A former Hezbollah terrorist who was groomed from an early age to be a zealous leader for Islam before he encountered Jesus Christ in a prison cell told CBN News in an interview from war-torn Israel that “God didn’t design us to hate.”

Afshin Javid, who was converted after years of being a devout Shiite Muslim, was in Jerusalem with his wife and his Christian ministry Cyrus Call on Oct. 7, when Hamas launched terror attacks against Israeli civilians. Before his conversion, Javid had been a devout Shiite Muslim in a family who had looked to him as someone who had received special favor from Allah.

The Christian news outlet interviewed him at their Jerusalem broadcast studio and posted an article about it on their website. In the interview, Javid recounted his conversion, his former hatred for Jews, and his hopes for both Muslims and Jews to find true peace through Jesus.

Javid knows something about hatred of Jews and other “infidels.” For three years, he was a dedicated member of Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terror group that has joined the recent attacks on Israel by reportedly firing missiles into northern Israel.

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