John Allen Chau: Perbedaan antara revisi

| name = John Allen Chau

| image = J.A.Chau.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1991|12|18|mf=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Martyr: John Allen Chau |url=https://www.covenantjourney.org/details/john-allen-chau |publisher=Covenant Journey |date=November 21, 2018|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Scottsboro, Alabama]], AS

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|17|1991|12|08|mf=y}}

| death_place = [[Pulau Sentinel Utara]], [[Kepulauan Andaman dan Nicobar]], India

| education = Universitas Oral Roberts<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |author-link1=Jeffrey Gettleman|last2=Kumar|first2=Hari |last3=Schultz|first3=Kai |title=A Man's Last Letter Before Being Killed on a Forbidden Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/world/asia/andaman-missionary-john-chau.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 23, 2018|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>

| occupation = [[misionaris Kristen]]

Pada tahun 2017, ketika Chau berpartisipasi dalam pelatihan misionaris oleh organisasi evangelis yang berbasis di [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], All Nations,<ref name="NewsComAu" /> Chau dilaporkan menyatakan minatnya untuk mengabar kepada suku Sentinel. Chau kemudian melakukan perjalanan ke [[Port Blair]] dan mendirikan kediamannya di [[Port Blair]]sana pada Oktober 2018, di mana ia menyiapkan kit kontak awal termasuk kartu bergambar untuk komunikasi, hadiah untuk orang Sentinel, peralatan medis, dan kebutuhan lainnya.<ref name="Conroy" />

Pada bulan November, Chau memulai ekspedisi ke Pulau Sentinel Utara, yang ia anggap sebagai "kubu terakhir [[Setan]] di Bumi", <ref>{{Cite web|last=Gjelten|first=Tom|title=Killing Of American Missionary Ignites Debate Over How To Evangelize|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/27/671285330/killing-of-american-missionary-ignites-debate-over-how-to-evangelize|access-date=2020-07-16|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> dengan tujuan untuk menghubungi dan hidup di antara orang-orang Sentinel.<ref name="NewsComAu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/police-faceoff-with-sentinelese-tribe-as-they-struggle-to-recover-slain-missionarys-body/news-story/a88d3780059939a5e11ebcfb556327ac|title=Police face off with Sentinelese tribe as they struggle to recover slain missionary's body|date=November 26, 2018|website=News.com.au|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wonderingeagle.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/john-allen-chau-is-no-jim-elliot-the-story-of-john-chau-illustrates-the-dangers-of-indoctrination-in-evangelical-culture-and-being-naive/|title=John Allen Chau is No Jim Elliot. The Story of John Chau Illustrates the Dangers of Indoctrination in Evangelical Culture and Being Naïve|last=Bonner|first=David |date=December 8, 2018|website=Wondering Eagle|access-date=2020-03-24|via=WordPress}}</ref><ref name="NewsComAu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/police-faceoff-with-sentinelese-tribe-as-they-struggle-to-recover-slain-missionarys-body/news-story/a88d3780059939a5e11ebcfb556327ac|title=Police face off with Sentinelese tribe as they struggle to recover slain missionary's body|date=November 26, 2018|website=News.com.au|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> Ia menyatakan keinginan yang kuat untuk menyebarkan agama Kristen kepada suku tersebut.<ref name="Stetzer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/11/28/slain-missionary-john-chau-prepared-much-more-than-we-thought-his-case-is-still-quandary-us-missionaries/|title=Slain missionary John Chau prepared much more than we thought, but are missionaries still fools?|last=Stetzer|first=Ed|author-link=Ed Stetzer|website=The Washington Post|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> Dalam persiapan perjalanan, Chau divaksinasi dan dikarantina,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/november-web-only/all-nations-john-allen-chau-north-sentinel-island.html|title=What John Allen Chau's Missions Agency Wants You to Know|website=Christianity Today|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> dan juga menjalani pelatihan medis dan bahasa.<ref name="Stetzer" /> Namun, ia tidak meminta izin dari pihak berwenang India sebelum berangkat, membuat perjalanannya ilegal menurut hukum India,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/john-allen-chau-detailed-efforts-convert-islanders-christianity/story?id=59401238|title=John Allen Chau detailed efforts to convert islanders to Christianity in final diary entries: 'You guys might think I'm crazy'|last1=Osborne|first1=Mark |last2=Joglekar|first2=Rahul |publisher=ABC News|date=November 26, 2018|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> karena warga negara asing harus mendapatkan izin untuk mengunjungi [[Kepulauan Andaman dan Nicobar]], tanpa seorang pun diizinkan di Pulau Sentinel Utara.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Tanmay |last2=Lama|first2=Prawesh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/american-national-john-allen-chau-violated-every-rule-in-the-book-to-meet-the-sentinelese/story-AuB0stXyIR7AY1c2XCNkfN.html|title=American national John Allen Chau violated every rule in the book to meet the Sentinelese|date=November 23, 2018|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> Sebagai gantinya, Chau membayar dua orang nelayan 25.000 [[rupee India]] (sekitar [[Rupiah|Rp]] 4,5 juta) untuk membawanya ke dekat pulau tersebut.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Banerjie|first=Monideepa |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-tourist-john-chau-paid-fishermen-rs-25-000-for-fatal-trip-to-sentinelese-island-1951387|title=American Paid Fishermen Rs. 25,000 For Fatal Trip To Andamans|publisher=NDTV|date=November 22, 2018|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> Para nelayan itu kemudian ditangkap.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/23/cops-arrest-suspects-believed-to-help-us-missionary-on-fatal-trip/|title=Cops arrest suspects believed to help US missionary on fatal trip|last=Eustachewich|first=Lia|date=November 23, 2018|website=New York Post|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

Chau dikritik oleh [[Survival International]] antara lain karena mengunjungi pulau itu meskipun kemungkinan menyebarkan [[patogen]] ke penduduk asli Pulau Sentinel, yang bisa mematikan karena kemungkinan penduduk asli sebelumnya tidak terkena penyakit dari luar pulau tersebut.<ref name="Perry"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-allen-chau-was-brave-he-was-also-reckless/2018/11/27/ddb9200c-f1b0-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html|title=John Allen Chau was brave. He was also reckless.|newspaper=The Washington Post|last1=Elonai|first1=Maisha|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Perry"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/12031|title=Survival International statement on killing of American man John Allen Chau by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman Islands|publisher=Survival International|date=November 21, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Missionary claims that John Chau did not pose a threat to the Sentinelese - Survival responds |url=https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/12042 |website=www.survivalinternational.org |publisher=Survival International |access-date=5 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> All Nations, organisasi penginjilan yang melatih Chau, dikritik di media sosial karena menggambarkan Chau sebagai seorang martir sambil menyatakan belasungkawa atas kematian Chau. Ayah Chau juga menyalahkan kematian putranya pada komunitas misionaris itu karena menanamkan visi Kristen yang ekstrem di dalam Chau.<ref name="Conroy" /> Menurut sebuah laporan oleh ''[[The New York Times]]'', pelatihan misionaris oleh All Nations termasuk menavigasi desa asli tiruan yang dihuni oleh anggota staf misionaris yang berpura-pura menjadi penduduk asli yang bermusuhan, menggunakan tombak palsu.<ref name="Gettleman">{{Cite web|last=Gettleman|first=Jeffrey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/asia/john-chau-andaman-missionary.html|title=John Chau Aced Missionary Boot Camp. Reality Proved a Harsher Test.|work=The New York Times|date=November 30, 2018|access-date=2020-06-30}}</ref>