One of our missionaries brought a story back from her travels to Muslim nations. But when I checked www.Snopes.com there was this statement: "no news reports have
surfaced in Egypt about a man's murdering his wife."

When I questioned my coworker on it and reported the Snopes.com comment, she said, "We know the facts,
and the person who told us was in contact at the time with the people who
experienced this and had the true facts."

So, I'm not sure what to believe. Sometimes, we Christians, in an effort to be more zealous in our faith, buy into absolute hoaxes. On this one, I'll let you decide for yourself. Let me know what you think. Here's the story:

A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and 8-yr old daughter. He buried them alive. He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids. 15 days later, another family member died. When they went to bury him, they found the two little girls under the sand - ALIVE!

They brought the case before a magistrate, and apparently, the country is outraged over the incident. Word is that the man will be executed. The older girl was asked how she had survived. "A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands came every day to feed us. He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister," she said.

She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by a veiled Muslim woman news anchor. She said on public TV, "This was none other than Jesus, because nobody else does things like this!" Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean He really was crucified, and it's also clear that the child
could not make up a story like this, and there is no way these children could have survived without a true miracle.

So... what do you believe? Could this be real?

For more on this topic, check out:

• Story of a friend raised from the dead
• Raised from the dead in south Florida
• Lakeland revival blogs
  
• Islam and Christianity: What's the difference?