Pray for INDONESIA - PAPUA Christians in Indonesias most eastern province are facing an Islamization program that is changing the demographics of the formerly Christian-majority region, according to Barnabas Aid. Papuas Christian children are being trafficked into Islamic boarding schools in Jakarta as part of a growing program of Islamization; these impoverished minors are often lured from their families with promises of a free education, but instead they are only taught lessons from the Quran. However, Quranic re-education is not the only tactic to Islamize the region. Through the governments long-term transmigration program, millions of Indonesians have been forced to move to Papua to obtain work; these jobs — along with education, food and housing — have encouraged many Papuans to convert to Islam. Further, Islams tolerance of polygamy has also made it attractive to Papuans, even though Papuan churches strongly oppose it.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:00:04 +0000
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