Zprávy HCJB 24.5.2007

	Egyptské úřady po dvou letech propustily křesťanského konvertitu.
	Egyptské úřady udělaly překvapivé gesto a propustily křesťanského konvertitu od islámu, který byl bez obvinění na základě sporného mimořádného zákona dva roky vězněn. Úředníci ve věznici Wadi el-Natroun propustili 58letého křesťana Bahaa el-Akkad v sobotu 28. dubna a již navečer se setkal se svou ženou a třemi dětmi. Žádný oficiální důvod jeho propuštění nebyl sdělen. Několik hodin před propuštěním mu vyšetřovatelé Státní bezpečnosti řekli, že když se nevrátí k islámu, mohl by ve vězení strávit 10 let. Konvertita jim chladnokrevně odpověděl slovy „Ve vězení jsem z vůle Boží a On sám mne dovede domů. Nemůžete se protivit Bohu.“ Bývalý muslim El-Akkad byl uvězněn 6. dubna 2005, když tajná policie zjistila, že se obrátil ke křesťanství. Podle křesťanských zdrojů v Káhiře je El-Akkad stále „přísně sledován a stále ohrožen.“ Oznámení o jeho propuštění přišlo se zpožděním z bezpečnostních důvodů. Zdroj: Compass Direct News
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	NIGERIAN MISSIONARIES HELPING REBUILD COMMUNITY AFTER VIOLENT STORM Source: BosNewsLife Native Christian missionaries in one of the most remote and religiously tense areas of Nigeria continued their activities Friday, May 18, amid reports that a violent storm destroyed an entire community. “We had a serious disaster caused by a violent wind storm. It devastated the entire community, leaving half the people homeless. One mission building housing eight missionaries and the school for the children of the Koma people group were blown down by the nighttime disaster,” said Gabriel Barau, an indigenous ministry leader with Missionary Crusaders Ministries (MCM). “We need immediate assistance. We need to build something immediately to shelter the missionaries.” MCM works in parts of eastern Nigeria, an area where there are known to be Muslim militants. Missionaries work among the little-known Koma people. MCM has planted more than 40 churches among this group. Some of the new believers attend a school of missions where they receive training in discipleship and evangelism before returning to their own people to spread the gospel. * HCJB Global Voice, together with partners In Touch Ministries, SIM and the Evangelical Church of West Africa, began airing weekly half-hour programs to Nigeria in the Igbo language in 2000. In 2003 weekly broadcasts were added in two additional languages, Yoruba and Hausa. HCJB Global Voice also has helped with radio ministries in six cities with more in the planning stages. UPDATE: INDIA’S CHRISTIAN DALITS HOPEFUL COURT WILL GRANT MORE RIGHTS Source: Compass Direct News A report of an advisory panel favoring affirmative action benefits for Dalit converts to Christianity has raised the hopes for India’s 16 million lowest-caste believers as they await a Supreme Court hearing set for July 19. The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities has recommended a repeal of a clause in the Indian constitution entitling only Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits to governmental affirmative action, The Times of India reported on Tuesday. The commission, headed by former Supreme Court Justice Rangnath Mishra, also called the denial of rights to Dalits after their conversion from Hinduism “violative of constitutional guarantee of nondiscrimination on religious grounds.” Joseph D’Souza, president of the All India Christian Council, added, “We are one step closer to justice for all Dalits.” He said action on the report could “reverse the decades of religious-based discrimination against the lowest strata in society.” The Supreme Court hearing has been deferred seven times since August 2005. * Radio programs in 17 languages air to India from HCJB Global Voice-Australia’s shortwave station in Kununurra. The programs are produced at the ministry’s studios in New Delhi, India. LUIS PALAU WEEKEND FESTIVAL IN NASHVILLE DRAWS 90,000+ ATTENDEES Source: Christian Newswire One of the largest faith celebrations ever presented in Tennessee concluded the night of Sunday, May 20, at Riverfront Park in downtown Nashville after the two-day Luis Palau Nashville CityFest. Organizers set the weekend attendance at more than 90,000. Palau joined with some 300 churches, dozens of local and national businesses and more than 3,000 volunteers to bring the event to Nashville. Along with the many top performers, an extensive community service component was implemented under the banner Operation Compassion that included health and fitness screenings and a food drive. The $2.25-million festival budget was funded entirely by contributions from corporations, churches, businesses and individuals, so no offerings were taken at the event. Palau’s next festival is set for July 14-15 in Omaha, Neb. He will also be the featured speaker at major Christian music celebrations in Dallas and Atlanta and on the worldwide broadcast of the Global Day of Prayer on Sunday, May 27. EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASE CHRISTIAN CONVERT AFTER 2 YEARS Source: Compass Direct News In a surprise gesture, Egyptian authorities have released a Christian convert from Islam who had been jailed without charges under Egypt’s controversial emergency laws for the past two years. Officials at the Wadi el-Natroun Prison released Bahaa el-Akkad, 58, on Saturday, April 28, and he was reunited with his wife and three children by nightfall. No official reason was given for his release. Hours before he was freed, officers from the State Security Investigation reportedly told El-Akkad that he would remain in prison for another 10 years if he did not return to Islam. The convert had responded calmly, saying, “God has brought me to this place, and He alone will let me go to my home. You cannot do anything against God.” El-Akkad, a former Muslim, was arrested on April 6, 2005, after Egypt’s secret police learned he had converted to Christianity. A Christian source in Cairo said El-Akkad is still “closely monitored and under threat all the time.” Notification of his release was delayed for security reasons. CHRISTIAN LEGAL GROUPS, VETERANS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS MEMORIALS Source: Religion Today The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans’ service organization, is teaming up with two Christian legal groups in an effort to protect Christian-themed war memorials from lawsuits that would remove them from public property. The American Legion is asking its members to help catalog all war memorials that feature crosses and other religious symbols. The group will monitor its database of memorials and will notify the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and the Liberty Legal Institute of any attempts by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and similar groups to challenge their constitutionality. The effort stems from recent attempts by the ACLU to have crosses removed from memorials in Mt. Soledad, Calif., and in the Mojave Desert. “Stamping out these symbols of sacrifice is the first step to forgetting who’s kept America free and what’s made America great,” ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President Joe Infranco said in a statement announcing the project. “ADF, the American Legion and Liberty Legal are joining together to ensure that we will never forget the sacrifice made by so many for our precious freedoms.” © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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