Pray for Somalia
“Iska warran?” is the standard greeting among both close friends and acquaintances in Somalia which means, “Tell me what is new with you.” Somalis do not consider one another as strangers even if they never met before. It is not…
30 Days of Prayer
Pray for Muslims in London
At least 1.5 million Muslims are thought to live in London, England. This means that about 1 in 6 people living in the city are Muslim. They come from many different ethnic backgrounds and social circles and speak many languages.…
Pray for the Mbojo of Indonesia
“Last week, I baptised my own mother!” revealed Shared, a young woman wearing a typical headcover or jilbab. In this small village in the east of the Sumbawa island of Indonesia, a small movement towards faith in Jesus has been…
Layat al Qadr – Night of Power
It was nearly 1400 years ago that a young Arab man, disillusioned with the injustice of society and the ever-present idolatry around him, decided he needed to get away. He would make a practice of meditating in a cave in…
Pray for the Kyrgyz people
While visiting friends in a small Kyrgyz village, we passed around the bowls of hot tea as usual. But our friend, Azim, refuses. “No, thank you,” he says, “I’m fasting.” Of course, every good Muslim fasts during Ramadan. It is…
Pray for Cultural Muslims
Have you heard of the term, “cultural Christian”? It describes a person who generally accepts familiar Christian values and may participate in common Christian practices but does not consider Christianity to be of great importance in their life. “Cultural Christians”…
Pray for the Mappila of South India
In the beautiful state of Kerala, you’ll see something you don’t see in some other rural parts of India: girls walking to school with the boys. Middle-class villages along the coast boast their own colorful mosques and madrassas, where children…
Pray for Muslim International Students
In the past decade, many Muslim students have traveled abroad to obtain degrees in higher education. Many men, women and families are moving to live for up to five years in countries where contact with Christians is highly likely. For…
Pray for Kashmiris
The Kashmiri people live in an interesting place geographically: with Muslim Pakistan to the West, Hindu India to the South and Buddhist Tibet in the East. All three religions have influenced Kashmir, and even today it contains one of the…
Pray for Muslim Migrant Workers in Taiwan
There are over 350,000 Muslims in Taiwan, and most of them are migrant workers from Indonesia. The majority are laborers, fishermen, maids, and nurses, although some are there as students or are the spouse of a Taiwan citizens. Many employers…