Sources: World Watch Monitor, April 3, 2018
The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release.
“Finally my father … has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her Facebook page on Easter Saturday. “Thank you for your support.”
Algerian newspaper El Watan reported that Tilelli and her mother had been on their way to visit him in prison when he called, saying that he had been released and was about to take a taxi home. Tilelli reportedly told him to wait, after which they picked him up and travelled home together.
“I am filled with joy to be reunited with my family, who have suffered tremendously,” El Watan reported Slimane Bouhafs as saying. “It was too much… I suffered a terrible injustice. I did not hurt anyone, I did not kill anyone. I was deprived of my freedom unfairly.”
He added that he had “seen unbearable things in prison” and thanked people from all over the world for sending him letters of support.
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» Readers might also be interested in the story of a Czech missionary imprisoned in Sudan for 14 months, where he reportedly led 40 to Christ (Voice of the Martyrs, via God Reports).
Editor’s note: Many of you may be following the story of Andrew Brunson, a US pastor imprisoned in Turkey for more than a year now whose trial began this week. Let’s pray that he, like these two men, is released.