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By ICC’s Indonesia Correspondent
12/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Nurmahdi Musa, now endearingly known as Evangelist Timothy, has a tone so soft and cordial and is always inserting encouraging Bible verses in our conversation. Who would have thought that he was a hater of Christianity who once led a Jihadi force in burning a church in Aceh?
The born again evangelist was born into a family that strictly follows Islam. His grandfather, Ustad Abu Bakar Suid, is a famous Ulama (Islamic religious scholar) in Aceh. He owned the largest Islamic boarding school in the Meulaboh area, Pondok Pesantren Nurul Huda Babussalam. His grandfather was known as the head and founder of a group called the White Robe. This group fights for the enforcement of Islamic law in Tanah Rencong, another name for Aceh Darussalam, a special administrative region of Indonesia. This group’s distinctive feature is donning of a white robe with a sword tucked at its waist, which is