In a village in the Zomba district in Malawi, there’s a Chief who still lives, known by the name Magareta.
The Chief and his people where a very welcoming people and had great hospitality for people who visit his village. He welcomed people of al faith, Muslims, Christians and the African Traditional Religion.
Due to such hospitality, Christianity became popular among the indigenes of the village.
However, there’s one peculiar behavior among the people of the village, which is the consummation of vine an alcohol in their great numbers.
Then the iERA team in Malawi stepped foot in the village.
Everything began to change when the duats made their first mass dawah.
The majority of the people in the village accepted the religion of Islam, including the Chief and welcomed it as their new way of life.
When this happened, the Christians became alarmed and decided to do a counter evangelism to win back the indigenes who had embraced slam.
When the iERA team saw this, they realized they needed to apply the ‘never say die’ code of honor by staying staying there for an extra month to solidify their presents in the village.
With the expertise of Saidi Lenard, an Outreach Specialist with iERA, the team taught the people of the village about the core principle of Islam, which included the understanding of what Islam is all about.
The people became firm in the religion and reduced the number of idol worshippers.
The chief, who used to practice shirk and magic also gave it up and vowed not to imbibe wine again.
Today, Chief Magareta’s village has a mosque and a madrasah where the kids go to seek the knowledge of Islam.
