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6th September 2008 |
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Pray for Bosnia Herzegovina
Mountainous Balkan state bracketed by Serbia-Montenegro and Croatia. This country has a population of 4.5 million. Nationalistic religions have replaced Communism as the prevailing ideology and tend to be equally tyrannical and hostile to any who ‘traitorously’ deviate. Religious freedom is more theory than practice. There are 60% Muslim and 35% Christian. The weather in Bosnia Herzegovina consists of hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along the coast. |
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Bosnian refugees are scattered around the world as well as in Bosnia itself. Of the 1.3 million who fled to other lands only 400,000 had returned by 2000. Most of the internally displaced are still homeless. Pray that Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics alike might find healing for their deep psychological wounds, peace with God and with one another through faith in Christ and willingness to forgive the perpetrators of their misery. Pray for UN personnel, as well as secular and Christian NGOs who seek to help Bosnians rebuild their lives. Bosnia was Europe’s second poorest country before the Bosnian War. Its fragile economy was shattered by the war, massive population movements, wholesale destruction and disruption of communications by the de facto partition of the country. Foreign aid is a main source of income. Pray for this troubled country. | |
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