Fifteen-year-old Nadia Naira Masih is a committed Christian. Her normal practice when she lived at home was to pray and read her Bible early every morning. Although her parents haven’t seen her since February 2001, they assume that she continues this practice in the home of her captor.

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This week our Persecution Podcast is short, only about seven minutes, but is packed with important information for us all to pray for.

Nigeria—Gunmen Kill 19 in Kogi State

We have addressed the problem of the Muslim Brotherhood on this blog numerous times, especially in recent days with the elections in Egypt. Please do not forget to keep Christians in your prayers who are living under the Muslim Brotherhood.

Normally we look at international Christian persecution, but today I wanted to highlight a story coming out of New York. This concerns another move from The Freedom from Religion Foundation, an atheist group, that opposes all things Christian.

Nigeria (MNN) ? You know that saying 'if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck'?

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Azerbaijan (MNN) ? Azerbaijan's government has struck another blow to the Greater Grace Protestant Church. According to Russian Ministries, the court of appeal in Baku, Azerbaijan has upheld the lower court's decision to liquidate the evangelical church, thereby making any and all church activities illegal. Pray that the Lord protects His people in Azerbaijan.

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