Zprávy HCJB 12.10.2008 - 18.10.2008

	Ředitel BBC říká, že o islámu se musí mluvit citlivěji, než o křesťanství
	Generální ředitel BBC Mark Thompson řekl, že sdělovací prostředky by se měly o muslimech vyjadřovat jinak, než o zavedených náboženských skupinách, protože muslimové jsou menšinou, a protože náboženské menšiny v Británii bývají současně menšinami národnostními.Pokud jde o nezávislou badatelskou skupinu Theos, Thomson ujistil, že BBC bude vysílat kritické programy o islámu, budou-li mít přiměřenou kvalitu. Komik Ben Elton obvinil britskou státní rozhlasovou a televizní společnost BBC, že se bojí dělat si legraci z islámu. Ke komikovým jízlivým poznámkám Thompson připustil, že BBC má odlišný přístup k islámu s 1.6 milionu místních vyznavačů, než k anglikánské či katolické církvi. Zdroj: The Daily Telegraph
	V Pákistánu Taliban odpálil bombu k dívčí katolické střední škole
	Talibánští militanti odpálili bombu v katolickém dívčím gymnasiu v boji ohrožovaném Údolí Swat. Místní obyvatelé v tom vidí součást širší kampaně Talibanu za podřízení žen společenskému postavení ve smyslu islámských zvyklostí. Islámští militanti této škole v minulosti často vyhrožovali, protože nabízí vzdělání ženám. Škola je provozována Sestrami Obětování Přeblahoslavené Panny Marie (Presentation Sisters), řádem, který provozuje dívčí školy po celém světě. Při útoku nebyl nikdo zraněn. Školu navštěvuje asi 1000 studentek, z 95% muslimek. Podle Compass Direct byla škola uzavřena již před pár měsíci, když se v Údolí Swat zhoršila bezpečnostní situace. Studentky a učitelé se v červenci po výhrůžkách odsunuli. Militanti již zaútočili nebo vyhodili do povětří řadu dívčích škol v Údolí Swat a tak si vynutili jejich uzavření, řekl Cecil Chaudry, výkonný tajemník Všepakistánského svazu menšin (All Pakistan Minorities Alliance). Jeden pákistánský vládní činitel upozorňuje, že cílem Talibanu není vymýtit jen školy s křesťanským charakterem, ale dívčí školy vůbec, protože v ženách povzbuzují touhu po společenském uplatnění. Za poslední dva roky talibánci zaútočili na nejméně 150 veřejných i soukromých dívčích škol v severozápadním Pákistánu. Viz stejná zpráva zde. Zdroj: Compass Direct News
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	WAYNE PEDERSON NAMED NEW PRESIDENT OF HCJB GLOBAL Wayne Pederson will become HCJB Global’s new president Nov. 1, the international missions organization announced today. Pederson, now vice president of Moody Broadcasting, will replace David Johnson, who stepped down in June after serving for seven years. Dr. James D. Allen has been serving as acting president. Pederson is the seventh person to serve as HCJB Global’s president. He has been a member of the board of directors of HCJB Global for two-and-a-half years. He also has worked with the ministry to raise money for key projects, including the launch of its satellite ministry in Latin America and Russia. “The board is delighted that Wayne has accepted the call to become HCJB Global’s president. With his combination of godly character, seasoned leadership skills and passion for HCJB Global and its mission, he is uniquely equipped to serve as our president,” said John Baugus, chairman of the board for HCJB Global. “Wayne Pederson has a great heart for missions, and he is intimately acquainted with HCJB Global,” said Glen Adams, the HCJB board member who headed the search team that selected Pederson. “He is an exceptional leader with many years of experience in Christian broadcasting. “Further, he comes to us at an important time in the life if our ministry, and he brings a vision that will challenge all of us as we join together in the coming months and years to be the ‘voice and hands of Jesus,’” Adams said. “I have a passion to see people come to Jesus,” Pederson said. “My focus has been on using the media to accomplish that. However, as I grow older, God has sensitized my heart to the physical needs of people worldwide. “By combining HCJB Global Voice with HCJB Global Hands, we can demonstrate the love of Christ in very practical ways. That kind of caring opens the door for us to share the great spiritual truth that God cares not only for people‘s eternal salvation, but for their welfare in this life,” Pederson said. A native of Minnesota, Pederson has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota and a master of theology from Free Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. He and his wife Norma live in Chicago and have two married children. Prior to joining Moody Broadcasting as manager of WMBI, Pederson was executive director of Christian Music Broadcasters, president of the Mission America Coalition and president and chairman of the National Religious Broadcasters. From 1967 to 2002, he held various positions at Northwestern College, rising to the level of executive vice president for radio. For 77 years, HCJB Global’s passion has been to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Using mass media, healthcare and