He served as a jihadi fighter with al-Qaida in Syria, then joined the al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group fighting a civil war against the Syrian government. At one point during the war, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) began fighting against al-Nusra Front, upsetting Yazan. “How could two Muslim groups want to kill each other?” he thought. He soon ceased to be a jihadi soldier. Later, he started watching Christian television and eventually became a follower of Christ. When he shared his new faith with his wife, she asked for a divorce. She then told others about his conversion, endangering his life, so he fled the country. Yazan has been an active member of a church, and he worked in construction until his motorcycle and all his tools were stolen, making life even more challenging.

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