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Christian Holiday Fuels Islamic Attacks in Tanzania

3/27/2013

Tanzania
Mission Network News
March 27th, 2013

"A sudden spike in violence targeting Christians in Tanzania has given way to Easter threats. Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs says there's potential for upheaval during Holy week. "There have been threats made regarding Easter. That is one concern. There are leaflets, apparently, being circulated saying that Christians should respond with violence, and they should come back and attack the Muslims in retaliation for these attacks that have happened on Christians." Nettleton attributes some of that to an alarming shift. "Some of that is the rise of radical Islam within the country. There is some evidence of links between radical Muslims in Tanzania--particularly on the island of Zanzibar, and al Shabaab in Somalia." Pray that Christians will still have the courage to share God's love with Muslims. "One of the things that affect the spread of the Gospel is the way that Christians respond to persecution." "

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Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.

"God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His soldiers not in tents of ease and luxury, but by turning them out and subjecting them to forced marches and hard service. He makes them ford through streams, and swim through rivers, and climb mountains, and walk many long miles with heavy backpacks of sorrow. Well, Christian, may this not account for the troubles through which you are passing? Is the Lord bringing out your graces and making them grow? Is it for this reason He contends with you?"

Read Why Do I Face Trials?,
by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life Daily, at One Place

Christian persecution is just a phenomenon in the
Middle East.

Christians aren’t greatly
impacted by persecution.

Whatever persecution there is, the damage is superficial - more a loss of multicultural diversity than anything else.

Christians supposedly bring persecution upon themselves by proselytizing.

Persecution couldn’t
happen here.

Please read 5 Myths about Persecution of Christians, by
Kristin Wright, at Religion Today.

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