- One has been set free. But there are many others:
- US-based Christian news source, Compass Direct, reports that more Christians have been arrested for their faith in Afghanistan in the wake of the release of Abdul Rahman. Compass, a news service that tracks persecution of Christians mostly in Islamic countries, says harassment of the Christian community has been stepped up.
- Compass says two more Christian converts have been arrested in other parts of the country, but further information is being withheld in the “sensitive situation†caused by the international media furor over Rahman.
- Reports of beatings and police raids on the homes of Christians are filtering out of the country through local Christian ministers.
- The threat of death hangs over the heads of all Afghan Christians, of whom US-based groups say there may be as many as 10,000, meeting secretly in houses for prayer and bible study, and living in fear of their lives.
- Compass says two more Christian converts have been arrested in other parts of the country, but further information is being withheld in the “sensitive situation†caused by the international media furor over Rahman.
Oh my. Blogging about more than just one would become too time-consuming and wearisome.
So let me console myself with this call for ongoing prayer support for the persecuted church in Afghanistan.
Especially if the release of one means greater rage against the rest.