{"id":4916,"date":"2024-02-29T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/pray-for-christians-following-coup\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T08:07:08","slug":"pray-for-christians-following-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/pray-for-christians-following-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for Christians Following Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armed terrorists, often connected to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS), have ravaged parts of Niger, particularly in the west near its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso. Much of the country&rsquo;s small Christian population has been displaced in the violence: &ldquo;Many have seen their parents or family members shot and killed,&rdquo; a front-line worker said. Additionally, after Niger&rsquo;s president was overthrown by military officers in a July 2023 coup, the Islamic Council of Niger has been pushing to change the country from a secular democracy into an Islamic republic governed by sharia law. The front-line worker asks that people pray for Nigerien Christians to experience God&rsquo;s protection during this turbulent time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/niger\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Niger and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2635\/nigerien-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Nigerien Christians on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed terrorists, often connected to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS), have ravaged parts of Niger, particularly in the west near its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso. Much of the country&#8217;s small Christian population has been displaced in the violence: &#8220;Many have seen their parents or family members shot and killed,&#8221; a front-line worker said. Additionally, after Niger&#8217;s president was overthrown by military officers in a July 2023 coup, the Islamic Council of Niger has been pushing to change the country from a secular democracy into an Islamic republic governed by sharia law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pray for Christians Following Coup - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/pray-for-christians-following-coup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray for Christians Following Coup - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Armed terrorists, often connected to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS), have ravaged parts of Niger, particularly in the west near its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso. 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