“Asifuni ukuthi uguqule isiko laseYemen noma laseMiddle East, sicela nje ilungelo lokuba khona. Singamukelana?"
U-Hassan Al-Yemeni* waboshelwa amacala obunhloli ngenxa nje yokuguqula ubuSulumane waya ebuKristwini, inkolo yaseNtshonalanga. Indaba yakhe ingenye yezindaba eziningi ezixoxwayo nezingachazeki zokushushiswa nokucwaswa eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika.
Uhole ikhwelo lokuthi i-EU iphakamise usizi lwabaguqukile enkolweni ebudlelwaneni babo bakwamanye amazwe nabalingani be-MENA emcimbini wayizolo wokwethula i-Open Doors' World Watch List, inkomba yonyaka ebonisa izindawo eziyingozi kakhulu zokuhlala njengomKristu.
Izithameli ePhalamende laseYurophu, elihlanganisa ama-MEPs nabasebenzi bawo, amanxusa e-EU, nama-NGO asekelwe e-EU zizwe izindaba AmaKrestu aguqukayo emazweni abuswa ngamaSulumane; abantu abangenabo ubuntu, abashushiswa ohulumeni babo futhi belahlwa imiphakathi yabo.
Umcimbi uphethwe ngu UMEP Miriam Lexmann (EPP) futhi ivulwe ngamazwi athi UMEP Patrizia Toia (I-S&D) yanikezelwa ekwethulweni kohlu Lokubukwa Lomhlaba lwango-2024 (WWL 2024) yi-Open Doors, umbiko waminyaka yonke oklelisa amazwe lapho kunzima kakhulu ukuvuma nokusebenzisa ukholo lobuKristu.
Ikhishwe futhi yethulwa ePhalamende LaseYurophu ekuqaleni konyaka ngamunye, lolu hlu lusebenzisa ucwaningo olunzulu, idatha evela kubasebenzi basezindaweni ze-Open Doors, amanethiwekhi abo angaphakathi kwezwe, ochwepheshe bangaphandle kanye nabahlaziyi bokushushiswa ukuze balinganise futhi bahlaziye ukushushiswa emhlabeni wonke. Uhlu lwalo nyaka luhlanganisa inkathi yomhla lu-1 kuMfumfu 2022 – 30 Septhemba 2023.
UCristian Nani (Open Doors Italy) wethule amazwe aphambili angama-50 lapho amaKristu athola khona amazinga aphezulu engcindezelo futhi waveza izitayela eziyinhloko ezathathwa yi-NGO yobuKristu ngo-2023.
Okungenani AmaKristu ayizigidi ezingama-365 baphila nezinsongo zangempela ezimpilweni zabo, ezimpilweni zabo nasemiphakathini yamasonto ngenxa yokholo lwabo emhlabeni wonke. 1 kumaKristu angu-7 uthintwa yilesi sigameko. AmaKristu angama-4998 abulawa emhlabeni wonke ekuhlaselweni okuhlobene nokholo. Izibalo cishe zihamba phezulu kakhulu, kodwa eziningi azibikwa.
Iningi lalokhu kubulala, okuqoshwe ngu Vula Iminyango, zaziseningizimu yoGwadule LwaseSahara, kuhlanganise neNigeria (6).
Usongo lwamasosha amaSulumane ase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara seludlondlobale kangangokuthi amaKristu amaningi esifundeni azizwa esaba kakhulu. Izingxenye ze-Radical Islamic ezixhaphaza izimo zezombusazwe ezingazinzile ziwuchungechunge oluvamile kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika. Ukwephulwa kokubusa nokuphepha kuvule umnyango wemisebenzi yama-jihadist ebonwe, isibonelo, eBurkina Faso, eMali (14), eMozambique (39), eNigeria naseSomalia (2).
e-North Korea (1) lihlala liyizwe eliyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni ukusebenzisa ukholo lobuKristu, nombuso walo inqubomgomo yokungabekezeleli lutho kumaKristu.
