May 2024
May 12, 2024
To Help you Pray this month for your Local Mosque Community.
**The facts and prayer points below were provided by Pray For the Nations https://www.p4n.ca/**
Farsi-Speaking Persian Muslims
Iranians started coming to Canada in the 1980’s because of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. From 2011-2016, Canada has seen about 42,000 Iranians migrating to Canada. Majority of Iranians came from urban areas; this is why a vast majority of them settle in the GTA.
A number of Iranians live in the concentrated areas such as North York (“Tehranto”), Richmond Hill, and Scarborough.
Population estimate in the GTA: 250,000
What do Farsi-Speaking Persian Muslims believe?
- They believe in Allah (God) and the tenets of Islam.
- Most Muslim men believe in growing their beard to show their religious association.
- There is no ordination in Islam and there is no priesthood but an Arabic ulama, a community of scholars.
- The Persian Muslims also believe in praying five times a day.
- There are various mosques that are specified for Farsi-speaking Persians in Toronto. The Islamic Iranian Centre of Imam Ali is one of them.
Prayer Points:
- Ask God to raise up GTA Jesus followers to meet Iranians, get the good news to them, and read the Bible with them.
- Many Iranians want to return to their ancient Zoroastrian religion because of the failure of Islam in their country to satisfy their deepest needs and disillusionment; pray for Jesus to communicate to Iranians through dreams and visions to draw them to Himself.
- There is a lot of division/disunity among Iranians, including among GTA believers. Pray for the Spirit of God to bring healing, peace, and unity to the believers, including the pastoral leaders.
- There has been considerable positive response to the good news among GTA’s Iranians and it is reaching back to Iran itself--- pray that this multiplies and transforms Iran.