Tunisia

The constitution provides for freedom of religion, although the government imposes some restrictions. Churches can operate freely as long as they do not evangelise. The Christian community is largely foreign residents and native-born citizens of European or Arab descent. There are no laws against conversion from Islam; however, government officials use bureaucratic means to discourage it, and new Christians face ostracism.

Examples of Persecution:

• One believer spoke openly about his faith on the street, and had to leave the country because of death threats
• A Polish Catholic Priest was murdered by extreme Islamists in February 2011

Open Doors is: distributing Bibles in small numbers, and conducting research on the siutations of persecution

Please Pray:

• That the government would grant more visas to those seeking to share the Gospel with the Muslim community
• There are very few Tunisian believers. Pray for an outpouring of God's Spirit on this country
• That with the distribution of Christian literature in Arabic prohibited, indigenous believers would gain access to God's Word.