An Islamic extremist leader has taken responsibility for
kidnapping 276 schoolgirls three weeks ago in Nigeria. Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the April 15 kidnappings. He now is
threatening to sell the girls, attack more schools and take additional girls.
In Nigeria, Christians in the Muslim-majority North
have been the targets of relentless deadly attacks by Islamic extremists. More than 200 pastors in the Northeastern Borno
state have either fled, closed their churches, or have been murdered by the
militant Islamic groups like Boko Haram. Boko Haram, which means “Western education is sinful,” has been
terrorizing Nigeria for about a decade.
The anti-West Islamist group is opposed
to educating women because its version of sharia law calls for them to be in
the home raising children and caring for their husbands.
Pray for protection
and peace for Christians around the world who are persecuted for their faith in
Jesus world’s greatest liberator of women.
Your
pastor and partner in ministry,
Kyle
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