Lahore: December 26, 2006. "There were two families who had a son who was addicted and there was another family who was a happy family. The son who was addicted he came home drunk and there was nothing for his Children, no food no cloths and no shoes. The wife was sitting and crying then the other

Christian population numbered 148,000 as of Christmas Eve, 2.1 percent of the total population in Israel..
Most, about 120,000, are Arabs, while 28,000 came to Israel with their Jewish families under the Law of Return, mainly during the wave of immigration from Russia and Ethiopia in the 1990s.

Washington, DC – The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) announced the winners of its 2006 Human Rights Community Award today at a formal luncheon at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for celebration of the International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2006. Among the

New Delhi: December 12, 2006. All India Christian Council with the support of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations had a protest rally at New Delhi on December 11, 2006 to demand Dalit Christian reservation. Over thousand Dalit Christians attended with the support of Dalit Buddhist, Dalit

President Bush needs to take more passionate lead some aggressive charges against genocide, with elections just around the corner and with the focus of world around Iraq and other parts of Middle East; I believe we have completely ignored the worlds most suffered Place Darfur, Sudan. I was in gym wo

Sialkot: December 5, 2006. (SLMP report) Pastor Jacob Rehmat who is Pastor In-charge of Kosar Baraj Parish of Church of Pakistan Sialkot Diocese and wrongfully implicated in false theft case according to investigative report issued by Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan here today.
It's also reported th

New Delhi, November 28, 2006. Dr. Joseph D'souza - President of All India Christian Council said in a press conference held at New Delhi that Dalits suffer injustice and oppression within Hindu religion and when they convert, they face double injustices. The upper caste Christians do not allow them

Karachi: November 29, 2006. Mr. Herbert Fernandes – President of Catholic Association criticizes the proposed Hasba Bill, terming it a conspiracy to impose `Talibanisation` in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Mr. Fernandes stated that `Hasba Bill` is unconstitutional, religious marshal

New Delhi, November 27, 2006 (By Madhu Chandra): In a symposium on "Reservation: Inclusive Progress or the Death of Merit" under two days' "Summit on the Powerless" organized by Tehelka at Dr. MA Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 20 – 21 November 2006, The beuros Private sect

New Delhi, Nov 27: The government today said the proposal to provide reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who have converted to Christianity and Islam is being considered by the National Commission of Linguistic and Religious Minorities.
"Reservation to converts to religions like B

New Delhi, November 18, 2006 (All India Christian Council): Nine tribal Christian homes belonging four villages in Kokrajhar district of Assam have been evicted by some members belong to Bodo Religious Bathou (an indigenous Bodo tribal religion) on November 14, 2006.
According to the sources reachi

Banglore: November 18, 2006. Angered by the disappearance of three girl students from a private Christian school in Chandra Layout police station limits, in Bangalore a group of Hindu radicals ransacked the school principal`s chamber on Friday.
The police said that as the girls, who had gone mis

India: November 17, 2006. Chennai High Court has ruled that Christian Dalits are not entitled to the special benefits provided under the Indian Constitution for so-called "Scheduled Castes".
AsiaNews reports that the court made the ruling in a case concerning a Dalit born to Hindu parents who had c

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday announced that it would implement its decision of resigning from the National Assembly in protest against the passage of the Protection of Women's Rights Bill during a parliamentary party meeting on December 6 and 7. The MMA has 66 lawmakers

KYZYL-ORDA, KAZAKHSTAN (ANS) -- South Korean pastor Kim U Sob, who has led the Love Presbyterian Church in the southern Kazakh town of Kyzyl-Orda [Qyzylorda] for the past eight years, has been forced to leave the country, Aleksandr Klyushev of the Association of Religious Communities of Kazakhstan t