Please donate the 'Tsunami Charity Match' proceeds to a secular charity not to an evangelical ministry like World Vision
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Malcolm Speed
Chief Executive Officer
International Cricket Council
Dear Sir,
We thank you for trying to help the Tsunami relief work by organizing a 'Tsunami Charity match'. We hope that it will bring some solace to the effected families.
Our primary concern is regarding the utilization of the proceeds. It has been mentioned in your brochures and website that the proceeds would be donated to 'World Vision International'. We would like to bring to your attention that World Vision is an evangelical ministry often found to mix 'religious conversion and charity'. One of the India's leading investigative newspaper 'Tehelka' (www.tehelka.com) did an undercover operation and exposed that World vision has been involved in clandestine religious conversion. World Vision International on its website claims "In all World Vision projects, staff are ready to give a reason for their hope and their labours. Christian education is included in project activities whenever appropriate and desired by the community ". Many feel that this is a very mild way to put forth their objective.
The effected regions are largely Budhist, Hindu and Muslim. Due to the extreme zeal among evanglicals to implement 'project Joshua' (i.e., to convert 10-40 Window), we fear that the Cricket Match proceeds may be used for this unintended objective. Therefore we request you not to donate to the money to 'World Vision' and in turn donate to some local secular charities.
Thank you
Malcolm Speed
Chief Executive Officer
International Cricket Council
Dear Sir,
We thank you for trying to help the Tsunami relief work by organizing a 'Tsunami Charity match'. We hope that it will bring some solace to the effected families.
Our primary concern is regarding the utilization of the proceeds. It has been mentioned in your brochures and website that the proceeds would be donated to 'World Vision International'. We would like to bring to your attention that World Vision is an evangelical ministry often found to mix 'religious conversion and charity'. One of the India's leading investigative newspaper 'Tehelka' (www.tehelka.com) did an undercover operation and exposed that World vision has been involved in clandestine religious conversion. World Vision International on its website claims "In all World Vision projects, staff are ready to give a reason for their hope and their labours. Christian education is included in project activities whenever appropriate and desired by the community ". Many feel that this is a very mild way to put forth their objective.
The effected regions are largely Budhist, Hindu and Muslim. Due to the extreme zeal among evanglicals to implement 'project Joshua' (i.e., to convert 10-40 Window), we fear that the Cricket Match proceeds may be used for this unintended objective. Therefore we request you not to donate to the money to 'World Vision' and in turn donate to some local secular charities.
Thank you
1044 Signatures
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Harish
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Ashish C
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Raksha
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- hunger, poverty and tragedy doesn't ask race, sex and religious beliefs and neither shud aide be given based on any of these!!!
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Venkat V
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- Relief effort should be based on need and not caste or creed. I cannot imagine a kid who has lost his parents and house is not getting help just because he does not belong to a religion. It is simply absurd and inhuman. I do not mind propagation of religion, but religion should not hinder relief efforts
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Madhu G
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Davendra P
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- The British and America empire still continues under all these different names. Shame to see the money will go into coversion first then food ! shame on you!!
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Hiten P
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Kunal K
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Dr. Rabinder K
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Ramya R
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Hardik
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Dr Raveendra S
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Ritesh G
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shikha g
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ANUJ T
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- Please contribute to the non-religous PM relief fund only
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Gopal C
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Shanmugasundaram
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- Do not donate to nonsecular , Hindu or Budhist religion hating evangelical ministry
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Raja K
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khanderao
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- Giving money to World Vision means giving money for conversion.
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Digant D
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- The affected people are victims of the Natural Calamity. Do not make them victims of evangelical missionaries again. How could the cricket contol board and the players in particular agree to this kind of proposal ?
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Sharad A
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- Please do not fund conversion. Conversion teaches hate for other faiths. World Vision is proven to be one involved in missionary activities and this tragedy must not be used to reinforce them.
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Swadeshi N
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Narasimhan G
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- Please make sure the funds are used only for nonreligious purposes
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Srikanth K
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Jayanth J
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martin m
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- conversion during providing disaster relief is the dirtiest and sickest thing to do. Please give money to a secular organization that doesnt indulge in these kind of dirty works.
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Anandbabu
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Mayank U
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Vibhav B
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jose
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Rahul A
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Prasad
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Ananth K
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- There are more than enough secular organizations available. This should not be too hard.
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Harnarayan S
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- Evangilical christians and Islamic jehadis have the same views of other faiths.
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Prakash P
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amishi m
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- i am just wondering what you were thinking while u wanted to convert the hurt ppl????????
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veeru
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- This is Bad and Should be Condemned
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Gautam D
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C.Chatterjee
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Mahesh R
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Madhav N
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aditi j
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Priyanka S
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Mak
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Vinit K
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sameer
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vijay w
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suneel m
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- do not mix charity and conversion
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Pramod K G
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- Please don't bring religion into Cricket !!
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Lax
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