A Child’s Bold Confession
One of his sisters told their parents about the cross. “Hussein is telling everyone that we are Christians!” Hakeem, his father, bristled. “Don’t ever tell people that you have become a Christian,” he warned. “You don’t want to get us into trouble. You must not wear that to school again!” Later, Hakeem and his wife decided they had been wrong to force their son to suppress his faith. They realized that both of them had suppressed their faith and that Hussein’s boldness, naive and idealistic as it was, should be celebrated, not condemned. “We were trying to prevent conflicts with others, but we came to the realization that we were the ones with a problem,” Hakeem said. “We decided to be like Hussein, more open about our Christianity.”
Threats for His Faith
Although his parents now supported Hussein’s desire to tell others about his faith, his classmates continued to taunt him. He threatened to go to the principal if the abuse didn’t stop. One boy grabbed him by the arm, squeezed his hand hard, and threatened, “I’m going to shoot you if you tell about this.” After Hussein described this incident, Hakeem went to the other boy’s father. “I thought the father would be concerned about his son’s actions,” Hakeem said. “But instead, he called me a kafir, threatened me, and said he would shoot me himself if I pursued action against his son.”
Beaten but Not Silenced
So the attacks continued. A gang of boys jumped on Hussein, threw rocks at him, and beat him with sticks. He screamed in pain as a boy dragged him along the ground by his shirt. The attack stopped only when Hakeem arrived to pick up his son. The opposition to Hussein’s faith grew even stronger. When Hakeem asked his son if he was still getting beaten up, the boy nodded. “By whom?” his father asked. “By my religion teacher,” Hussein replied. His religion teacher was an imam, an Islamic leader, who led worship in the neighborhood mosque.
To Be Continued…
Date: 24th January 2026
Martyr: Hussein B
Location: Turkey
Source: The Voice of Martyrs “I am n”
Author: Not specified
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