Zprávy HCJB 17.4.2008

	Izrael vyznamenal holandské křesťany, kteří pomohli zachránit 800 Židů
	Izrael udělil jednu z nejvyšších poct holandské rodině ten Boomových a posmrtně tak vyznamenal její dva členy za pomoc při záchraně asi 800 Židů z holocaustu. Harry Kney-Tal, izraelský velvyslanec v Holandsku, předal vyznamenání „Spravedlivý mezi národy“ pro Caspera ten Booma a jeho dceru Elisabeth (Betsy) ten Boom za jejich „válečné hrdinství“ při slavnostním obřadu ve středu 16. dubna v Haarlemu v Holandsku. Oba vyznamenaní zemřeli během druhé světové války. Toto vyznamenání bylo založeno známou osobností v oblasti bádání a zveřejňování zpráv o hrdinech a obětech židovského holocaustu Yad Vashemem pro osoby jiného, než židovského původu, které zachraňovaly životy židovského lidu během druhé světové války. Během slavnosti řečníci zdůrazňovali, že ten Bloomovi, pokorní křesťané, se účastnili hnutí odporu proti nacistům a poskytovali úkryt těm, kdo jej potřebovali - Židům i ostatním. Po válce zahájila ve svých 33 letech Corrie ten Boom, sestra Betsy, evangelizační dílo po celém světě, které ji postupně přivedlo do 60 zemí. Byla první z členů ten Boomovy rodiny, které Yad Vashem vyznamenal, zemřela v roce 1983 ve věku 91 let. Odkaz ten Boomovy rodiny je zachován v muzeu Corrie ten Boom v Haarlemu. Její kniha Úkryt (1971) byla zfilmována v roce 1975 společeností World Wide Pictures. Zdroj: BosNewsLife, Evangelical News, Christian Newswire
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	ISRAEL HONORS DUTCH CHRISTIANS WHO HELPED SAVE 800 JEWS Sources: BosNewsLife, Evangelical News, Christian Newswire Israel presented one of its highest honors to the Netherlands’ ten Boom family with a certificate posthumously honoring two of its members for helping save nearly 800 Jews during the holocaust. Harry Kney-Tal, Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, presented the Righteous Among the Nations award in remembrance of Casper ten Boom and his daughter, Elisabeth (Betsy) ten Boom, for their “wartime heroism,” during a solemn ceremony at Haarlem, Netherlands, on Wednesday, April 16. Both died during World War II. The award was bestowed by Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem, to non-Jews who saved the lives of Jewish people during World War II. During the event speakers recalled that as devout Christians, the ten Boom family participated in the resistance against the Nazis and willingly sheltered those seeking refuge, both Jews and non-Jews. Following the war, Betsy’s sister, Corrie ten Boom, began worldwide evangelistic work which took her to more than 60 countries in 33 years. She was the first ten Boom to be honored by Yad Vashem and lived until 1983 when she died at the age of 91. The heritage of the ten Boom family is preserved at the Corrie ten Boom Museum in Haarlem. Her book, The Hiding Place (1971), was made into a film by World Wide Pictures in 1975. ISLAMIC MILITANTS KILL 4 IN SOMALIA, WIDOW CLAIMS ONE FOR FAITH Source: Mission Network News Islamist militants murdered four teachers at an English-language school in Somalia on Monday, April 14. The dead include Daud Hassan Ali, 64, and three foreign teachers -- a Briton and two Kenyans. They were killed by Islamist insurgents during a midnight raid on one of the few English-language schools in south-central Somalia. Authorities are investigating. Adele Konyndyk of Voice of the Martyrs Canada said the widow of Ali believes her husband was killed not because of his work, but because he left Islam. “He was in Somalia primarily to teach,” Konyndyk said. “It’s only suspected by the local people that he was involved in evangelistic work. The fact that he was a Christian and the fact that he had converted (from Islam) is the main reason why he, specifically, would be targeted.” Ali returned to his homeland to teach, knowing the risk. “Islamic insurgents are open about the opposition and the level of opposition,” Konyndyk added. “Insurgents have actually gone on record saying, ‘The only good Christian is a dead Christian.’” DOZENS OF CHRISTIANS DETAINED IN CHINA’S XINJIANG REGION Sources: BosNewsLife Chinese security forces detained some 46 house church Christians in the Xinjiang autonomous region on Sunday, April 12, forcing them to show allegiance to the government as part of a government crackdown. The believers were arrested in Kashi City for holding a Bible class and worship in a private home without government permission, reported the advocacy group China Aid Association (CAA). Most of the Christians were released on bail after they were forced to confess their “illegal Sunday worship activities and study the Government’s Handbook on Religious Policy,” CAA reported. The Christians were also required to return and recite the policy to officials within one week. Two of the believers, Ma Wenxiu, 42, and Ding Zhichun, 40, were sentenced to 15 days in the Shache county detention center in Kashi City. The recent campaign in Xianjiang is similar to the ongoing campaign the Government has established in Tibet where Buddhist Monks are being forced to swear their allegiance to the government’s established religious policy and denounce the Dalai Lama. 2 DENOMINATIONS IN SUDAN REUNITE, FORMING ONE CONVENTION Sources: Baptist World Alliance, Christian Newswire The Sudan Interior Church (SIC) North and SIC-South have reunited to form one convention. First constituted in 1963, the SIC divided during Sudan’s civil war from 1983 to 2005 during which more than 2 million people died and an estimated 4 million Sudanese were displaced. Baptist congregations were founded in several Sudanese refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. “The scattering of the church necessitated the development of a second administrative center based in Nairobi, Kenya. The installation of SIC-South was a pragmatic attempt to minister to a dispersed church divided by warring factions,” said Elijah Brown, who has studied the state of the church in Sudan, and who is a member of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Freedom and Justice. The reunification of the Baptist convention was achieved after a series of meetings began in April 2007. Reunification was achieved after additional meetings were held last November and at the beginning of this month. Ramadan Chan, who was elected general secretary of the SIC this month, described the occasion as one of “jubilation and praises to God for His goodness.” UZBEKISTAN RELEASES PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN AFTER POLICE RAID Source: BosNewsLife The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has released a devoted Christian who was reported missing after police raided a Protestant church service being held in a private home, local believers said. Barnabas Fund, which supports Christians in Islamic nations, said Bobur Aslamov was released on Wednesday, April 9, six days after security forces broke up the gathering in the central city of Samarkand, saying it was an “unauthorized religious meeting.” All other Christians detained with him were already freed earlier, Barnabas Fund and other sources reported. However, Aslamov could still face 15 days’ detention or a large fine. He faces administrative charges for holding religious meetings without official registration. Church members were allegedly beaten during the operation, and police seized Christian literature as well as a laptop computer. Uzbek law bans all unregistered religious activity, and several Protestant-leaning Christians, including Baptists and other evangelical believers, have been targeted by police and other law enforcement agencies in the former Soviet republic. * HCJB Global Voice airs 2.5 hours of Uzbek programs per week from an AM station outside the country. 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