I just wonder how Christians in America would face the difficulties and persecution that our brothers and sisters are going through in other countries around the world? Here is an article from the Christian Post about students being locked up for standing up.

Several high school students in Eritrea were locked up earlier this month in metal shipping containers as punishment for protesting the burning of hundreds of Bibles.

The students had objected when military authorities at Sawa Defense Training Center near Eritrea’s border with Sudan began burning more than 1,500 Bibles that were confiscated from new students enrolled in the upcoming academic year on Aug. 5, a source told the persecution watchdog agency Compass Direct News.

Authorities told the male students that the military training school they were at is a place of patriotism and not of “Pentes” (Pentecostals).

Eritrea requires students to enroll in military training centers in order to graduate from high school.

“Eight male students to whom God gave boldness to speak against the burning of the Bibles have been taken into custody in one of the metal shipping containers that the military at Sawa uses as prison cells for Christians who have been found practicing their faith in the center,” the source said.

The center forbids reading the Bible privately, discussing Christianity with other students, praying before or after meals alone or in groups, and possessing a Bible or any Christian literature.

Students who violate these rules can face imprisonment or severe military punishment.

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