Day 11 (March 20) - RADICALISM
March 20, 2024
Ramadan can be an intense spiritual experience, involving personal devotion and sacrifice, nightly celebrations with family and community at the iftar (evening fast-breaking meal), reading the Qur’an, and praying and listening to sermons. Radical leaders may use this time to call for violence against non-Muslims, following the example of Muhammad, and their followers may respond with religious fervor. It’s a difficult time for global Christians living among Muslims.
Pray for extremist leaders with a zeal for doing what they think is right to be arrested by the Lord, as Saul (Paul) was on his way to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19, Luke 17:1-2). Pray for those who would seek to do harm, and ask the Lord to protect minority communities (Matthew 5:43-48, Psalm 91).