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  • New Anti-Missionary Program in Algeria Country handsAn Algerian security forces team is examining a new anti-missionary program prepared by Muslim clerics which is to be submitted to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, according to a January 15 report from the Algerian newspaper "El-Khabar." The program encourages citizens to report missionary activity and outlines efforts to raise funds that can be used to dissuade local people who consider converting to Christianity. It also includes counterpropaganda to point out the "contradictions and heresy" in Christianity and Judaism.

    Pray for protection for Christians ministering in Algeria. Pray that they will maintain the attitude of Christ and entrust themselves to Him (I Peter 5:1-4). Pray for the continued spread of the Gospel throughout Algeria, despite those who oppose its message.

    For more information on persecution in Algeria, click here.
  • Islamic Scholars Call for Crackdown on Christians in Algeria and Afghanistan Afghanistan AlgeriaChristians came under fire in Algeria and Afghanistan in recent weeks by Islamic scholars who have called for government crackdowns on Christian activity in the countries.

    In Afghanistan, members of the Afghanistan Islamic Council warned President Hamid Karzai not to allow foreign missions into the country, especially to the impoverished areas. The council claimed that missionaries in Kabul and in the provinces were forcibly converting Muslims, enticing them by giving them Bibles and promising to send them abroad. The Islamic scholars warned of serious consequences if the government did not stop Christians from preaching and evangelizing.

    In Algeria, the head of the Algerian Association of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Shayban, called on officials to counter Christian missionary campaigns, claiming they had "reached the point of aggressions against Algerians." According to the Arabic TV station, "Al Arabiya," Shayban called for the crackdown under the religious practice law for non-Muslims, claiming that Christians in tribal villages give people money and university scholarships for converting to Christianity and that the Protestant church rewards its clergy for every Muslim that is converted.

    Ask God to thwart the attempts of those who seek to hinder His work in Afghanistan and Algeria. Pray that His servants in these countries will be emboldened to carry on their service to Christ wherever God leads them. Pray that those who accuse Christians of forcible conversion will see that that the Gospel message is one of a free gift, not coercion (Ephesians 2:8-9).

    For more information on the persecution of Christians in these countries, go to Afghanistan's Country Report and Algeria's Country Report.
  • Five Christians Sentenced for Preaching Christian Doctrine

    The Voice of the Martyrs learned this week that five Christians were sentenced in early June on charges related to preaching Christian doctrine and public order offences violating the country's law on religious practice. The sentences vary between one year in prison and a one year suspended sentence with a fine of 5000 DZD ($77 CAD).hands country

    Ask God to give strength and courage to those who are imprisoned. Pray for the spread of the Gospel in Algeria despite government opposition.

    For more information on persecution in Algeria,click here.

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