[Today's Prayer] 14 Shia Minority Killed, 30 Wounded in Pakistan from Gunmen Open Fire

At least 14 people were killed and 30 wounded in Kurram, Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, when gunmen opened fire on a car carrying Shia Muslims on the 21st, local police said.

Sectarian clashes between the majority Sunni and minority Shia in Kurram are frequent, but this attack is one of the deadliest in recent years.

Police official Nusrat Hussain said at least 15 of the wounded were in critical condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for this attack, but dozens of people have died in Kurram in recent months in clashes between Sunni Muslims and minority Shia Muslims.

Kurram authorities closed the highway in the area for several weeks as violence continued, but reopened it a week ago.

(Omitted)

In July, there was a clash between Sunnis and Shiites in Kurram, killing about 50 people on both sides.

In Pakistan, with a population of 240 million, Shiites are a minority group, accounting for 15% of the total, and have been in frequent conflict with the majority Sunnis.

Source: Nate News

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God" (Luke 6:20)

God of love,

We confess that our Lord is not a god of any religion created by man, but the only living Creator God, and that He is love itself.

Lord, please let the countless Muslims in Pakistan now turn away from the false laws and sins of Islam and come to know the Lord who loves all the souls of Pakistan so much, and repent and return to the love of Jesus’ cross and the truth!

Because they do not know the Lord, they are captivated by lies, commit sins of hating and killing each other, and follow the false god, Allah, and Muhammad, calling him a prophet. Please remove the faults hidden from their eyes and allow them to confess that the Lord of their lives is Jesus Christ!

In particular, as they follow the false laws of Islam, made up by man, and attack each other as Sunnis and Shiites for being different sects, may this be a time when they realize that what Islam really says is not truth and love, but vainity and turn away.

Please send more and more people from the world church to Pakistan with the gospel so that the Muslims in Pakistan and the Kurram region who are trembling in fear of death and whose hearts are poor can now turn away and rise up as those who hope for the eternal kingdom of God!

Please allow the gospel to reach these people faster than death, so that the countless souls in Pakistan can now rise up as a nation that spreads the great love of Jesus, which they freely receive, to all nations!