Sunday
services throughout Niamey, the capital of Niger, were cancelled on
Jan. 18 following violent protests the previous day against French
magazine Charlie Hebdo’s depiction of Muhammad in the 98-percent Muslim
country, but that didn’t stop some Christians from praising God in the
gutted remains of this church building. Rioting Muslims vented their
anger at the magazine and France by killing at least 10 people and
burning 72 church buildings in Niger, according to Christian support
organization Open Doors. Christians are living in fear. Said one native
missionary on Jan. 20, “Yesterday the children did not go to school, but
today we send them off since [their missionary organization] promised
to have military surveillance. Please continue to pray for the insecure
situation in Niger.”
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