Religious Liberties Dying in Sulawesi

It’s often hard to keep track of seemingly small events in distant countries when there is so much big news happening already on the international scene. But American Christians ought to be paying attention to Indonesia, with 212 million people the world’s largest Muslim country, but where Christians are under serious attack.
There has been persistent violence for at least five years on the island of Sulawesi. Last week, three Christian schoolgirls were attacked by machete-wielding masked bandits and beheaded, with the head of one girl left near a local church. In the past, such attacks have almost all been initiated by Islamic radicals. It’s unfortunate too that violence throughout Sulawesi seems to have increased since Saudi Arabian money started funding Muslim radical groups.
Christians should pray for their persecuted brothers and sisters everywhere, but especially in Indonesia. 

 

Originally published November 09, 2005.