INDIA
: ( capital – New Delhi )
Population : 1.237 billion.
Official
Language: Hindi Language, English Language.
Religion
: Hinduism, which makes up about 80% ,about 0.4% of the population
identifies as a Jain and only about 0.7% of the population is Buddhist.
Another religion found in India is Sikhism, which makes up about 2% of
the population. Islam makes up about 12% of the population, which is the
second largest religion in the country. Christianity only makes up about
2.5% of the population.
Location : South Asia
PRAYER REQUEST
1.
Pray for freedom of religion In India as the major religion is Hinduism
as Christians could be arrested for as little as handing out Christian
pamphlets.
2.
Christians in India continue to experience rising levels of persecution
as Hindu nationalist gain influence in the country’s government and society.
3.
The Christian community in India continue to
feel insecure and frustrated because of official discrimination especially the
government of Orissa , who have proven in the past to anti-Christian biases .
4.
Pray for our
sisters in Christ who are being abducted
, raped , forced into conversion and marriage or even sold into sexual slavery.
5.
Pray for
children as they are often left with scarcely enough provision to survive when
their fathers and mothers are martyred or imprisoned for their faith.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a Christian organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, in the pursuit of justice.
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Monday 13 January 2014
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