Zprávy HCJB 19.5.2003

 KAZACHSTÁNSKÉ ÚŘADY OBVIŇUJÍJÍ PASTORA
   Baptistický pastor Sergej Nizegorotcev z Georgijevky ve východním Kazachstánu čelí obvinění z kriminálního činu, protože odmítl uposlechnout soudně nařízený zákaz církevních služeb. Toto rozhodnutí přišlo po dvou týdnech, kdy bylo napadeno velikonoční shromáždění. Oficiální místa odmítají obvinění, že vedou proti církvi kampaň. „Obhájci zákona nedělají nic nelegálního“, řekl zástupce prokurátora Aset Biisekenov. Je ironií, že proti pastorovi bylo zahájeno trestní řízení v době, kdy probíhá mezinárodní konference o náboženské svobodě, která se koná v Almatě. Tam má být oficiálně zahájena činnost Mezinárodní asociace náboženské svobody pro Kazachstán. (Forum 18 News Service)
 
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 VÝHRŮŽKY SE ZMĚNILY V NÁSILÍ - 2 KŘESŤANŠTÍ MAJITELÉ OBCHODŮ ZABITI V IRÁKU .
   (Barnabas Fund/Religion Today) - Hrozba násilí proti křesťanům se v Iráku stává skutečností. Dva křesťané, majitelé obchodů, byli zastřeleni v Basře ve čtvrtek 8. května. Britský The Daily Telegraph píše, že Sabah Gazala a Abdul Ahed byli zabiti konzervativními šíitskými muslimy při dvou oddělených útocích, ke kterým došlo v Basře rozmezí 10 minut. Oba zabití se zabývali prodejem alkoholických nápojů, což je povolání, které muslim provozovat nesmí, křesťanům v něm však v době Saddama Huseina nikdo nebránil. Růst hrozeb a útlaku nutí rodiny křesťanů opouštět Basru a vracet se do tradičních křesťanských oblastí kolem Mosulu. V Bagdádu jsou křesťané „vyděšeni“ a „bojí se chodit do kostela,“ jelikož bohoslužby v chaldejském chrámu ve městě jsou přehlušovány islámskými modlitbami a kázáním z tlampačů z nové mešity, která je přes ulici. Před třemi týdny přišel Raad Karim Essa domů z práce a našel svůj nábytek na ulici. Jeho muslimský domácí již křesťanům byly nepronajímá.
 
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   QUECHUA CHRISTIAN LEADER IN PERU SURVIVES TERRORIST ATTACK

Joshua Sauńe, a Quechua Christian leader in Peru, survived a terrorist bomb attack on his family's home in the Peruvian highlands city of Ayacucho in the early-morning hours of Saturday, May 17. Sauńe's 85-year-old grandfather and two brothers, Rómulo and Rueben, were murdered by Shining Path guerillas in the 1990s, but it is unclear who is responsible for the weekend bombing. A team of police officers, including anti-terrorist specialists, are investigating the attack. "At 4 a.m. Saturday we were rudely awakened by a tremendous blast that seemed to come from below our bedroom window," wrote Sauńe's wife, Missy, in an e-mail report. "We were shocked when we found out that the blast did in fact come from below our window. We stood bewildered as we saw the remains of a makeshift bomb. We were quickly and quietly informed that a 'red flag' was also tied to our garage door, near to where the bomb was detonated. The red flag was a way that people were marked or targeted by the Shinning Path in the past." Missy said the family has been threatened and asked to leave the ministry "several times" in recent months. "This was a direct and visible attack on our family," she said. "Police have urged us to remain extremely cautious in whatever we do for they can't protect us. We have to rely 100 percent on our Lord and your constant prayers." The explosion could have been much worse, but only one of 10 dynamite sticks in the bomb ignited. (Assist News Service)

* HCJB World Radio, together with local partners, has helped plant Christian radio stations in seven Peruvian cities. Affiliate stations in three cities also carry Spanish programming distributed by ALAS, the ministry's Latin American satellite radio network. Radio programs in both Spanish and Quechua also air across Peru via shortwave from Quito, Ecuador.

