Posted on 06/29/2009 6:07:12 AM PDT by lizol
Polish engineer's refusal to convert costs him his life
Posted : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:29:39 GMT Author : DPA
Islamabad - Piotr Stanczak did not exhibit the slightest hint of hesitation when the Pakistani Taliban asked him to choose between execution and conversion to Islam. Whether the Polish geologist acted out of pride or religious conviction, he decided to pay through his blood to save his faith, a choice that bewildered his killers and keep them talking about him with respect after his murder.
Stanczak, 42, was kidnapped September 28 on his way to survey for oil exploration in Attock district, of Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab. The kidnappers also killed his driver and two guards.
Militants released a gruesome seven-minute video in early February showing his beheading. One of the murderers blamed the Pakistani government which failed to accept their demands for the release of detained militants.
Warsaw reacted angrily, slammed Islamabad's "apathy" in tackling terrorism and offering a 1-million-zloty (300,000-dollar) reward for information leading to the capture of the Taliban militants who beheaded Stanczak.
Among the militants whose release was sought by the Taliban was Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British-Pakistani who was sentenced to death for the 2002 abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
When negotiations between the representatives of the Pakistani government and the hostage-takers failed, the Taliban leadership gave the Polish man a last chance to save himself, Stanczak's captors revealed to another hostage, a Pakistani man Mohammad Amir.
Amir - a pseudonym, as he asked for anonymity to avoid possible repercussions - was released recently after his family paid 1 million rupees (25,000 dollars) to agents of Taliban commander Tariq Afridi.
Afridi heads a small group of Taliban in the Orakzai tribal district and is loyal to Baitullah Mehsud, the chief of local Taliban who has a 5-million-dollar bounty on his head for being an al-Qaeda facilitator. Pakistani troops have recently been ordered to take decisive action against Mehsud.
....love in Islam
I have noticed the same.
I thank God that He is our God and is honored by showing love - not torture, kindness - not evil.
We are so blessed.
By their fruits you will know them. The fruit of Islam is hate.
We see here a portrait of one brave and true Polish believer in Christ;too bad there are two pieces of dog crap in the picture as well.
Surely, today you will be with me in paradise!
May God Bless You and Attend to the family you have left behind!
Well said, and thank you for your service.
Prayers for his soul - now resting in heaven with a martyr’s crown of thorns.
That's what Peter said too.
That's what Peter said too.
That's what Peter said too.
Nope, the blood is on their hands, not those who refused to do what they demanded.
Just like the blood is on Congress's hands in the slaughter of the American Economy, not Bush.
He is patient, and remembers, and promises justice to his followers. But you must remember that God felt love for the lost so much so that He was willing to come to earth to die as a martyr Himself to get people to understand.
God loathes stepping from the seat of mercy to the seat of Judgment. But He will, because He is just. A man has his lifetime to understand his responsibility to his creator, and that is enough for justice to be served.
In the case of these Islamics, the Koran says that Jesus was a righteous prophet, and this man died in faith in that prophet. This presents a real moral dilemma for them, if the Koran was correct, then why did this man refuse to convert? They, if they are real in their faith in Allah, must now investigate the teachings of Isa, (Jesus). The teachings of Isa will contradict the teachings of Islam as it has become. They will, each and every one make a fateful decision based on their studies. To follow Isa, or Mohammad. On that pivots their eternal future.
God is willing for one that is eternally secure to loose their temporary life in this world on the hope for one that is eternally damned for the blood on his hands to see the light and repent and follow Him to eternal life.
Its a no brainer, trading what you cannot loose for something you have eternally lost. Hope this helps...
It is not a battle for the American People, but a battle between good and evil people for the soul. Many people have chosen evil, and do not have the spiritual capacity left to understand basic moral issues.
The real question is, who will we allow to lead America? Those with no morals, or those with? Might I remark that people were still free for generations under Christian leadership, and we are rapidly loosing our freedom under humanist leadership. I vote for what worked before, instead of this disaster morphing to change under Godless men.
Yeah - it is the 99% of muslims that give the remaining 1% a bad name...
And don't get on your high horse. I spent 12 months in Afghanistan in the boonies working with them. Here is a question to ask them when they talk about freedom.
"Then you would not mind if I built a Church here." You will know the answer by the look in their eyes.
You are missing a piece of the puzzle. Christianity teaches that all men must make that choice for themselves, Islam teaches that all men must be made to make the choice between Islam and death.
It is a big piece of the puzzle. There is no co-existance with Islam unless they are weaker than you, where with Christianity, there is freedom for all men. Give nuclear weapons to any Islamic country and the inevitable end is a glow in the dark planet.
The Blood of Martyrs will water the seed of the Church. Thus has it always been. We live in historical times.
May God grant each of us the strength to stand fast for Truth when our moment comes as this good and brave man did.
Piotr, obtain for us from the Heart of Jesus to grace to be faithful unto death!
A brave and honorable man. I don’t know anything about his life, but this act was martyrdom, pure and simple. I think his cause should be opened in Rome.
Well, from the link lizol posted earlier (from April), he either wasn’t married to his child’s mother or he divorced that mother and had a new girlfriend. Still, the Lord granted him the grace to do a martyr’s death.
True martyrdom, as opposed to the Satanic counterfeit whereby Moslems kill themselves in order to kill others, hopefully left a lasting mark on them.
islamists doing Mad-Mo’s work.
If you can avoid working within a muzzie country, do so.
They simply cannot be trusted.
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