Defying Jihad : the dramatic true story of a woman who volunteered to kill infidels - and then faced death for becoming one
by Esther Ahmad & Craig Borlase
Tyndale House 2018
Reviewed by Diane Busch
Amazing true story of Esther's calling by Jesus, her conversion to Christianity, her faith in God, her bravery, her persecution, her salvation, her evangelism, and her courage.
She grew up in a Muslim family and was an excellent student. And she studied the Quran religiously. It refers to 4 books that are books in the Holy Bible so she sought out a Bible to read. At the medical lab at the hospital where her mother was going due to an illness, she met John who was a Christian. He let her come by every week day in the afternoon after her college classes to read his Bible (but it wasn’t safe to give her a Bible). She became a Christian and shared the gospel with her mother and siblings who eventually became saved as well. Due to her Christianity, her father arranged for her to be killed, so she fled in the middle of the night with the help of John. On a whim she asked him to marry her and he did. They had to flee the city and later Pakistan altogether (they lived in Malaysia for several years before becoming refugees to America). They had one daughter during this time. Esther's testimony is so inspirational because of her strong faith and the miracles God bestowed upon her and her family in answer to her prayers.