2 CHRISTIAN SHOP OWNERS KILLED IN IRAQ AS THREATS TURN TO VIOLENCE

The threat of anti-Christian violence in Iraq is becoming a reality with the shooting deaths of two Christian shop owners in Basra Thursday, May 8. The Daily Telegraph in the U.K. reported that Sabah Gazala and Abdul Ahed were killed by conservative Shiite Muslims within 10 minutes in separate incidents in Basra. Both men were involved in the sale of alcohol -- jobs forbidden to Muslims but permitted to Christians when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq. Mounting threats are forcing Christian families to begin leaving Basra to return to the traditional Christian heartland around Mosul. In Baghdad, Christians are "terrified" and "hesitating to come to church" as services at one Chaldean church in the city are drowned out by Islamic prayers and teachings broadcast by loudspeaker from a new mosque across the street. Three weeks ago Raad Karim Essa arrived home from work to find his furniture on the street. His Muslim landlord wasn't renting to Christians anymore. (Barnabas Fund/Religion Today)

KAZAKHSTAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE PASTOR FOR REFUSING TO HALT SERVICES

Baptist pastor Sergei Nizhegorodtsev of Georgievka in eastern Kazakhstan is facing a criminal case for refusing to comply with a court-ordered ban on holding church services. The move came two weeks after the church's Easter service was raided. Officials deny they are conducting a campaign against the church. "There is nothing illegal in the actions of the law enforcement agencies," assistant procurator Aset Biisekenov insisted. Ironically, the launch of the criminal case against the pastor came at the same time as an international religious freedom conference was being held in Almaty to inaugurate the Kazakhstan branch of the International Religious Liberty Association. (Forum 18 News Service)

DESPITE SARS RISK, MINISTRY CONTINUES SENDING MISSIONARIES TO ASIA

Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) is continuing to send missionaries to Asia despite the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), says Wolfgang Schroeder, director of the ministry's German branch. OMF has 1,200 workers in Asia, including 200 based in China and Singapore -- countries most affected by the disease. The epidemic has caused deep concern among missionaries, he said. Travel has been reduced to a minimum, and many meetings and conferences have been canceled. The worldwide death toll from the disease has risen to more than 600 worldwide while nearly 8,000 people have been infected. Despite the SARS threat, the "Great Commission needs to be carried out," Schroeder said. Missionary doctors in the affected countries continue to evaluate the health risks. (IDEA)

FEBC GETS 15-YEAR EXTENSION TO LEASE FOR SAIPAN STATION

The gospel message will continue to broadcast from a shortwave radio station KFBS in Saipan. Far East Broadcasting Company learned last week that the government voted to grant a 15-year operating extension for the station in a process that is normally "extremely difficult" to obtain. The station's strategic location allows the shortwave signals to travel long distances from Saipan, especially at night, when listening is at a peak for many. (Mission Network News)

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS CLAIM TO BE FOLLOWERS OF 'STAR WARS' CULT

"May the force be with you." An astonishing 20,000 Canadians declared themselves followers of the religion of Jedi, the guardians of peace and justice in the "Star Wars" movies, Statistics Canada reported May 13 in its final installment of data culled from the 2001 census. Observers agree that declaring Jedi as a faith was a way for many Canadians to thumb their nose at what they felt was an intrusive or inappropriate question. "My religion is my issue, not the government's," said Denis Dion, a 44-year-old produce manager from Vancouver who circulated an e-mail urging anyone who wanted to have fun with Canada's census to identify his or her religion as Jedi. The Canadian Press reported that the Jedi gag is the latest in a global census trend that has left some statisticians red-faced as the number of Jedis has eclipsed some centuries-old religions. In the U.K., for example, there are more Jedis than Jews. Nearly 400,000 people identified themselves as Jedi in the 2001 census. Only 260,000 said they were Jewish. Just last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that more than 70,000 people named Jedi as their faith. (Religion Today)

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