education, and working with partners around the world, HCJB Global has ministries in more than 100 countries. The gospel is aired in more than 120 languages and dialects. Thousands of healthcare patients are meeting Jesus. Local believers are being trained as missionaries, pastors, broadcasters and healthcare providers. PRAYER INTEREST RISES IN THE FACE OF FINANCIAL FEARS Source: "EarthTimes" The Church of England has found that an increasing number of people are turning to its prayer website for support in the current global financial crisis. A Church of England website focusing on advice to those concerned about rising personal debt had seen a 70-percent increase in traffic in recent weeks, the church’s own website said. The number of web users looking up the page for the daily prayer had grown by 25 percent, with one addressing the financial turmoil proving especially popular. The prayer had been viewed nearly 8,000 times since it was published online in September. The prayer reads: “Lord God, we live in disturbing days, across the world, prices rise, debts increase, banks collapse, jobs are taken away, and fragile security is under threat. Loving God, meet us in our fear and hear our prayer: be a tower of strength amidst the shifting sands, and a light in the darkness; help us receive your gift of peace, and fix our hearts where true joys are to be found, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” CSW WELCOMES SHADOW MINISTER’S CALL FOR UN ACTION ON BURMA Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide Christian Solidarity Worldwide is welcoming a call by the British Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, David Lidington for “clear benchmarks for the Burmese junta and deadlines for meeting them.” Lidington called for the release of political prisoners and for an end to “the apparently open-ended and inconclusive diplomatic exchanges with the regime.” Lidington welcomed the forthcoming visit to Burma (or Mynamar) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, but called for Britain’s government to press the United Nations Security Council and the Secretary-General to set out specific benchmarks for progress in the Asian country. BBC BOSS SAYS ISLAM SHOULD BE TREATED MORE SENSITIVELY THAN CHRISTIANITY Source: The Daily Telegraph The Director General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, said media should cover Muslims differently than more established groups because Muslims are a religious minority in Britain and also often from ethnic minorities. Speaking to the religion think-tank Theos, Thompson insisted that the BBC would show programs that criticized Islam if they were of sufficient quality. The government broadcaster was accused by comedian Ben Elton of being afraid of making jokes about Islam. Asked about the comedian’s jibes, Thompson admitted the state broadcaster did use a different approach to Islam, which has 1.6 million followers in Britain, compared to its approach to the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. PAKISTAN 2005 QUAKE TRAGEDY COMMEMORATED AMID ONGOING CHRISTIAN RESPONSE Source: ASSIST News The people of Pakistan commemorated the 2005 earthquake tragedy of October 8, 2005, by expressing solidarity with the survivors of the quake that killed some 80,000 people and rendered another 3.5 million people homeless. Special ceremonies were held in the quake-affected areas. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani have pledged to ensure quick and complete rehabilitation of the quake victims. The 7.6 strength quake centered in Azad Kashmir or Pakistan-administered Kashmir. In the wake of this national tragedy, the Christians of Pakistan extended their generous contribution toward relief, rescue and rehabilitation of the victims of the earthquake. Several national and international Christian relief organizations launched relief, rescue and rehabilitation operations to assist the victims of the earthquake. Leading umbrella organization of Pakistani Minorities, the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) responded to this tragedy immediately. Besides their handsome contribution in the relief, rescue and rehabilitation of those affected by the quake, Pakistani Christians have always played a pivotal role in all areas including education, armed forces, medical, social sector and nation building. They have always aspired and worked for the progress and prosperity of their homeland. POLL: CAMPAIGN SEASON HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON CHARITABLE GIVING Source: Crosswalk.com A recent poll sponsored by Dunham+Company shows that the US political campaign season has not significantly affected charitable giving. “The fear that the political campaigns would add to the financial woes of charities by dramatically impacting giving is unfounded,” said Rick Dunham, the company’s president and CEO. “There is a greater likelihood, however, that charities supported by those who lean