The Prophet Loves You by Matt Sanchez

Boston, Logan, Jessie: these names sound like characters from a cheesy detective novel, and in a way they are, because there's a mystery as to why so many of the Iraqi interpreters I met while patrolling with the Marines in al-Anbar Province, were risking their lives to learn more about Christianity.

I first saw an odd ring on the military interpreter's finger sometime during an interrogation of a possible "bad guy". Bad guy was how the 'terps translated a term that roughly meant religious fighter. Even in vocabulary, the nuance of faith had a warping effect on belief and conviction. I pointed to the carving of the praying hands Kent (not his real name) was wearing and asked if it was a Muslim symbol.

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