July 19, 2004

This is Delicious!

I was talking to our favorite Egyptian television celebrity the other day and she was telling me that she is getting lots of reports from the Middle East about Musilims flocking to see "The Passion of The Christ" because of all the (false) charges in the U.S. media about it being anti-Semitic.

In other words, thousands of Muslims, hoping to see some good Jew-bashing, are being exposed to the gospel instead. The NRB confirms here...

Muslims Viewing The Passion in Record Numbers
Publishers of the somewhat controversial Tel Aviv-based Christian magazine MaozIsrael report that many are not hearing about what the film The Passion of the Christ is doing in Arab countries. "We keep receiving reports from Christians in various countries that The Passion is reaching into the Muslim world with the Gospel, unprecedented in the history of Islam," stated Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram. The film reportedly has been drawing large audiences in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. A Qatar newspaper reported that the film sold 66,321 tickets in its first three days there, reaching slightly less than one out of 10 of its citizens. The Rams state that Arabs are deeply moved by the suffering of Christ and the film is working as a powerful evangelical tool in the Arab world. The film is helping them to "...believe in their hearts that Yeshua died for their sins." For more information, log on to www.maozisrael.org.

Posted by David at July 19, 2004 10:40 AM
Comments

Yo-ho! That IS delicious!

Check out this report on the impact the film is having in Qatar - home to none other than Al Jazeera! (delicious also!)

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37929

Posted by: annie at July 21, 2004 01:30 PM