Oman

Key Facts:

Leader:
Sultan Qaboos
Population:
2.6 million (2.5% Christian)
Majority Religion:
Islam
Type of Government:
Monarchy

Oil and gas wealth has transformed this country over the last 30 years. The Ibadi sect of Islam is the dominant religion. Most Christians are foreign workers. Non-Islamic literature cannot be published in the country, though some Christian literature is imported for the expatriate community. Converts from Islam can lose their family, house and job. If the family ask the government to act, believers are considered psychiatric patients. One Christian was subjected to electro-shock therapy.

Prayer

• Pray for the believers who have lost their homes and jobs.
• Pray that Bibles would become available to the indigenous people.
• Secret believers are often isolated. Pray that they would receive encouragement from their contact with other Christians.