Indonesia

JIHAD THREAT LEVEL HIGH IN BEKASI, INDONESIA

Bekasi is only 15 km from Jakarta in densely populated West Java and is
98 percent Muslim. On Sunday 27 June Islamic fundamentalists in Bekasi called for the city administration to enact Sharia law and for every mosque to form its own paramilitary in preparation for war against Christians. Last Saturday 3 July some 100 jihadist recruits did military training in an open field in Bekasi with the aim of 'striking fear into the hearts of Christians'. One mosque displays an enormous banner picturing a local Protestant pastor with his head in a flaming noose. The government is reluctant to act against the Islamic fundamentalists because it depends on the support of Islamic parties in the parliament. The situation is extremely serious for the Church in Indonesia. Please pray.

 

 

 

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NIAMEY, NIGER (Worthy News)-- Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation Tuesday, July 6, after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as "extremely desperate".

Save the Children warned that up to 380,000 children under five are at risk of death by starvation. Christian aid and advocacy group Barnabas Fund told Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife that Christians are "particularly vulnerable during this time of crisis," as they comprise just 0.3 per cent of the predominantly Muslim population of over 15 million people.

Aid workers in Islamic countries such as Niger have complained that government aid is often not reaching minority Christians. Barnabas Fund told Worthy News in a statement that it is already providing close to 700 Christian families each with "a 100 kilogram sack of either maize or millet and a 500 kilogram bag of rice" which it said was funded by donations.