Ramadan 2020: Day 23
The Mappila of India
On the 23rd day of Ramadan we pray for the Mappila peoples located in India.
From 30DaysOfPrayer.com:
In the beautiful state of Kerala, you’ll see something you don’t see in some other rural parts of India: Girls walking to school with boys. Middle-class villages along the coast boast their own colorful mosques and madrasas, where children—both boys and girls—are taught to read, write, and recite the Quran in a moderate brand of Islam. With a 90 percent literacy rate, most of the almost ten million Mappila in this region are educated and have often traveled. Increasingly, they represent a growing movement to increase the value and rights of women… Read More
Country of Focus: 🇮🇳 India
How Can We Pray?
1. PRAY FOR Mappila families often living apart because the husband works in a Gulf country to support the family. (Psalm 68:5–6b)
2. PRAY FOR Mappila women to know the truth about who they are in Christ and to continue to champion the value of every person. (Galatians 4:7)
3. PRAY THAT the almost ten million Mappila, the first Indians to embrace Islam a thousand years ago, would embrace and then share the good news of the kingdom of God. (Isaiah 61:4)
Source: https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/the-mappila-of-india/