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Isik Abla

President and founder of Isik Abla Ministries in Virginia Beach, VA; former Muslim extremist turned Christian evangelist and author.

Aug 26, 2026

17:17
And then in that breath, do these things like help us understand that mindset.
17:23
Thank you.
17:24
First of all, with all due respect, I want to bring one correction because I am an animal lover.
17:30
And when we say animalistic, I think it's an insult to animals to call them animalistic.
17:35
It's demonic.
17:37
Their God is my devil.
17:38
This is what I say.

8 MINS LATER

25:39
I'm like, huh? So help us process the reality of women in the Islamic world.
6:08
So in your journey, How were you exposed then to the Christian religion and what brought you to the brink of wanting to end your life in Miami, Florida?
6:23
Yes, before that, I want to explain that as I was growing up, I became part of different Islamic ideology groups.
6:31
And first one in the Koran course, and at one time at age 12, I wanted to be a suicide bomber.
6:39
In that Koran course, it was extremely radical to clean this world from infidels.
6:46
Then I met a radical Muslim man, which I got married.
6:50
I met him at 16 years old.
6:52
And he started introducing me a different level of jihad.

18 MINS LATER

24:53
That's not what we're not about.
0:49
Maybe if you could start by taking us through your j- your journey, uh, from the Islamic faith, uh, to, uh, to Christianity.
0:58
Thank you so much for having me.
1:00
Um, I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, in a devout Muslim home.
1:05
I grew up during civil war years in Turkey, uh, in a very hostile environment.
1:12
Uh, I grew up basically in the mosque and memorizing most of Quran, uh, through my great-grandmother, who was an authority in Islam.
1:22
Uh, there was hostility, violence in home life, and hostility on the outside of the home, in the mosque, uh, on the streets.
1:31
I have, uh, I grew up seeing arms and legs flying in air, people killing each other.

28 MINS LATER

29:26
Why are they doing that? What is the reason behind that?

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