Zprávy HCJB 31.5.2006

 PAKISTÁNŠTÍ MILITANTI PRODÁVAJÍ KŘESŤANSKÉ DĚTI DO OTROCTVÍ
   Pákistánská islámská militantní organizace Jamaat-ud Daawa (JUD) získává prostředky pro svou činnost prodejem 6-12letých křesťanských dětí do otroctví. Děti jsou unášeny rodičům v jejich bydlištích v odlehlých křesťanských vesnicích v Pandžábu a jsou drženy za strašných podmínek, dokud nejsou prodány. Děti jsou prodávány ke službě v domácnosti nebo do sexuálního průmyslu za cenu kolem 1700 dolarů. Dva křesťanští misionáři (jeden Pákistánec a jeden Američan) obchod odhalili, když předstírali, že Pákistánec je obchodníkem, který by koupil chlapce, aby pro něj žebrali. Tak se jim podařilo koupit 20 chlapců, které později vrátili rodičům a přitom tajně nafilmovat šéfa bandy Gul Chana, jak přebírá peníze. JUD je považována za čelní teroristickou organizaci napojenou na Al-Kajdu. Je však populární, protože poskytuje zdarma léky a vzdělání chudým. (CIC Persecution News/Barnabas Fund)
 
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   PAKISTANI MILITANTS SELL CHRISTIAN CHILDREN INTO SLAVERY

A Pakistani militant Islamic organization called Jamaat-ud Daawa (JUD) is funding activities by selling Christian children into slavery. Children between ages 6-12 are abducted from their homes in remote Christian villages in the Punjab and held in terrible conditions until being sold. The children are sold into a life of domestic servitude or the sex trade for around US$1,700 each. Two Christian missionaries (one Pakistani and the other American) exposed the trade by having the Pakistani missionary pose as a businessman interested in purchasing boys to beg for him. They managed to buy back twenty boys and later return them to their homes while secretly filming the leader, Gul Khan, taking money for the children. JUD is considered a front for a banned terrorist organization with links to Al-Qaeda. Yet JUD remains locally popular by giving away free medical care and education for the poor. (CIC Persecution News/Barnabas Fund)

3 COMPASSION CHILDREN DIE IN INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

Three Compassion International-assisted children have died in Saturday’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. The children’s names have been withheld until Compassion officials can contact the children’s sponsors. "Children bear an inordinate amount of the burden of many natural disasters, and this earthquake is no exception," said Bambang Budijanto, Compassion’s Asia area director. "Our sponsors around the world are praying for the people of Indonesia, and our staff here is doing everything we can to help them." Twelve different Compassion projects in the area have temporarily halted activities, one, in Klaten, is currently acting as a public shelter. Even though Compassion is not normally a relief organization, staff members are working with local churches and aid organizations to distribute supplies and medical assistance. (Compassion International)

POLICE SURVEY OF MINISTRIES IN INDIA ‘TARGETS CHRISTIANS’

Police in India’s Rajasthan state recently aroused concern among Christians by sending out a questionnaire in order to prepare a "data bank of churches and missionary organizations." The state’s tiny Christian population remains fearful of harassment due to questions regarding the "ideology of the priest of the church or the head of the organization" along with seeking detailed descriptions of activities, income, fixed assets and other information. National member of the Global Council of Indian Christians Sajan George criticized the survey’s tone, saying it sounded as if it were targeted at illegal immigrants. He added, "The survey’s content violates basic human rights and equality assured to all citizens by the constitution of India." A survey focusing on one religious group is illegal in India and Christians fear Hindu extremists could use the content of the database. (Compass Direct)

CHINA ACTIVIST BELIEVES CHRISTIANITY KEY TO ENDING COMMUNIST RULE

Anti-communist activist D.J. McGuire believes evangelical Christianity threatens the Chinese Communist regime. McGuire, president of the China Support Network and the China E-Lobby, recently wrote an article in the Chinese newspaper, The Epoch Times. He believes Maoism has left a spiritual vacuum in China. While Chinese people are returning to religion in droves, the communist government is using radical nationalism to attempt to maintain its power. Of all religions, McGuire believes Christianity is especially threatening to Chinese officials. McGuire writes, "What makes Christianity different, in particular evangelical Christianity -- and I say this as someone who was born and raised Catholic -- [is that] evangelical Christianity is connected but it’s decentralized, which makes it much harder for the communists to stamp out and remove." Other religions are more centralized in structure and can be neutralized by removing leaders. "And that is why I think the rise of evangelical Christianity is one of the things that will lead to the end of the Chinese communist regime," he says. (Agape Press)

* HCJB WORLD RADIO SET TO RESPOND TO INDONESIA QUAKE

HCJB World Radio is gearing up to send a relief team from Ecuador to Indonesia to join local partners in helping survivors of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that rocked the area Saturday, May 27.

"We have decided to go ahead with the decision to move forward with a medical team from Ecuador with support on the ground coming from our partner," said Curt Cole, the mission’s vice president of international ministries. The decision to send a team came after the mission’s local partners requested a medical assistance team.

A medical team in Ecuador, home to the mission’s two hospitals and a community development outreach, is being formed to serve in Indonesia for about two weeks. The relief arm of HCJB World Radio’s Indonesian partner has already sent in five large tents for refugees and is asking for more relief supplies.

Tentative plans are for the Ecuador team to leave Quito on Monday, June 5. The team will comprise two missionary family physicians, an Ecuadorian physician, nurses and possible a surgeon and anesthesiologist.

"We’re going to a slightly different area than we’ve been to in the past," said Steve, a physician who joined HCJB World Radio’s relief team that helped tsunami/earthquake survivors in Nias Island, Indonesia, a year ago and one of two teams that aided earthquake victims in Pakistan last fall.

"This time we’re going to an area that seems more heavily populated than the last two experiences we had," he said. "That means concentrated injuries and concentrated wounded whereas in Indonesia the last time the patients were spread out over a large area."

Sheila Leech, director of HCJB World Radio’s Healthcare Division, said it’s a "very exciting experience to walk into an unknown situation, knowing that you’re in the center of His will, not being presumptuous, and also to walk alongside . . . people that we’ve never met before going through a very traumatic situation. It’s an incredible privilege."

Steve added that it’s a "good opportunity to explain love . . . on a deeper level too if we get a chance to share that. We are interested in medicine as well and being able to minister to the needs of the people."

Leech urged people worldwide to pray as the team members prepare for the trip. "Pray for supernatural strength and energy. The team is going to have a very long journey to get there. Indonesia is about as far away from Quito as you can get.

"It’s going to be tiring," she added. "Our team will need superhuman strength because when they hit the ground in Indonesia they’re going to be working. They need strength, they need health, and they need His hand of protection upon them. Pray also for team unity and wisdom for the team leaders and that we would be able to maintain good communications with them during this time."

The BBC reported Wednesday that relief efforts are forging ahead after the disaster left more than 5,800 confirmed dead, tens of thousands injured and some 200,000 homeless. Meanwhile, the BBC reported that activity at the nearby erupting volcano, Mount Merapi, is said to have increased, threatening further destruction.

Large quantities of aid have started flowing into affected areas, and the U.N. spoke of "enormous progress" being made. But many survivors spent a fourth night without shelter or supplies, as congested roads hampered access to more remote areas.

The U.N. has set up a coordination centre close to a local airport to bring order to the flow of goods. More international medical teams have flown in to help treat the injured, including personnel from the U.S., Japan and a 40-strong team and 5 tons of medical supplies from China. (HCJB World Radio/BBC)

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