{"id":35791,"date":"2025-04-30T22:20:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&p=35791"},"modified":"2025-04-30T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:35:15","slug":"2025-free-2","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-free-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Will Set You Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miriam Pschak<\/p>\n

I was born a Muslim in Iran. I was raised on Islam, educated in its scriptures, and even became an Islamic leader here in America\u2014an Imam, an executive director of CAIR, and president of the Muslim Forum of Utah. So don\u2019t insult my intelligence by telling me I believe in something I don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

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I understand Islam inside and out\u2014and that\u2019s why I left it. You say Islam is the religion of Abraham and that Christianity is paganism? That\u2019s the same tired propaganda I used to preach before I studied the Bible for myself.<\/p>\n

Abraham looked forward to the promise of the Messiah (John 8:56), and that promise was fulfilled in Jesus Christ\u2014the Son of God, not just a prophet, but God in the flesh. You call it idolatry, but the truth is, you worship a distant, unknowable deity who demands submission but offers no assurance of salvation, no love, and no personal relationship.<\/p>\n

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Islam claims simplicity, but it’s not spiritual clarity\u2014its theological shallowness wrapped in slogans.<\/p>\n

You say \u201cGod alone,\u201d but then claim the Qur’an is eternal and uncreated, that Muhammad is the perfect man, and that prayers must be recited in Arabic to be valid. That\u2019s not pure monotheism\u2014that\u2019s blind ritualism.<\/p>\n

You call Christianity confusing, yet it\u2019s Islam that denies the very sacrifice that fulfills God’s justice and love.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen Christian doctors, scientists, and theologians embrace Jesus not because they\u2019re deceived, but because they found the truth\u2014a truth you refuse to face because it means letting go of the lies you were fed.<\/p>\n

Islam is not the religion of Abraham\u2014it\u2019s a 7th-century political invention that twisted Scripture to build an empire. I left Islam not because I was ignorant\u2014but because I finally understood it. And once I saw the truth in Christ, I was set free.<\/p>\n

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