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Dubai Now Boasts the World's Tallest Tower

According to the news, it seems that the world's capital markets have lost faith in Dubai.

It is significant that this recent talk of 'faith' in reference to this allegedly cash-strapped region, has had nothing to do with Islam or Christianity. For several decades Dubai has become synonymous with extravagant wealth - a city where money can buy almost anything. But the recent economic recession has caused Dubai to tumble into financial difficulties.

In the midst of this financial downturn, the world's tallest building, the impressive Burj Khalifah, opened with a spectacular fireworks display in Dubai at the beginning of 2010. The building was opened by Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum who described the tower as 'the tallest building ever created by the hand of man.' What's it look like?

Jesus said in Matthew 19:

It is hard for a rich man to enter ...

The Message of Christmas

Christmas is nearly upon us and it is so easy to get caught up in the madness. Shopping, decorating the tree, writing cards, preparing for the big feast... How often do we get sidetracked by all the ‘activity’ and forget that we are celebrating the birth of God’s one and only Son - and the purpose of His human life!

In Isaiah 9 it is written:

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

The message of Christmas brings hope and light into our lives but there are many who have not yet heard about God’s love for them. Let’s pray that the Christmas period will bring many opportunities for the Light of the World to be known, glorified and worshipped ...

Egypt Launches First Arabic Web Domain

Egypt has launched the first ever Arabic language web domain. Visit the BBC News website to read more.

Adam House from the Ashes

What good could come from that?

I was numb as I read about the deaths of AWM workers Salah and Shaline Adam, along with their two children Joshua and Rebecca (pictured below). That was 10 years ago.

Salah had been a truth-seeking Muslim from Sudan. He had run competitively in his home country, where his parents and extended family lived. Shaline had ministered with AWM in Algeria for seven years and had returned to Toronto to reach out with the love of Christ to Muslims there.

They met in Toronto in 1990 when Salah began to attend a Bible study for international students, led by Shaline. The Lord drew Salah to himself and Salah began to attend Morningstar Christian Fellowship.

Salah and Shaline began to realize that they were attracted to each other. After a year of seeking ‘peaceful assurance’, they were married in 1993. The births of their children ...

Faint Beginnings... Far-reaching Consequences

From his dining room in Marrakesh, Morocco in 1959, Don Harris recorded an Arabic radio programme of uneven quality that was beamed over ELWA¹ in Liberia. Fifty years later, that amateurish beginning – to present Christ to all of North Africa – involves 55 adults working in four centers, focused on a website that attracts over 40,000 unique visitors each month.

Here’s an example of one of the 800 or so Arabic-speaking people who made contact with us last month after visiting the website.

I am a young Muslim and I want you to explain to me the Christian faith. Please let this be a secret between us. (Shokri*, Algeria)

Read more about what God is doing through our Media ministries 50 years later...

Yes, for 50 years Arab World Ministries has been involved in using media technologies to communicate the love of Christ to Muslims of the Arab world ...

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