Story number 2 for 15 May 2002

(Indonesia)–Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that a day after the government vowed to expel Muslim militants from Indonesia’s religious violence-wracked Maluku islands, the country’s Vice President urged security forces to disband a small group of Christian separatists. The move sends mixed signals of Indonesia’s willingness to crack down on Islamic extremism. Thousands of Christians have been killed in the three years of fighting in the islands. Please pray for those believers who remain that they will continue to be bold in their faith and ministry.