BRUNEI (Wikipedia) – World Watch List #27 (Open Doors, UK) Population: 413,000 (41,300 Christians) Main Religion: Islam Government: Constitutional Sultanate Source of Persecution: Islamic extremism /tribal antagonism Contact with Christians in other countries, the import of Bibles and the public celebration of Christmas are… Read More ›
Peanut Gallery: I’ve fallen behind Open Doors’ posting of their weekly World Watch List update. So the plan is to post an update on Monday and Thursday until I catch up (they are on wk 30). Of course, you can go… Read More ›
OMAN (Wikipedia) – World Watch List #22 (Open Doors UK) Population: 2.9 million (35,000 Christians) Main Religion: Islam Government: Absolute Monarchy Source of Persecution: Islamic extremism/dictatorial paranoia The legal system names all citizens as Muslim and all legislation is based on Islamic law. Apostasy… Read More ›
By: Raymond Ibrahim – posted on Human Events 6/6/2013 03:27 PM Attacks on Christian children, both boys and girls, are on the rise in Egypt. Last week, a six-year-old Coptic Christian boy named Cyril Yusuf Sa‘ad was abducted and held… Read More ›
Please pray for the Persecuted Church in Vietnam – World Watch List #21 (Open Doors USA) VIETNAM (Wikipedia) Population: 89.7 million (9.7 million Christians) Main Religion: Buddhism Government: Communist state Source of Persecution: Communist oppression/dictatorial paranoia Christians are perceived as… Read More ›
Vatican to UN: More than 100,000 Christians Killed for Their Faith Each Year – First Things Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 9:52 AM / Mark Movsesian For reasons I’ve discussed before, elite opinion in the West is uncomfortable with the idea of Christians… Read More ›
Persecuted Church in QATAR (Wikipedia) – World Watch List #20 (Open Doors UK) Population: 1.9 million (90,000 Christians) Main Religion: Islam Government: Republic Source of Persecution: Islamic extremism/Dictatorial paranoia The state religion is conservative Islam and nearly all Qatari citizens… Read More ›
The Silent Tragedy of Child Marriage By Robert Spencer May 20, 2013 – 8:00 am “Since this is not negated later, we can take from this verse that it is permissible to have sexual intercourse with a prepubescent girl.” —… Read More ›
