Persecuted Indonesian Women Need Your Prayers

If you've been reading persecution blog for awhile then you're very familar with the three Indonesian women who were arrested recently for teaching children the Bible during a "Happy Week".

To refresh your memory here is some information from a recent World Net Daily article:

Earlier this year, Rebecca Laonita, Ratna Mala Bangun, and Ety Pangesti conducted a "Happy Week" Vacation Bible School-type program in their homes in the village of Haurgelis, West Java. Eventually about a score of Muslim children also attended with permission of their parents. The women were arrested on charges of "Christianization" of Muslim children, and immediately jailed. The court case began June 30.

Now imagine that this was you and you were the one who was arrested for simply teaching the Bible in your own home.  Now add intense intimidation from the Islamic radicals who were demanding your death.  This is what is happening here.  In fact, these women are being given essentially three options:

Ibrahim quotes page 64 of the Jihad book as saying, "It is not allowed for Muslims to fight those whom the Islamic da'wah [preaching] has not reached, rather the unbelievers must first be called to join Islam. If they reject, then they are invited to submit (live under) the ruling of the Islamic State by paying the jizyah tax [protection money – only paid by non-Muslims]. If they reject that, then war must be waged against them in order to remove any obstacle in the way of implementing the Islamic ruling system upon them."

In other words, the three choices are join Islam, pay a protection tax called jizyah or be killed in warfare.

I want to urge you and plead with you to remember these three precious sisters in Christ in prayer.  Pray for their safety and deliverance.  Pray for the persecutors to come to a saving faith in Christ.  Please pass this on to everyone you know.

World Net Daily has more to this story that you may read here.