Follow Me, and You’ll Be Free (Part 1): Sharif’s Story from Imam to Prisoner of Jesus

About this episode

Sharif shares his transformative journey from radicalized Muslim to follower of Christ while in prison.

In this episode, Tom Hardy of the Release International Voice podcast speaks with Sharif, a former radicalised Muslim from a family of imams who encountered Christ while in prison. Born into a family of imams and radicalised in the Muslim Brotherhood, Sharif never imagined he would meet Jesus in a solitary prison cell. In Part One of this two-part conversation, he shares how jihad, political activism, and imprisonment led him to a series of mysterious encounters and a long, painful journey through the Koran that ended at the feet of Christ. Release International UK is a sister office of VOM Australia

People in this episode

Host: Tom Hardy

Guest: Sharif

Topics covered

• faith journey
• Christian conversion
• Islam
• prison experience
• radicalization
• spiritual awakening

Keywords

• Sharif
• Tom Hardy
• Christianity
• Islam
• prison
• radicalization
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Release International, Voice of the Martyrs Australia, VOM Australia, Muslim Brotherhood

Places: UK

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