Ukuhlaselwa okumangazayo okungu-14,766, ukuvalwa nokubhidlizwa kwamasonto obuKristu, izibhedlela, izikole nezakhiwo ezifanayo. kuqoshwe ku-WWL 2024, uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-2,110 ngonyaka odlule - WWL 2023.
I-Open Doors isekela amaKristu ngokuvikela nokuthuthukisa ilungelo lawo lokukholelwa ngokukhululekile, ukukhulekela, nokwenza ukholo lwawo eyedwa noma nabanye, ngaphandle kokungabekezelelani nokubandlululwa. Kungaleso sizathu ukwethulwa ePhalamende LaseYurophu kwakugxile kumakholwa aguqukela kwezinye izinkolo, kuhlanganise nobuSulumane. Leyo yimiphakathi evame ukukhohlwa kakhulu futhi ehlukunyezwa kakhulu.
Okubalulekile kwenqubomgomo ye-Open Doors ye-ForRB ye-EU, njengoba kwethulwe ku-EP, kwakumayelana nokuqaphela ukuthembela kwelinye kwe-ForRB namanye amalungelo abantu, ukukhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano yezinkolo ezihlukene kanye nokuhlanganisa ukuhlaziya kwe-ForRB ezinhlelweni zayo zezindaba zangaphandle.
Hassan Al-Yemeni kusukela I-CDSI Foundation, kanye no-Kamal Fahmi ovela Khulula Abantu Bami kanye noDkt Yassir Eric waseCommunio Messianica baveze ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu okuvela emphakathini nakuhulumeni emazweni afana neYemen (5), Sudan (8) ngenxa yokuguqukela komuntu ebuKristwini.
“Uma ufuna ukukala intando yeningi, kufanele sibheke ukuthi amazwe abhekana kanjani noguquko. Ukuthi abantu bangasebenzisa ilungelo labo lokucabanga futhi baguqule izinkolelo zabo,” kusho uDkt Yassir Eric.
Emazweni amaningi, ukuhoxa Islam kubhekwa njengecala lokuhlubuka okunesijeziso sokufa noma ukugqunywa ejele. Udaba lwaseSudan lugqame njengesibonelo esihle sokuqedwa komthetho wezwe wokuhlubuka futhi ngenxa yalokho lukhombisa uphawu lwethemba ezinkolweni ezincane emazweni abuswa ngamaSulumane. UDkt Eric uyanezela "lokhu [kushintsha komthetho] kusho ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukunikeza inkululeko yokuguqulwa ku-MENA".
Izikhulumi zinxuse i-European Union ukuthi ziphakamise ukukhathazeka kwamalungelo abantu kulabo ababhekene nokuphulwa ngenxa yokusebenzisa inkululeko yabo eyisisekelo yokuzikhethela izinkolelo zabo.
Ngokuphawulekayo, u-Frans Van Daele, Inxusa Elikhethekile le-EU ku-ForRB ngaphandle kwe-EU, ukhulume nezithameli ukuze zicabange ngomsebenzi wakhe. Ugcizelele ukujula nobubanzi bezinkinga ze-ForRB emhlabeni wonke futhi wathi uzama ukuba nezombusazwe futhi angalokothi abonakale "beka umbono waseNtshonalanga”. Ufuna ukwakha phezu kobudlelwano obukhona namazwe esithathu futhi asebenzise ulwazi lozakwabo be-EU e-EC nase-EEAS.
Mayelana ne-Open Doors
I-Open Doors International iyinhlangano yobulungu bomhlaba wonke enezisekelo zezwe ezingama-25 eye yasekela futhi yaqinisa amaKristu ashushiswayo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60 futhi isebenza emazweni angu-70. I-Open Doors inikeza ukusekelwa okungokoqobo kumaKristu ashushiswayo njengokudla, imithi, ukunakekelwa kwabahlukumezekile, usizo lwezomthetho, izindlu eziphephile nezikole, kanye nokusekelwa ngokomoya ngezincwadi zobuKristu, ukuqeqeshwa kanye nezinsiza.
Ukuze uhlele inhlolokhono nezikhulumi, abamele i-Open Doors, thintana no-Anastasia Hartman ku [email protected]
