm, a car bomb outside the shop exploded without warning.  Thus far nine people are confirmed dead and at least twenty more wounded.  The Jihadist terrorist group al-Shabab took credit for the attack.   Top Coffee Car Bombing Though Al-Shabab had been carrying out bombings & shootings across the country in an attempt to topple the government & seize control for the past 17 years, there had been a period of relative quiet for the past few months, so this attack took many by surprise.  Despite the recent lull, Jihadist violence is considered the norm within the country with the Somali government led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has declared "total war" on the Jihadist factions & is conducting ongoing campaigns backed by U.S

Musa Baluku: ADF Leader The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a large but unstable nation in the middle of Africa.  The region is home to over 100 million people along with over 100 militant groups, among these groups is the Allied Democratic Front (ADF).  Founded in 1995, the group, like many other militants, began launching their insurgency within the country.  However, as the years passed, the group gradually embraced the Jihadist mentality until a large faction of the ADF united under the leadership who Musa Baluku, who would pledge his allegiance to ISIS in 2018 and begin launching widespread attacks the following year.   Eight-Year Old "Divine Grace" Survives ADF Attack Since this time period, Musa Baluku's faction of the ADF has launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Christians and all other non-Islamic religions in the North-Eastern region of the Congo.  Despite the fact that the Congo is over 95% Christian and only 1.5% Muslim, this has not dissuaded t

Mohammed "Yousef" Bhat For over 75 years the region of Kashmir has been a place of armed struggle between Hindus & Muslims.  A conflict that began in 1947 when India and Pakistan were partitioned into separate nations, with conflict between Hindus and Muslims ongoing ever since.  However, it has also a region that has seen a growth in Christianity with evangelical Christians seeking to bring the Good News to the conflicted region and to incorporate the teachings of Jesus to bring peace and reconciliation to the region.  Tragically, many Christians in the region, such as Mohammed "Yousef" Bhat, have paid with their lives for this effort.  This story of persecution began in the 1990's when Jihadist militant groups arose to India out of the region and began gathering recruits to their cause.  Among these recruits was 27-year-old Ahmed.   To Ahmed & some of his fellow Muslims, these men were "freedom fighters," but to others, they were terrorists. 

In one of the most recent Jihadist attacks to strike the nation of Nigeria, three women carried out suicide bombings in Gwoza, located in Borneo State in Northern Nigeria, near the Nigerian border.  Presently, there are 32 confirmed killed and an additional 42 wounded.  Experts stated that they were chosen because women do not arouse the same suspicion as men when preparations are made to carry out this attacks.  Jihadists also place less value on the life of a woman, making them prime choices in carrying out attacks like this.  The suicide bombers struck three locations.  The first bomber targeted a wedding celebration, setting off her explosive belt at 3pm.  The second attack was carried out by a bomber who targeted the funeral for the victims of the first bombing while the third was carried out by a teenage girl who attacked an area near a hospital.  Even more astoundingly, the second female suicide bombers that targeted the funeral had a baby strapped on her back when she set off h