liberal or Democratic could feel some impact.” Wilson Research Strategies conducted the polling. The study found that nearly 8 in 10 U.S. citizens said they would not contribute to the political campaigns in the coming weeks. And of those who do say they will contribute to the political campaigns, 63 percent say it won’t limit their giving to charity. FIRST GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY—OCTOBER 15 Sources: International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply, BBC Global Handwashing Day aims to promote improved hygiene practices, globally and locally, and draw attention to the world’s enormous sanitation challenge. To commemorate this day and raise awareness moving forward, Nepal is sending out mobile text messages. In Bhutan, special animated videos have been made with Bhutanese characters. Washing hands was the topic of Afghan television and radio talk shows and Pakistani newscasts. In India, cricket star Sachin Tendulkar was to lead the campaign that will see children across South Asia simultaneously washing their hands. Hand washing is critical because, when coupled with educational initiatives, washing hands with soap is one of the world’s most cost-effective preventative health interventions. It reduces the risk of not only diarrhea, but also some of its more severe manifestations, such as cholera and dysentery, by 48-59 percent. Nearly half the world’s population does not have access to adequate sanitation. UNICEF says using soap to wash hands, particularly after contact with excreta, can reduce diarrheal diseases by over 40 percent and respiratory infections by 30 percent. TALIBAN BOMBS PAKISTANI CATHOLIC GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL Source: Compass Direct News Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run girls’ school in Pakistan’s war-torn Swat Valley in what locals say is part of a larger effort to subvert women’s status in society through Islamic law. Islamic militants have threatened the school frequently for offering education to females. The school is run by the Presentation Sisters, a Catholic religious order that has opened girls’ schools around the world. No one was injured in the attack. Enrollment in the high school is 1,000 female students, nearly 95 percent of them Muslim. The school had closed a few months earlier due to deteriorating security in Swat, a source told Compass. Students and faculty left in July following threats. Militants had already attacked or blown up and forced the closure of many girls’ schools in Swat, said Cecil Chaudhry, executive secretary of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance. The Taliban has not singled out the school for its Christian ties but instead wants to clamp down on all girls’ schools, which they believe encourage female participation in society, government official’s claim. In the last two years it has indiscriminately targeted more than 150 public and private girls’ schools in northwest Pakistan. ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS IN MOSUL RAISE CONCERN Sources: AP, BosNewsLife The United States military said Wednesday, October 15, it had killed a key leader of the ‘Al Qaeda in Iraq’ terrorist network in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul. This is where suspected armed militants linked to the group have been roaming the streets and reportedly killed up to 40 Christians in recent days. News of the killing came as Christians confirmed that “armed terrorists” are roaming the streets of Mosul killing anyone carrying Christian identity papers. “They control everyone on their identity papers. If they discover that person is a Christian, he is killed on the spot,” said Netherlands-based Open Doors. Christians in Mosul, built on the remnants of the Biblical town of Nineveh, have begun round-the-clock prayers and fasting. The Christians have appealed to fellow believers worldwide to pray for them. “In the last four or five days at least 25, and possibly 40 Christians have been killed in the streets here for political and religious reasons,” said one praying Christian living in Mosul in a statement distributed by Open Doors to BosNewsLife. Meanwhile, the United Nations special representative to Iraq, Staffan de Mistura expressed concern at the violence targeting Christians and “strongly condemned” the murder of civilians. Separately, Muslim scholars and an Iraqi archbishop voiced concern over the attacks against Christians in Mosul. The Associated Press cited Chaldean Archbishop Louis Sako’s statement that, “such violations are damaging the national unity. The Christians want only to live in peace and harmony and to work together with all Iraqis for the benefit of Iraq.” Nearly 1,000 Christian families (at least 3,000 people) have fled to escape the worst extremist attacks against them in five years, offici als said. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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