A friend of our pastors wife asked for prayer 11 hours ago saturday around 3pm. According to snopes, the hoax has been circulating since at least 2009, spreading via text message, email and social media. Home to the united states longestrunning and still ongoing war, afghanistan continues to be a controversial topic. Appeal for afghan christians, sentenced to death for their. A decadeold hoax urging people to pray for 22 christian missionaries facing a death sentence in afghanistan has reemerged online, with. Afghan convert to christianity to be executed within days. However, after some searching and thinking i am now pretty certain that the message, that some people have received via email and im message too. Hoax 22 christian missionary families to be executed in. Yesterday i wrote about an sms text message i received that claimed 22 christian missionaries were going to be executed in afghanistan.
An example of the warning as it appeared on facebook can be seen below please pray 4 22 christian missionary families to be executed by. In afghanistan, 22 christian missionaries are sentenced to death and will be executed tomorrow afternoon. The 2007 south korean hostage crisis in afghanistan began on 19 july 2007, when 23 south korean missionaries were captured and held hostage by. I recently received a message on my blackberry messenger saying. Medics killed in afghanistan were not missionaries bbc. Taliban kidnappers killed one of its 23 south koreans hostages and will kill the rest if their demands are not met by 8. The taliban has claimed responsibility for killing ten people, including foreigners, after the bodies were found in dense forest in northern afghanistan. According to them, the story is a distorted version. I immediately thought it was a hoax but wasnt entirely sure. Thank you in advance for spreading this message quickly and as much as you can, so that more persons can join the prayer.
To be executed 22 chriatian missioneries religion nigeria. Said musa, 45, was told by a judge that he would be hanged within days unless he reconverts to islam. This was enough to spark riots and demonstrations throughout afghanistan with protesters demanding strong action to. Please pass as fast as u can so that many will pray. Christian to be executed in afghanistan for being christian.
Plz my first reaction was shock and i decided to consult the internet for more information. Please pray 4 the 22 christian missionary families that will be executed by islamists in afghanistan. Taliban set execution deadline as first of 23 missionary. Afghanistan india appeal for afghan christians, sentenced to. Would be nice if you could say what people could pray for. An old hoax about christian missionaries being sentenced to death. A prayer request is circulating for 22 christian missionary families who will be executed by islamist afghanis. The daily caller didnt find any recent media reports of 22 christian missionaries being sentenced to death or executed in afghanistan, only other factcheckers debunking the claim as a hoax.
They call on the international community to put pressure on the afghan government to spare those sentenced to death. Taliban claims responsibility for killing christian missionaries. The urgent prayer request i received via sns is a fake. Afghanistans islamic council has told president hamid karzai to stop foreign aid groups from converting local people to christianity and has. The islamic republic of afghanistan does not recognize any afghan citizen as being christian, nor are afghan citizens legally permitted to convert to christianity. Christian to be executed in afghanistan for being christian seems like we wasted a shitload of money and soldiers to install exactly what binladen was wanting, a. Medics were not missionaries jump to media player the 10 people shot dead in afghanistan were an eye care team, not christian missionaries, the. Kabul, afghanistan after a threeday journey, the 10 bodies arrived back here on sunday and were laid out in the morgue of the afghan national armys military hospital. Taliban set execution deadline as first of 23 missionary volunteers is. A message is being passed through social media that implores readers to pray for 22 christian missionary families that are about to be executed in afghanistan by the islamic. The hoax has been debunked on, a website that lists and explains all hoaxes regularly doing the rounds.
Appeal for afghan christians, sentenced to death for their faith. The kidnappings have made travel outside major cities risky for the thousands of foreign aid workers and united nations staff in afghanistan and. Please pray for the 22 christian missionary families that will be executed in afghanistan today. This prayer request for 22 christian missionary families in afghanistan has been circulating since 2009, but theres never been any indication that its credible. An afghan aid worker is facing execution within three days for converting to christianity. Prayers requested for 22 missionaries or missionary families about to be executed in afghanistan. Afghan clerics warn karzai against missionaries the new york.
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