Cultural Identity and Religious Beliefs

Why do I still dress up like a Muslim?

And my reaction is always this way, "Are you telling me all

Muslims in the world dress up like this?

Because this is news to me." I've never seen a Muslim in Indonesia dress up like

this, or a Muslim in Kazakhstan dress up like

this, or a

Muslim in other parts of the world.

So I have to really correct people and let them know this is my Saudi

dress. I am from Saudi. I'm proud of my culture, my

heritage. Becoming a follower of Jesus doesn't mean

I have to

abandon my identity, cultural identity.

I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia.

During the '70s, I became very fascinated by

the idea of dying as a martyr, and one thing of course that is very

clear in the Quran itself, that if you die for the cause of God,

you are assured of your salvation and there is no judgment, and

you are going all the way to the highest level of heaven.

Folks, it is the Gospel in reverse.

You shed your own blood to earn your own salvation