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21/08/2008 OLYMPIC GAMES PRAYER POINT

Participating Country: Indonesia

(no.47 on The Open Doors World Watch List)

While the constitution guarantees religious freedom, the Islamic majority are favoured by the government. The atmosphere is becoming more tense in the run-up to government elections in 2009. Radical Muslims continue to bring pressure on Christians, inciting violence and exploiting the law. In 2007 alone, 25 churches were attacked or demolished. Muslim-background believers have been intimidated by their families and some have received death threats.

Praise God for the testimony of the three Sunday School teachers released last year. Pray for them as they resume life with their families and neighbors.

Pray that the new laws regulating religious activity would not result in more Christians going to prison.

Pray for church leaders and young people to be equipped to stand strong under persecution.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 August 2008 10:15 )

Breaking News Wed 13/08/2008

TOP HAMAS LEADER'S SON CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY

The son of a top Hamas leader has converted to Christianity and prays some day his family will also accept Jesus Christ as their savior, according to an Israeli newspaper.

Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview with Haaretz newspaper that he has left Islam and is now a Christian. Prior to the interview's publication last Thursday, Yousef's family did not know of his faith conversion even though he is in regular contact with them.

"[T]his interview will open many people's eyes, it will shake Islam from the roots, and I'm not exaggerating," said Yousef, who now resides in the United States. "What other case do you know where a son of a Hamas leader, who was raised on the tenets of extremist Islam, comes out against it?"