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                   Religion Today Summaries   Wednesday, October 11, 2006



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                  Religion Today Summaries - Oct. 11, 2006
                  Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff
                  Daily briefs of the top news stories impacting Christians
around the world.

                  In today's edition:

                    a.. Pope Makes Additions to Text on Islam
                    b.. Christians Attacked, Threatened in Andhra Pradesh,
India
                    c.. Egyptian Christian Girl Escapes Muslim Kidnappers
                    d.. Franklin Graham on Mission to Rebuild Churches in
Sudan
                  Pope Makes Additions to Text on Islam

                  The Christian Post reports that Pope Benedict XVI has
taken another step to placate anger in the Islamic world over his remarks on
holy war, making additions to his original text affirming that a quotation from
a 14th century Byzantine emperor was not his personal opinion. The Sept. 12
speech that set off protests around the Muslim world said the pope intended to
"supply a subsequent version of this text, complete with footnotes." He has
done that in recent days, with the English version released on the Vatican's
Web site Monday. The original speech quoted the emperor as saying: "Show me
just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only
evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he
preached." In the new version, the Pope says the emperor's comment was made
with "a brusqueness that we find unacceptable." Benedict XVI has met recently
with diplomats from Muslim countries, saying the two faiths must overcome
historic enmities and together reject violence.

                  Christians Attacked, Threatened in Andhra Pradesh, India

                  Compass Direct News reports Hindu extremists in the
southern state of Andhra Pradesh attacked at least four Christians in the last
three weeks, including a beating of three Dalits and a threat to have their
government benefits withdrawn. On September 29 a group of Hindu extremists
barged into a church in Aluru area in Nizamabad’s district’s Armor block and
manhandled pastor Kavalla Shadrak late in the evening. On September 22, a mob
of about 40 people surrounded three Dalit Christians of the Good Shepherd
Community Church in Nandiwaddeman village while three people, allegedly members
of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), beat them. When the church pastor
went to the village head, Usha Anna, to report the attack, he refused to listen
to him – then allegedly held a meeting with village elders to accuse him of
forcibly converting the villagers. At the same time, RSS extremists allegedly
threatened to kill the Christians if they continued their activities.

                  Egyptian Christian Girl Escapes Muslim Kidnappers

                  An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim
kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus, Compass
Direct News reports. They threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if
her family did not leave their Nile Delta city of El-Mahala el-Kobra. Laurence
Wagih Emil, 16, escaped the ground-floor room where she was being held in
Cairo’s southern Helwan suburb at 10 p.m. last Tuesday (October 3) while her
captors were away breaking their Ramadan fast. Her father, Wagih Emil, had
received several threatening text messages from his daughter’s mobile phone.
“Take the rest of your daughters and leave the city, or you will lose them one
by one,ö said one. “The girl is not accepting easily, but she will embrace
Islam for sure.ö Before family members recovered her, State Security
Investigation officials interviewing Laurence Emil told her she would never see
her parents again unless she reported a false story denying the kidnapping.

                  Franklin Graham on Mission to Rebuild Churches in Sudan

                  According to an Associated Press report, Franklin Graham
plans to rebuild hundreds of burned churches and maintain a hospital in Sudan
despite the anti-Christian violence that's occurred during his years of
ministry there. Graham, who heads the international relief organization
Samaritan's Purse, said he wants to rebuild every church that the government
has burned in Sudan, currently numbered at 226. 34 are currently being rebuilt.
Graham estimated the cost of the rebuilding at $5 million, which includes
bringing in Christian pastors from Arab-speaking countries for one-month stays.


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