Below are two examples from CrossWalk.com of the persecution of Christians around the world. We all need to be praying for them and others that don't have the freedom we do in America.
Christians in Pakistan Living in State of Fear
Christians in a Pakistani village are living in fear of imminent attacks from Muslim radicals who stormed a church and asked Muslims to be ready for a "final attack" on the minority community, ASSIST News Service reports. Christian residents of Hadyara village on the outskirts of Lahore fear that their church will be razed by angry Muslims. Villagers belonging to the minority community said men armed with steel bars and guns stormed a New Apostolic Church recently. The radicals beat up worshippers, including a child, and damaged properties of the church. Members of the minority community said that announcements were made through mosque loudspeakers asking Muslims from nearby villages to be ready for a "final attack". Other announcements urged businesses and farmers not to allow Christians on to their properties. Fear of future attacks on the community has forced the authorities to dispatch more policemen to Hadyara on Wednesday, the Daily Times newspaper reported on Thursday. The Human Liberation Commission of Pakistan has flayed the incident and urged police officials to protect the Christians.
Persecution of Degar Montagnards Continues
According to ASSIST News Service, the indigenous Degar Montagnard Christians of Vietnam continue to suffer persecution by the Vietnamese communist government. A major advocacy group says that hundreds of Degar prisoners remain in prison for standing up for human rights, for spreading Christianity or for fleeing to Cambodia. Many have died from internal injuries caused by beatings. Indigenous rights are routinely violated, and racism and discrimination are serious problems in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. According to a news release from the Montagnard Foundation, on Sept. 27 2007, a Degar Christian named Y-Mau Eban and four of his friends took a walk outside their village of Buon Dung. While walking, a group of Vietnamese civilians were waiting to attack Degars for no other reason than racism. The Vietnamese civilians grabbed Y-Mau Eban and severely beat him up, damaging his right eye. The others fled back to their village as a crowd of Vietnamese villagers armed with sticks and knives ran at them. Y-Mau Eban was left there seriously injured, but the villagers soon returned and took him to the hospital in the city of Buonmathuot. The Montagnard Foundation is dedicated to helping the Degar peoples.
