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WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News*
September 1, 2010

"Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
from the wicked who despoil me,
my deadly enemies who surround me." Psalm 17:8-9

World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus in their communities. God is glorified and the nations of the earth are forever transformed. The purpose of the WEA Religious Liberty Prayer Release is to keep you informed and mobilized in prayer and intercession for the needs of justice and religious liberty in the Church around the globe, so that we can stand together for the work of the Kingdom and the healing of the Nations. The Prayer Release is comprised on the basis of different credible Christian based resources.

Aid workers killed in PAKISTAN
Following the killings of aid workers in Afghanistan in August 2010, we read this week the distressing report of Compass Direct News Service about the kidnapping and the killing of three Christian flood-relief workers in Mingora, Pakistan. The bodies of the relief workers were recovered on 25th August 2010 by the authorities, with their names withheld by the officials at the international humanitarian organization that employed the workers for security reasons. The killings have been carried out by a group of Talibans, who attacked the vehicles of the foreigners, returning to their base. The foreign aid workers have been working in Mingora and the surrounding flood-ravaged areas. Pakistan has been hit by its worst flooding in decades, with the United Nations now estimating more than 21.8 million people have been affected. The President of * replace with either - Pakistani or Pakistan�s advocacy organization Life for All strongly condemned the killings. Life for All additio nally point to alleged discrimination against minorities in distribution of humanitarian aid, stating that Christians in severely flood-damaged areas in Punjab Province have been neglected.

Prayer points: 

     Pray for protection over Christians and foreign workers in Pakistan. 
     Pray for courage and peace in the small Christian minority in the country.
     Pray that state authorities might be able to manage the hostility and aggression in the country.

Attacks against Somali church leader in ETHIOPIA VOM Canada, through sources of International Christian Concern, reports about the street attacks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia against the prominent Somali church leader Mohamed Ali Garas on 21st August 2010 . Mohamed is a convert from Islam, who fled to Ethiopia from Somalia in 2005 after Somali authorities attempted to arrest him. On August 21st Mohamed was severely beaten by Somali Muslims and was treated at a local hospital for his injuries. VOM Canada additionally reports that Somali Christians living in Ethiopia have come under increased attacks from Somali Muslims in recent months. Prayer points:
 Pray that local authorities might suppress increasing attacks against Somali Christians in Ethiopia.  Pray for healing and recovery for Mohamed Ali Garas.  Pray for Somali Christians in Ethiopia, for God�s protection and encouragement in spite of the recent persecution.

Arrests and discrimination against Christians in TANZANIA Compass Direct News Service reports about the arrest of the evangelist Peter Masanja from Zanzibar�s southeastern town of Paje, Tanzania, because of holding religious activities in his home and being suspected by local Muslims in planning to establish a church on his land. Peter Masanja was arrested and imprisoned in Kilimani. Local pastors have several times unsuccessfully tried to meet with prison authorities about Peter's arrest. Additional disturbing news from Tanzania is in regard to Christian university students on the island of Zanzibar, a predominantly Muslim area off the coast of East Africa, who have been denied the right to worship inside the campus premises, which violates the rights granted by the constitution of Zanzibar Compass Direct News Servicehas also reported about growing discrimination against Christian students at universities in Tanzania. Prayer points:
 Pray for the release of Peter Masanja and for God�s comfort over his wife and family.  Pray God�s movement at university campuses in the country.  Pray that the faith in Christ among Tanzanian Christians will grow stronger during these difficult days.

 Additional prayer items are available at the WEA website, http://www.worldevangelicals.org/pray/ .

 Keep in your prayer also the upcoming events and activities of the WEA globally, regionally and nationally, posted at http://www.worldevangelicals.org/newsletter/july08.htm