Pray For Christians In Malaysia
   Eventually, they left Malaysia. Due to economic and political injustices Malaysian Christians generally do not have a heart for their Malay neighbours. ...
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   Pray For Christians In Malaysia ZT
   
   Dear friends,
   
   This is serious. After half a dozen trips to Malaysia, and meeting
   
   pastors who were part of the 'crack-down' against any who were running a
   Malay-speaking church service etc. in 1988 I think it was (some of whom
   were tortured while in prison), I'm concerned that our Christian friends
   there are about to be threatened again. Pray for them.
   
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    ***** PROPOSED MALAYSIAN LAW
   
    We received the following email from workers in
    Malaysia which is being circulated among the churches
    in Malaysia.
   
    Dear friends,
   
    There is an urgent need to pray for Christian Malays in
    Malaysia & all mission work that is going on among the
    Muslims. I am never in the habit of writing chain
    mails but I drafted this email in response to the
    article on "page 2 of 17 April 98 of The Straits
    Times". Please circulate to all your Christian friends
    out there... The New Straits Times article says ...
    GIVE UP YOUR FAITH AND GO TO JAIL
    ??????????????????????????? In brief, the article says
    that a new Bill is in its final stages of drafting to
    curb the "problem" of Muslims converting to another
    religion and the Proposed Bill is ... "MALAYSIA MUSLIMS
    WHO REJECT THEIR ISLAMIC FAITH MAY BE JAILED UP TO
    THREE (3) YEARS !" I am not circulating this to invoke
    any resentment against the government of Malaysia
    because I believe that my struggle is not against flesh
    and blood but against the powers of this dark world and
    against the spiritual forces of evil in the Heavenly
    realms (Ephesians 6:12). My purpose of drafting this
    chain mail is to start up a wave of prayer for the
    Muslims in particularly Malaysia. I wish to invoke, in
    all born-again Christians, this burden to pray and fast
    for the Christian Malays in Malaysia and all the
    mission work that is going on among the Muslims. This
    Bill, if passed by the Malaysia Cabinet will set back
    Christian Missionary Work among the Malaysia Muslims by
    a great extent and much persecution will arise among
    the Christian Malays in Malaysia. Churches that have
    Malay congregations will be refused of their license
    and even be forced to close down and go underground.
    As Paul urge Timothy, in the same manner I urge you, my
    fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to start putting
    on your full armour of God and start interceding for
    all the Saints of God (Malay Christians and
    Missionaries) and particularly the Cabinet Leaders in
    Malaysia. Paul wrote to Timothy, "I urge, then, first
    of all, that requests prayers, intercession and thanks
    giving be made for everyone - for kings and all those
    in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives
    in all godliness and holiness." (1 Tim 2:1-2) As how
    the apostles, in conclusion, exhorted the Hebrews, in
    the same way I beseech you, to "Remember those in
    prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those
    who are mistreated as if you yourselves were
    suffering." (Hebrews 13:3)
   
    PLEASE pray:
   
    a. for protection and wisdom for the Malay
    Christians;
    b. for more Malay conversions especially among the
    families of the lawmakers and rulers;
    c. that Polarization over religious issues will not
    split society;
    d. for the salvation of government officials;
    e. that this law would not pass; and
    f. that the local church would become a strong
    governing entity, and seriously take it upon them
    selves to organize effective outreach to the
    Malays.
   
   3. ***** MALAYSIA
   
    Malaysia is an Islamic stronghold in tropical SE Asia,
    and is about the size of the US state of New Mexico
    (329,750 sq km). Most parts of the country have
    traditionally been ruled by hereditary rulers called
    Sultans. The 21,000,000 people are composed of: Malay
    and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 26%, Indian 7%,
    others 9%. Although the country is multi-racial and
    multi-cultural, there is little mixing between the
    races. British colonizers found Chinese entrepreneurs
    in settled areas and encouraged the Buddhist Chinese to
    stay in business, and the Muslim Malay to enter
    government service. Indians were brought in to work
    the rubber plantations and staff the police forces and
    some professions. Today the three Asian people groups
    have their own private schools with distinct uniforms.
   
    The Malay people turned to Islam when sea faring Arab
    traders came with the teachings of their Prophet
    Muhammad in the 14th century. Today they are one of
    the world's most resistant and unreached people groups.
    Although Muslims comprise only about 51% of the
    population, Islam is the official religion. No country
    organizes the pilgrimage to Mecca like Malaysia does.
    The trip lasts a month and pilgrims receive a package
    deal that covers food and hotels as well as
    transportation.
   
    It is acceptable for non-Malays to be converted to
    Islam and many are openly encouraged to do so, through
    either marriage or economic incentive but it is against
    the Constitution to convert a Muslim to another
    religion. However the constitution is fuzzy enough to
    allow for Malays to CHOOSE to convert on their own
    accord, but this loophole may be closed with a new law
    currently being discussed in parliament. Missionaries
    to Muslims have often turned to the more receptive
    Chinese and Indians, with good success, after giving up
    on the Malay Muslims. The few hundred Malay in
    Malaysia who believe in Jesus have suffered social
    ostracism, loss of legal rights, loss of the economic
    privileges of being a Malay, jobs, and sometimes home
    and country. Many have moved to Singapore. In 1987, a
    few converts were arrested and kept in solitary
    confinement. Eventually, they left Malaysia. Due to
    economic and political injustices Malaysian Christians
    generally do not have a heart for their Malay
    neighbours. While the Church is strong and is now a
    missionary sending body, little outreach, and no
    coordinated outreach whatsoever, is done for the
    Malays. It is often left up to the individual minister
    to decide whether or not they will even attempt to
    reach the other half of the population. Those that set
    their hearts to it have had good success. Recent
    legal/political developments include the proposed law
    making it a punishable offence for a Malay to convert
    to another religion (read "Christianity"). This Bill
    is a reaction to the conversion of a Malay woman to
    Christianity earlier this year (1998) for the purpose
    of marriage, a common source of conversion to Islam in
    Malaysia.
   
    Sources:
   
    http://www.calebproject.org/nance/n712.htm
   

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