I also found a Muslim article blaming the Tsunami on sex trade. That is a huge problem there that is fed by the tourists. See the article after the following one. Also the worst hit place was an area known for worst persecution of Christians in Islam. Below is a part of what was posted by marc yesterday. However the auther seemed confused on the difference between Islam and Christianity.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2005/markr15.htm
We may be tempted to ask: Is this God's judgment on Indonesia? Or on Aceh?
Aceh is called "the Porch of Mecca," the most religiously devout area in Indonesia. It is the only province to enforce Islamic Syari'ah law. Aceh is ruled by the Indonesian military accused of horrendous human rights abuses, sometimes matched by their separatist guerrilla opponents. Its governor was recently arrested for corruption.Do we dare ask if God would punish a province bathed for years in blood and corruption? But this is a question that does not bear asking.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. Ezekiel 33:6ASIA SEX TRADE
Zion's CRY EXPOSE - WHY doesnt the UN act against this??? I decided in light of the massive disaster, to give this truly disgusting and distasteful subject space in ZionsCry. NOTE: To get these thru a search engine, I had to OK 'adult content'. This is an item for continuing prayer - and write Congress to ACT. Get your whole church to ACT! Tear DOWN strong holds, army of GOD! The disaster in Asia gives us an opportunity to expose this to a world that wonders why GOD would kill thousands in a moment of time, sending probably 99% to eternal HELL. SIN! I have heard stories of girls as young as 10 and 11 in glass cages on display, to be 'rented' by tourists who come to Asia for illicit sex, giving these poor girls their diseases! SUFFERING!A thousand young girls from northern Thailand are being lured every year into prostitution. Girls as young as 10 are being sold to the brothels of Bangkok, other Thai cities and overseas. One woman sold her daughter in order to buy a television set. Often children are abducted and sold to syndicates or brokers who pass them on to brothel operators for several hundred dollars each. There are up to one million children held in sex slavery and prostitution in Asia, often for tourists inside and outside the region. They are found in Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Taiwan.
LOOK! THIS IS WORSE THAN Scott Peterson!
Parents view their daughters as commodities that can be traded. Brothel owners have networks of agents combing the villages seeking out troubled families with daughters, who move in with tempting offers of money. So begins a cycle in which relatives, village headmen, police, government officials and business people all benefit from victimizing the poor little girls. Girls find it difficult to escape prostitution and the reality is usually very different from what they have been promised. Many believe they are going to work as housemaids, in beauty salons, bars or in other fields of entertainment but instead find themselves imprisoned in damp, dirty, over-crowded conditions. These children are often abused by clients or pimps and face the ever present danger of contracting HIV, which is epidemic in Thailand. (You may forward this, but credit http://ZionsCRY.InJesus.com)
Girls young as 9 sold as sex slaves:
Thailand and the Sex Industry:
Myanamar Sex Trade:
Fighting Thailand's child sexual exploitation trade:
Christians are persecuted daily, gospelcom.net:
Persecuted church in Asia, AOrelief.org:
PersecutedChurch.org