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Jul. 10, 2025 | Iraq
Christian Family Flees Threats
[53] prayers in [11] nations have been posted for Qasim and Zaynab.
When Qasim and his wife, Zaynab, became followers of Christ in 2016, their Shiite Muslim family immediately rejected them and threatened their lives. Zaynab's brother beat her and told her to leave her "infidel" husband. Eventually, the couple and their young children fled Iraq, but Zaynab's brother continues to harass them over the phone, saying he will kill them if he finds them. Islamists seeking their location attacked Qasim's father and one of his younger brothers, sending him to a hospital with broken legs and in a life-threatening coma. Read More.Jul. 10, 2025 | Ethiopia
Rejected Convert Receives His Own Bible
[36] prayers in [5] nations have been posted for Muse.
A Christian convert from Islam rejected by his family was encouraged by receiving a copy of God's Word. Muse was raised in a Muslim fundamentalist religious family and came to faith in Christ through the testimony of a missionary working in his region of Ethiopia. Muse's eldest brother was a respected Islamic scholar, and when he learned that Muse had converted to Christianity, he threatened him to renounce his new faith. When Muse would not, he was evicted from the family home and forced to drop out of school, moving to a nearby town where he took on daily labor to support himself. Read More.Jul. 10, 2025 | Sierra Leone
Occultists Pressure Pastors and Churches
[37] prayers in [8] nations have been posted for Sierra Leone Christians.
Secret occult societies in Sierra Leone regularly threaten pastors and churches. "We came for fellowship, and we were attacked right at the church," said Pastor Joshua Ramine. The societies are groups that practice occult rituals, including bodily mutilation and allegedly even the ritualistic killing of humans to appease spirits. The groups have been known to surround churches with hundreds of people to harass and intimidate Christians and stop their worship services. "They shouted while we were singing," Joshua said. "But I said, ‘No, let's continue singing.' Read More.
