Saturday 4 |Somalia
Open Doors is connecting with underground believers who came to know Christ through listening to a Christian radio station. Please pray that these believers will gather and thus develop a small church.
Somalia Profile Leader: President Sharif Ahmed Population: 8.7 million % Christian: Few Christians Main Religion: Islam Government: Transitional
The tiny number of ethnic Somali Christians
practice their faith in secret under extremely
dangerous conditions. At least ten Christians,
including four teachers, were killed for their
faith in 2008 and several others kidnapped
and raped. Fighting between Somali Islamic
militias and Ethiopian forces reportedly led to
increasing hostility towards Christians in some
areas. Islam is the official religion; there is no
legal provision for religious freedom.
