A radical Muslim who participated in an attack to demolish African church has now surrendered his life to Christ and converted to Christianity.

According to a report from Bibles for Mideast, a global missionary group that smuggles Bibles into the Middle Eastern nations, Ibn Yakoobi was an extremist who has converted to Christianity after a series of supernatural events made him question his Islam beliefs.

Before his conversion, Yakoobi, a "fanatic religious leader of the local mosque," joined in an assault on a pastor and his church members as they took part in a 21-days of prayer and fasting with the Assembly of Loving God. Pastor Musthafa led the group of 40 former Muslims who have been converted to Christianity. The group was already on its third day of activities when Yakoobi and numerous men armed with iron pipes and swords attacked their place of worship and destroyed the church.

In March, the former Muslim radical charged Musthafa with his sword and tried to kill him. However, the attack was thwarted as an "invisible force," which turned out to be a warrior angel, pulled him away from danger, said Musthafa. Other supernatural occurrences, such as heavy rain and hail began to fall around the ruined church, led the attackers to retreat.

The events led some locals to attend the prayer meetings organized by the pastor.

On a Friday Day of Assembly in the local mosque, Yakoobi questioned the imam as he offered a stern warning to the Muslims to "be on the alert" for "black magic" done by the Christian followers.

"Why then, Imam, can't you do miracles as Prophet Moses did and destroy their black magic," asked Yakoobi. The outright violation of the Sharia law prohibiting questions about the sermon caused many of the mosque's attendees to attack Yakoobi.

After the assault, he reportedly saw a vision of Jesus on a cloud who told him of the sacrifice He made for all to believe.

According to Yakoobi, "Jesus said, 'I was brutally beaten, wounded, crucified and died on the cross of Calvary. After death, they pierced my side with a spear. But I rose from the dead. You are healed by my wounds. You are purified by my blood. You have salvation by my death. And you have eternal life by my resurrection. Now I give you a new heart and new life. Be faithful.'" 

Yakoobi believed and went home to tell his family of what happened and his conversion. Soon he and some of those who attacked the church began attending the prayer meetings. They also recognized the error of their ways and decided to rebuild the church that was destroyed.

While the events in this report have not been verified directly, Pastor Paul Ciniraj, director of Bibles for Mideast, gave an encouraging message to African believers who are experiencing persecution.

"Our Lord Jesus does not want us to fight against our enemies in a physical way," he said, adding, "His will is that we war against Satan and his people with our fasting and prayers."

Paul further asked the believers to pray for those who terrorize them and to "be courageous" as they continue to fight persecution in their region.