Christianity and Islam are 'missionary' religions. That is, they both believe their message is so important that it must be shared with others, and others should be encouraged to share their faith. This is one of many aspects of faith shared by the two religions. What is not shared is the methods or the aftercare. Two of the accused in the Airline Plot are British converts to Islam. The two Fox reporters kidnapped in Gaza were released on the basis they agree to convert to Islam.

Neither does Christianity share Islam's response to those who 'convert' to another faith. Our correspondent writes from a francophone country in West Africa; a country in which 14% are Muslim, and 20% Christian. So, neither a Christian nor a Muslim nation. This report is translated from a message by a Church leader there. Several weeks ago I met a Muslim to whom I spoke about Jesus, and through the Holy Spirit he came to believe in Him. This man invited me back to his home after many conversations.
"Several weeks ago I met a Muslim to whom I spoke about Jesus, and through the Holy Spirit he came to believe in Him. This man invited me back to his home after many conversations.

This past Friday I went to his village accompanied by two pastors. We evangelized all day Friday and Saturday. We were to spend the night in the village on Saturday to lead a worship service on Sunday morning. It was around 1:00 am that we heard loud shouting and arguing outside. We looked out the window and saw around thirty individuals armed with machetes and sharp tools for digging. They were threatening our host to put us outside. If not they would destroy our host’s house. Having understood that this was a declaration of war, God helped us escape by a side window while abandoning our two motorcycles.

We had walked quite a while before reaching the main road, where we alerted the local police. Unfortunately, it was too late, the house [belonging to our friend and new believer] was ravaged, our host and his family were in the hospital, and our motorcycles were gone. For the moment police are investigating, but they have no leads."