Hedieh Mirahmadi

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  Sep 23, 2021

  A new breed of Americans vs. truth

  If we do not love or if we reject the truth of God's laws because it disagrees with what we believe or desire, then delusion enters.

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  Sep 9, 2021

  Sharing the Gospel with your new Afghan neighbors

  Now that thousands of new Afghans have come to the US, I also receive emails from people who discover that many of those Afghans will be at the military bases near their homes, and they ask the same question. Here is my practical advice as someone miraculously redeemed by power of Christ after spending over two decades engrossed in the study and practice of Islam.

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  Aug 26, 2021

  Ultimately, our failure in Afghanistan is a spiritual one

  Sadly, it seems our government is so misguided that it focused on vilifying its own citizens instead of saving thousands of them from a terrorist regime overseas.

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  Aug 12, 2021

  Fighting evil in a modern world

  Sometimes, believers are following trends in our culture out of ignorance. We extend grace and compassion to people until it becomes clear they are unwilling to relent in support of depravity

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  Jul 29, 2021

  As a former Muslim, I believe in faith in the public square

  I have lived and worked in places where I escaped the outbreak of civil war, was shot at in the marketplace, and nearly lost my toes from frostbite because the heating in our compound turned off. The Lord took all the inner fortitude and discipline of my past and combined it with the courage and strength that comes from being in relationship with Him.

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  Jul 15, 2021

  Afghanistan withdrawal: There’s hope yet in these remaining forces

  I served in the US Embassy in Afghanistan back in 2004 as a political advisor. My task was to help create a civil society infrastructure that would be the first line of defense against the Taliban's Islamic radicalization and indoctrination of the youth.

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  Jul 1, 2021

  Gender and sexuality of our youth: Natural or deliberate indoctrination?

  The fact that the rise is most pronounced in young people and the majority is not experiencing same-sex attraction, indicates that the deliberate indoctrination of our children not to accept traditional gender roles is increasingly successful. 

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  Jun 17, 2021

  What is your truth?

  When "truth" becomes subjective, how can a society uphold any semblance of law and order? Whose moral standard do we use to decide when life begins, how we define marriage or gender, and what is our path to achieving racial equality?

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  Jun 3, 2021

  The paradox of a celebrity pastor

  All of this is to say that as a Muslim convert, the crisis of many megachurch is beyond the hypocrisy of celebrity pastors who preach what they do not emulate.  More troublesome for people like me is that many celebrity pastors fail to teach the whole counsel of the Gospel.

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  May 20, 2021

  Hamas needs Jesus

  As a formerly devout believer in traditional Islam and subject matter expert on radical Islamism, I can assure you there are thousands of sincere Muslims who condemn terrorism and politically motivated violence. Yet, what started as a small sect of extremists, is now a complex transnational network of organizations and individuals working for almost a century to use religion as a weapon of war.