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Muslim Kurds in the United States
23.9.2007
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September 23, 2007
The Kurds are a people without a homeland. Their
homeland straddles Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.
The latter country has tried to keep them from using
their own Kurmanji language.
Many of these Sunni Muslims have fled to places like
the United States. There are Kurdish communities in
San Diego, Dallas, Detroit, and Memphis, just to
name a few. Their children never faced poison gas
attacks as their parents once did in Iraq. They are
not being forced to assimilate as their cousins are
in Turkey. But in order to thrive in the U.S., Kurds
must learn English. To most of them, their Kurmanji
language may seem irrelevant.
But there are some Kurdish immigrants in the U.S.
who fear that their language is in danger of
extinction. The Kurdish National Congress represents
Kurds in North America
www.kncna.org
who want the younger generation to remember their
language and culture.
These Kurds have a sense of identity based on
language, culture and religion. Will the younger
Kurds be willing to retain their culture, and
embrace the Christ who was forbidden to them in the
Middle East ?
Pray that Kurds in America will use their language,
dance and music to express their love for the
precious Lord.-MC/KC Romans 8:25
« But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we
wait for it patiently. »
We hope for the glory to be revealed to us in
eternity, and we wait for it patiently. We must
persevere and go on, believing that it will happen.
We must also believe that there will be a Church for
those peoples who don’t yet have one in their
cultural sphere. Can we persevere and eagerly work
until every Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Animistic, and
Hindu people group has a church community of its own
? Some well-meaning Christians-even some deeply
involved in missions-have expressed doubts about our
ability to cross the political and cultural
frontiers separating the unreached peoples from the
gospel.
Pray for more missionaries and leaders who will hope
for what we do not yet have-a Church for every
people !
GPD | spcm.org
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