Nederland: Muslims appropriate football fields for jihad propaganda
We're used, by now, to the idea of Mohammedan influence gradually infiltrating its way into the media, government, the police, the military, academe. But here's a new one: football fields. Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise after the Muslim takeover of the French national football team (followed by the French people's almost total loss of interest in it) or the beating to death of a Dutch referee by Mohammedan players. But in the Hague, in the Netherlands, as recent incidents attest, football fields seem to have been appropriated as instruments for the jihad. ADO Den Haag [a Dutch football team] announced on Monday that it had nothing to do with the flag of the Islamic terror group ISIS, which was shown on a football field with the ADO logo. The club says it is 'very shocked' to be on the picture.
Pray: against the Islamist influence in French and Dutch sport. (Ps.34:16)
More: http://europenews.dk/en/node/71789
NIGERIA: Five Christians executed in road-side ditch by Muslim gunmen
Five Christians were shot dead near Jos, Plateau State, on 29 August by Muslim gunmen, who had stopped the bus they were travelling in and separated them from the other passengers. They found out who among them were Christians and forced the five to lie down in a ditch. At this point, another Christian man became embroiled in the scene when the Islamists stopped his motorbike. He said: The gunmen asked me about my religion, and when I told them I was a Christian, they asked me to join a group of people already ordered to lie down by the side of the road. It was when the gunmen started shooting and killing those of us that were Christians grouped together that I ran into a nearby maize farm, because it was already dark. Four other Christians, including a pregnant woman, were injured in the attack.
Pray: for God’s people that they will be protected and their enemies will be held back. (Ps.68:1)
More: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/kidnapped.nigerian.archbishop.freed/33990.htm
USA: Deaths and hundreds missing in Colorado floods
Rescue teams responding to the Colorado floods have warned residents to evacuate their homes or face being stranded for weeks without electricity, water or basic supplies. Amid apocalyptic scenes across the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, at least four people have died an d hundreds remain unaccounted for. Some areas have seen more than 15 inches (38.1cm) of rainfall in three days – above the average expected for a whole year – in what a county commissioner has called a “500- to 1,000-year flood”. State authorities say that with more rain forecast for the next two days, further fatalities are all but inevitable. With thousands more people stranded in rural canyon towns, and rescue teams impeded by waters washing away the state’s transport infrastructure, the authorities have issued a stern warning to anyone thinking about trying to stay in their homes and weather the storm.
Pray: for the communities affected by these floods and for those trying to provide help. (Ps.31:2)
Egypt: Christians forced to pay Jizya Tax
Word comes from the Minya area city of Dalga that many of the town's 20,000 Christians are now being forced to pay the Jizya tax required by Islamic law. Islamic extremists have controlled the town since police were forced out July 3--the day the Egyptian people and their military deposed Mohammed Morsi from the presidency. According to a Voice of The Martrys contact in Egypt, Muslims have forced at least 140 Christians to pay a daily jizya tax starting at 200 Egyptian pounds per day. That's the equivalent of $29, or $203 per week! I've met with many Christians over the years in Minya and elsewhere in Upper Egypt. Many of them earn less than $5 per day. Two Coptic Christian government employees have been shot dead for refusing to pay Jizya, the Muslim poll tax on Christians. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2013/s13090067.htm
Pray: for the Christians of Dalga who are living in constant fear and pressure from Islamic extremists. Pray that God, not the Jizya tax, will give them the protection and security they need! (Ps.122:7)
More: http://www.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=44122&PN=1
