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Kayla Mueller saw God in the suffering eyes of others

Kayla Mueller was a human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from the United States, who ‎lived her life for the needy, out of a deep conviction of God in her and in others.  She was taken ‎captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, while leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. She was ‎held  in brutal captivity by the extremist group ISIS for 18 months before she was killed in February ‎‎2015.  She was 26.  It was reported that Kayla had been forced into marriage to ISIS head, Abu Bakr ‎al-Baghdadi who tortured and raped her repeatedly, and that she was a "personal captive" of Abu ‎Sayyaf, the high level ISIS commander who oversaw the terrorist group’s lucrative gas and oil ‎operations.  ‎Since Kayla’s death, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller, have been the voice of their daughter and ‎what she stood for.  The couple was recently invited to share their testimony at a special e...

Kayla Mueller was a human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from the United States, who ‎lived her life for the needy, out of a deep conviction of God in her and in others.  She was taken ‎captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, while leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. She was ‎held  in brutal captivity by the extremist group ISIS for 18 months before she was killed in February ‎‎2015.  She was 26.  It was reported that Kayla had been forced into marriage to ISIS head, Abu Bakr ‎al-Baghdadi who tortured and raped her repeatedly, and that she was a "personal captive" of Abu ‎Sayyaf, the high level ISIS commander who oversaw the terrorist group’s lucrative gas and oil ‎operations.  ‎

Since Kayla’s death, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller, have been the voice of their daughter and ‎what she stood for.  The couple was recently invited to share their testimony at a special event at the ‎United Nations headquarters in New York on April 28, organized by Archbishop Bernadito Auza, ‎Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.  The theme of the ‎event was, “Defending religious freedom and other human rights: stopping mass atrocities against ‎Christians and other believers.”  In our edition of THE BACKGROUNDER, we bring you excerpts ‎from the heart-breaking testimony of Carl and Marsha Mueller, who at times choked with emotion ‎talking about their daughter, Kayla.  To begin with, Carl Mueller: ‎

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