“I know I will be killed. In fact, I am presently hunted, but I don’t care,” said the Reverend Buba Aliyu, a former Muslim from the Fulani tribe. The Fulani tribe is one of the largest tribes in Africa and one of the most predictably Muslim. Yet Aliyu, who converted to Christianity in 1995, serves as a pastor with the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria. Despite constant threats to his life for his stand with Christianity, the 51-year-old Aliyu is the outspoken leader of “Fulbe [Fulani] Outreach International,” which he founded in Jos. His ministry is credited with the conversion of thousands of Fulani Muslims in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa and for distributing thousands of printed Arabic and prerecorded Fulani language electronic Bibles to Fulani Muslims. The success of his mission has made him a marked man to Islamic fundamentalists, with his name circulated among Muslims for assassination. In …
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