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Report Records at least 7,000 Christian Victims of Persecution in India in 2014

1/21/2015 India (UCA News)

 

Since the Hindu nationalist BJP and Prime Minister Modi took power in India in May 2014, incidents of Christian persecution have skyrocketed. In a recent report released by the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) around 7,000 victims of persecution were recorded for the year 2014. Many of the authors of the report expressed concern for India's Christian community and believe that the situation will continue to get worse in 2015 unless the Modi government takes serious action to protect Christians. Many Christians believe this is unlikely due to Modi's Hindu nationalist past and current apathy for the suffering of Christians. 


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  • Pray that Prime Minister Modi will acknowledge the increased attacks against Christians and bring them to an end
  • Pray for the 500,000 villages in India that are in great need of a pastor, church, Bible, or any Gospel presence  
  • Pray ICC's petition to stop abuse against Christians in India will be effective and persuade Modi and the government of India to stop attacks on Christians in India

10 Reported Dead in Wake of Niger Church Burnings

1/15/2015 Nigeria (Washington Times)

 

Over the weekend, churches, Christian businesses, and pastors' homes all across Niger were burnt down by Islamic mobs outraged by the latest depiction of the prophet Mohammed by French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. According to the most recent reports, estimates place 10 dead in the wake of the violent riot that gripped the West African nation's cities for days. 


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  • Pray for the swift restoration of the Christian businesses and pastors' homes all across Niger that were burnt down

  • Pray that God will guide, renew and heal the families of those who lost loved ones

  • Pray Muslim extremists will open their hearts and eyes to God and accept His Truth

Pakistan's Supreme Court Investigates Police Inaction During Murder of Christian Couple
1/19/2015 Pakistan (Daily Times)

 

Pakistan's Supreme Court is investigating claims of police inaction during the brutal murder of Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar and Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasir a, a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan who was brutally murdered in early November. In that incident, a mob of enraged Muslims attack and burned the Christian couple in a brick kiln after accusations of blasphemy were leveled against the couple. Will the couple finally get some justice? 


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  • Pray for justice in this case
  • Pray that the brutal murder of the Christian couple will push the government to uphold the constitution, maintain religious freedom and protect Christian minorities
  • Pray that Pakistan would stop its unequal treatment of Christians 

Hindu Nationalists Claim They Have Converted 27 Christians to Hinduism in India

1/19/2015 India (NDTV)

 

Starting in 2014, radical Hindu nationalists began holding ghar wapsi programs to convert India's Muslims and Christians to Hinduism. In many cases, these programs have been associated with claims of induced or forced conversion which is illegal in several of India's state laws. Recently, a radical Hindu nationalist group has claimed to have converted 27 Christians in India's Kerala state. Were these conversions freely done? 

 

  • Pray for an end to the programs that are often used as a tool of forced conversion
  • Pray that the truth about these 27 conversions will be revealed to shed light on the validity of these conversion programs
  • Pray against the increased attacks on Christians in India since May

  

Muslims Outraged by French Publication Ravage Christian Communities Across Africa

1/17/2015 Niger (ICC)


ICC has learned that churches, Christian businesses, and pastors' homes across Niger have been burned and 20 people killed as Muslim protests against Charlie Hebdo's second portrayal of the prophet Mohammed devolved into violent riots last night. Protests launched by outraged Muslims in former West African French colonies including Niger, Algeria and Senegal as well as in other Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan, have produced violent mobs that, at the time of this release, continue to roam the streets of several cities, causing Christians in these and other countries across the world to seek shelter for fear of violent reprisals against them for the French satirical magazine's provocative publication.

 

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  • Pray for the end of violent mobs across the cities of Muslim-majority countries
  • Pray for the protection and shelter or Christians forced to flee amongst the violence
  • Pray Muslim extremists will open their hearts and eyes to God and accept His Truth

Radical Islam's Descent into Sub-Saharan Africa Sees Rise in Persecution

1/13/2015 Africa (Christian Post)

 

Christian persecution is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Islamic insurgencies like Boko Haram and al-Shabaab have killed thousands of Christians, displaced hundreds of thousands and abducted, enslaved and forcefully converted to Islam hundreds more. As radical strands of Islam continue to descend from North Africa and the Gulf States into Sub-Saharan Africa, levels of Christian persecution are growing, even Christian majority counties like Ethiopia and Kenya.


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  • Pray against the spread of the ideologies of Islamic insurgencies such as Boko Haram and al-Shabaab across Africa
  • Pray for the freedom of thousands of abducted and enslaved Christians in Africa
  • Pray for an end to the reign of terror of Islamic insurgencies such as Boko Haram and al-Shabaab

  

 

 
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