Dangerous websites

A young Saudi girl seems to have converted to Christianity, leading her father to kill her. He worked for the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and found disturbing evidence in his own family of loathsome behaviour. The telltale clues were a history of contributing to Christian websites and the image of a cross on her computer.

According to sources close to the victim, the religious police member had cut the tongue of the girl and burned her to death following a heated debate on religion. The death of the girl sent shockwaves and websites where the victim used to write with various nick names have allocated special space to mourn her, while some others closed temporarily in protest.

According to the Saudi Al Ukhdoud news website, the victim wrote an article on the blog of which she was a member under the nickname "Rania" a few days before her murder. She wrote that her life became an ordeal after her family members grew suspicious about her after a religious discussion with them.

We don't know her real name, but God does, and His embrace must have made her ordeal a mere pinprick compared to His encompassing love. May all our youth find the courage to defend the faith to the death. Only with such witnesses will the truth be known amidst such darkness. RIP, sweet sister in Christ.

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+JMJ+

When I first read about this, my first reaction was to compare Raina to St. Christina, who also had her tongue cut out by torturers who could not bear hearing the truth.

Then I realised we might be looking at a whole new generation of Virgin Martyrs.

May God have mercy!!!