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Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:32
Sweden: Riots spread beyond Stockholm
Police reinforcements were deployed to Stockholm on Friday to help quell unrest as rioting continued for a sixth straight night, spreading beyond the Swedish capital. (See Prayer Alert 21-2013) A nearly week-long spate of rioting spread…
Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:30
NIGERIA: Christians condemn cold-blooded murder of a British hero
Part of a press statement by the Overseas Fellowship of Nigerian Christians based in England sent commiserations to the family of Drummer Lee Rigby stating, ‘Our prayers are with Amy Rigby, their young son, wider family…
Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:24
Global: Media reporting
Two men engaged in a horrific act of violence on the streets of London by using a meat cleaver to hack to death a British soldier. The assailants shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and a video showing one…
Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:21
Iran: Government arrests Pastor, closes Assemblies Of God Church
On 21st May Robert Asserian, pastor of Assemblies of God (AoG) church in Tehran, was arrested while leading a prayer meeting and the church has now been closed by government officials. ‘These incidents appear to be…
Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:16
Eritrea 1: The forgotten prisoners
Incarcerated in metal shipping containers with extreme temperature changes; forbidden to pray aloud, sing, preach or have a Bible; tortured to make them recant their faith, these are the extremely harsh conditions that Christians in Eritrea…
Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:13
Eritrea 2: Persecuted Eritrean Christian refugees
Kidnapped; raped; starved; tortured; jailed; are experiences of many Eritrean Christians who flee persecution in their homeland and suffer unimaginable horrors in their quest for freedom. As they make the dangerous journey across the Sinai deserts…